Rams' Matthew Stafford (protocol, neck) ruled out for Week 12

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is in the concussion protocol and will not play on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs due to a neck injury, head coach Sean McVay said on Wednesday.

McVay said Stafford felt some numbness in his legs after taking a hit in Week 11 against the New Orleans Saints, a game Stafford was playing in two days after he was cleared from the concussion protocol.

Stafford is in the concussion protocol, McVay said, "as a result of some of those evaluations [this week] and because we pulled him out of the game."

McVay made it clear that even though Stafford is in the concussion protocol, it doesn't mean the quarterback has been…