Rams Have Made ‘Significant Progress’ On Matthew Stafford Extension

Per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Rams have made “significant progress” on an extension with QB Matthew Stafford that will put the veteran in the building for the upcoming offseason.

Rapoport mentions a deal is not done yet and brings up Stafford is currently under contract through 2026.

Stafford, 37, is a former first-round pick of the Lions, who took him with the No. 1 overall pick out of Georgia in 2009. He was in the final year of a five-year, $76.5 million contract when he and the Lions agreed to a five-year, $135 million extension back in 2017.

Stafford was involved in a blockbuster trade that sent him to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for QB Jared Goff and draft picks in 2021. He signed a four-year extension worth $160 million that included $135 million guaranteed a year later. 

The Rams and Stafford later reworked that deal going into the 2024 season, moving money up from the back of the contract. Stafford was due $27 million and $31 million in the final two years of his deal when the two sides reworked his existing contract again in 2025. 

In 2025, Stafford appeared in all 17 games for the Rams and threw for 4,707 yards while completing 65.0 percent of his passes for 46 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

We’ll have more on Stafford as the news is available.