Reigning MVP Matthew Stafford locks in extension with Rams worth up to $60M with incentives

There was nary uncertainty Matthew Stafford would beryllium returning for the 2026 play aft saying truthful during his 2025 MVP Award acceptance speech, but the Los Angeles Rams officially reached an statement connected an hold with their starting backmost connected Thursday.

Stafford and the Rams agreed to a one-year extension, the squad announced connected Thursday. The hold is worthy $55 million, and it tin spell arsenic precocious arsenic $60 cardinal with incentives, according to ESPN.

He present has 2 years and up to $105 cardinal remaining connected his declaration with the Rams.

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Los Angeles Rams backmost Matthew Stafford reacts aft throwing a touchdown walk during an NFL crippled against the New York Jets successful East Rutherford, N.J., connected Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Stafford had 1 much twelvemonth remaining connected his two-year, $84 cardinal woody helium signed with Los Angeles earlier the 2025 season, but inking this hold shows the 38-year-old’s tendency to play past this upcoming campaign.

It’s wide Stafford inactive has much successful the vessel for his vocation aft tallying 4,707 passing yards and 46 touchdowns successful his MVP play a twelvemonth ago.

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This year, Stafford volition crook 39 1 week earlier Super Bowl LXI, which conscionable truthful happens to beryllium acceptable for the Rams’ location stadium, SoFi Stadium. It’s besides wherever Stafford helped present the Rams their astir caller Super Bowl rubric during the 2021 season.

Stafford volition beryllium entering his 18th play successful the NFL, his sixth with the Rams since helium was traded by the Detroit Lions anterior to the 2021 season.

Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams stands connected the tract earlier the NFC Championship crippled against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Lumen Field successful Seattle, Wash., connected Jan. 25, 2026. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

Detroit made Stafford the No. 1 wide prime retired of Georgia successful 2009, and helium spent 12 years with the franchise earlier their blockbuster trade, which progressive their existent starting quarterback, Jared Goff.

And portion Stafford is present acceptable done the 2027 season, the Rams intelligibly thought astir their backmost aboriginal this offseason, adding Alabama’s Ty Simpson with the 13th wide pick. It’s wide viewed that Simpson volition larn down Stafford, and yet go his successor.

Stafford’s mindset was wide for the 2026 season, telling everyone astatine the NFL Honors, "I’ll spot you guys adjacent year."

Los Angeles Rams backmost Matthew Stafford leaves the tract aft the 2026 NFC Championship Game against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Lumen Field successful Seattle, Wash., connected Jan. 25, 2026. (Steven Bisig/Imagn Images)

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But the aboriginal Hall of Famer seems to privation different twelvemonth added to that clock, focused connected continuing his tally with Rams caput manager Sean McVay.