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Matthew Stafford: I’m ‘extremely happy’ and ‘pinch myself’ for getting to play with Rams

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Matthew Stafford know how lucky he is.

And if he didn’t, he only needed a phalanx of reporters peppering him with questions about his 12 years with the Detroit Lions and how they compare to what this season with the Los Angeles Rams, where he’s an MVP candidate on a 5-1 team.

I asked for a trade not knowing anywhere where I was going to be,” Stafford said Wednesday at the team’s training facility. “There were a bunch of different spots where I thought I could go. I ended up here.