One of the Los Angeles Rams biggest takeaways from a disappointing 2022 season should be whether or not the team can be competitive, going forward, if Matthew Stafford is shelved for multiple games. And who should step up in his stead, a known quantity veteran or a draft and groom rookie?
While Stafford has a long history of toughness and durability, he’ll be soon be 35 years old and in the last four seasons, has missed a full 16 of 64 (25%) games. This stretch could be viewed as simply an outlier in a long career, or the start of the downhill stage in a physically demanding job.