In the wake of Aaron Donald’s retirement, the Los Angeles Rams still have one clear advantage over most of their NFC competition: Matthew Stafford throwing passes to Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua, playing behind what figures to be one of the best offensive lines of his career. At 36, Stafford is also the oldest starting quarterback in the NFC, but he’s stayed in this league for this long for a reason which is that he’s very good at what he does.
So good in fact that the Rams gave Stafford a four-year, $160 million contract in 2022 that is now going into year two.