NFL analyst ranks Matthew Stafford's supporting cast inside the top 10
NFL analyst ranks Matthew Stafford's supporting cast inside the top 10
Matthew Stafford is the key to the Los Angeles Rams' 2025 season. That is not hyperbole, as the Rams have won at least 10 games and made the playoffs every season Stafford also played at least 10 games.
Fortunately, L.A. has had a great supporting cast around Stafford (barring injuries) during those years. And even when Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua both missed time earlier in the 2024 season, Stafford rallied the team when they returned and drove them to the NFC Divisional Round.
The Rams' supporting cast in 2025 will be relatively similar, with the exception of swapping Kupp for Davante Adams. For some, that's an upgrade. FOX Sports' David Helman, meanwhile, ranked the Rams' group around Stafford as the sixth-best supporting cast heading into this season.
"I'm just begging the Rams' offensive line to stay healthy in 2025, because this group should be scintillating if it can," Helman wrote. "Matthew Stafford and Puka Nacua are already must-see TV, and now Davante Adams — even at the age of 32 — should lend a vertical, downfield element to the offense. The backfield, led by Kyren Williams, is strong, and the Rams just juiced their tight end depth by drafting Terrance Ferguson in the second round. With Sean McVay overseeing the playcalling, I legitimately think this could be the Rams' best offense since that incredible 2018 group that reached Super Bowl LIII."
The addition of the rookie tight end should be a major boon for a Rams offense that lacked stability at that position for the entirety of last season and for most of McVay's tenure as head coach. Ferguson, Adams, and the continuity of the rest of the offense should go far for L.A. in 2025.
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