Matthew Stafford has taken a beating this season, getting sacked 16 times in only five games. Against the Packers alone on Sunday afternoon, Stafford was hit 10 times in the loss.
Given those facts, it’s understandable that he’d be a little bit banged up at this point in the season. On Monday, Sean McVay told reporters that Stafford has “a little bit of back soreness” but downplayed the injury by saying it won’t affect his status for the Rams’ next game.
As for what’s led to the soreness, it’s just a matter of the hits Stafford’s taken over the course of the season and throughout his career, McVay says.
“I think there were a couple more than one hit, so I’m not exactly sure,” he said. “This guy’s been playing for a long time. He’s as tough as it gets. He took some shots yesterday. He’s taken some shots this year and throughout the course of his career. I think he just had a little bit of back soreness and it’s something that we want to monitor is all I was really getting at. I didn’t want to make it too big of a deal because we don’t expect it to be something that does limit his ability to participate in practice when we do get back either.”
Stafford is one of the toughest guys in the NFL, always playing through any type of bump and bruise. He’s fully expected to be on the field when the Rams play their next game against the Raiders in Week 7, a game they must win in order to keep their already slim playoff hopes alive.