The Rams allowing quarterback Matthew Stafford to explore his market value with other teams has sparked offseason buzz. But as far as Rams coach Sean McVay’s is concerned, he wants Matthew Stanford to remain in Los Angeles. His big idea is to use the information gathered from Matthew’s exploits to put together an agreement that he cannot reject.
“When you talk about the elephant in the room, these are the things that are really challenging,” McVay said on the Fitz & Whit podcast. “Because there’s no discrepancy on us wanting him to continue to lead the way and be our quarterback. The interesting and the challenging dilemma and dynamics within this are, hey, how do you continuously as a head coach look at the short term and the long term and be able to figure out what does that really look like?
“There is no dispute, and let’s not get it twisted in regards to anybody wanting him to be our quarterback. Now, there’s layers to it. You have to be able to say, hey, how do we continuously build? How do we support him? How do we make sure that he’s getting what is his worth relative to those things? So, at the end of the day, we had something in mind, he had something in mind, and nobody was right or wrong. And then ultimately you’re saying there’s a ton of interest because this guy is an incredible player.”
