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25 minutes ago
- USA Today
Matthew Stafford overthinking about injured back like typical 30-something
Matthew Stafford walked into this Ammortal chamber. Ammortal advertises itself as a "wellness device that aims to optimize human performance and promote holistic health through a combination of non-invasive technologies." He is not practicing today. Matthew Stafford, who is 37, has a bad back. For those of you in your 30s or who have experienced being in your 30s, this probably isn't particularly surprising news. This is the stage of life when your body tends to gradually disintegrate into a shell of its past vigorous self, and usually with little to no explanation at all. Often, the first thing to go here is the general constitution of your back, which, after roughly three decades of thanklessly carrying around your body weight and all your stressors and anxieties, decides it can't take the pressure anymore. This point in our lives is when we start seeing a ceaseless rotation of doctors and chiropractors in search of any relief from our back pain. This is when even sitting awkwardly for 20 minutes in our chair can ruin our entire week. Worse yet, this is when we wonder whether the annoying agony will ever end. MORE NFL SUMMER: 14 of the most depressing training camp battles in 2025. Fortunately for Stafford, he's not like the rest of us Average Joes and Jills. He not only has access to generational wealth as a means to treat his pain and hopefully (eventually) get back on the field on a regular basis for the Los Angeles Rams, but he also has access to all of the Rams' tremendous medical resources. He essentially has the best medical treatment money can buy. In this specific regard, he is very lucky, and I am personally rather quite jealous of him. That sound you hear right now is my back creaking like a rusty bike because I shifted three inches in my seat. Despite this, Stafford can't quite shake the all-too-typical 30-something urge to try everything unconventional and wacky BUT good old-fashioned rest. Take this report that the veteran quarterback, who has seldom practiced during this training camp, is using the "Ammortal Chamber" in an attempt to heal. Yes, dearest reader: WHAT is he using? I'm glad you asked! I'm sorry, but that description of what sounds like a glorified jetstream with red light therapy on your back is so amusing to me. Here it is again: "[A] wellness device that aims to optimize human performance and promote holistic health through a combination of non-invasive technologies." I don't know about you, but that sounds like some desperate pseudoscience hullabaloo to me. Red light therapy isn't about to shift the general sanctity of the lower back for the better. It might help with your acne and crow's feet, but it's not gonna meaningfully fix your back problems to be healthy enough for evading hyper-athletic 250-plus-pound pass-rushers multiple times every Sunday. Once that back thing goes, it tends to stay gone, folks. If this has already happened to you, you should make your peace with your new reality. This, again, is where Stafford is most relatable to us. He probably could focus on other, more well-founded means of treatment. It'd probably be a better use of his time and money, too. Instead, he's slowly going to drive himself crazy, trying all sorts of options that ultimately amount to nothing before he inevitably finds himself back at a frustrating square one. Been there, pal. My condolences.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
When does Kirk Cousins become an option for Rams?
Matthew Stafford's back injury has not gone away yet and may linger for the entire season, if not ending in surgery, but when you scan NFL depth charts for quarterback help at the conclusion of training camp, no names will stand out as better options than Jimmy Garoppolo. No names except for one and Kirk Cousins will either be one of the weirdest backups in the league at the start of the season or as the shocking trade right before Week 1. The Atlanta Falcons have been hanging onto Cousins and his $27 million salary for the entire season because it's guaranteed money, but also because they're waiting for a dire situation that forces someone to overpay in a trade. Wouldn't you know it, the Rams have a potential situation developing at quarterback and the Falcons have two former Sean McVay coaches — Raheem Morris and Zac Robinson — teaching Cousins a playbook that would strongly resemble the one he'd have in L.A.. Cousins has also spoke at length about how important McVay was to his development and success when the two were paired together in Washington at the start of both of their careers. Even if you think it would be a huge mistake for the Rams to trade for Kirk Cousins, you have to admit that the longer this Stafford situation goes on, the more often we will hear rumors linking L.A. to the only backup in the league who has a winning record with more than 150 career starts. What will Kirk Cousins cost? It's hard to imagine that the Falcons will want anything more than financial relief if a team is willing to trade for Cousins. The team owes him a guaranteed $27.5 million salary, money that comes off of their salary cap if the Rams take the bait. This also implies that the Rams wouldn't have to sacrifice any good draft picks — maybe a day three pick swap in 2026 — and would expect Atlanta to give them salary relief on Cousins or take back a bad contract in return. Rumors before the draft stated that the Falcons wanted $20 million in salary relief but that teams were only offering to take on $10 million. In other words, the Rams might expect the Falcons to pay $17.5 million of Cousins' 2025 salary, leaving $10 million. The only really bad contract that L.A. could trade is Colby Parkinson's, which is $5.25 million. Maybe the Rams would trade Parkinson to the Falcons for Cousins and pay $15 million of his 2025 salary. The Rams are estimated to have $19.5 million in 2025 cap space right now. Is Kirk Cousins good? Although Cousins struggled in his last 5 starts prior to being benched for Michael Penix (1 TD/9 INT), he was pretty decent before that and was also dealing with multiple injuries: The Achilles tear that he was recovering from and then an elbow injury suffered during the season that immediately preceded his downfall. There is also the probability that Cousins is not a great fit for Robinson's offense, which does imply that he could have some setbacks playing for McVay. However, McVay is better than Zac Robinson and would have a better idea of how to utilize Cousins to the best of his abilities. Maybe the better question is, 'Is Cousins better than Jimmy Garoppolo?' and I think the answer to that is definitely yes, and it's not even close. But some would disagree with me and that's fine too. It's not like comparing Aaron Rodgers to Blake Bortles, but Cousins has had a far more productive and successful career than Garoppolo and if McVay could choose between the two right now without having to make a trade or pay either of them, I think no question the winner is Cousins. In six seasons with the Vikings, Cousins had a passer rating of 101.2 and he had his best seasons playing for former Rams OC Kevin O'Connell. Do the Rams need Cousins? Well, not yet. Matthew Stafford could be fine as soon as Tuesday! It's not clear if this is an emergency situation yet or not and the Rams don't want to trade for Cousins if this is merely an issue that lingers for Stafford for the year and it makes him sore. They would only consider this if Stafford is headed to IR and that's when we know that Cousins will be an option, if he hasn't been traded by then. There are other teams that might kick the tires on Cousins too, including the Colts, the Browns, and his former team in Minnesota. For now, Cousins remains a backup to Penix, but in a month he might get his job right back with Atlanta. Anything could happen in the next 1-2 months with Kirk Cousins. It's not a name that any Rams fan wants to talk about. If this Stafford issue gets worse though, Cousins rumors will be unavoidable.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
House Judiciary Committee Queries Major Sports Leagues On Whether They Still Should Get Antitrust Exemption For Broadcast TV Blackouts
The House Judiciary Committee is requesting a briefing from the heads of the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League on whether they should still get an antitrust exemption for coordinating TV broadcast rights, including a rule that allows for game blackouts. The Sports Broadcasting Act gives leagues immunity for broadcasting deals for games on network television, including provisions that permit blackouts of home games in that team's broadcast area. Such blackout requirements were meant to ensure that ticket sales remained robust in a market. More from Deadline Donald Trump Says He's Deploying National Guard In D.C., Placing Metropolitan Police Under Federal Control Donald Trump Lashes Out At Paul Krugman As "Deranged Bum"; "Now This Is Flattering," Economist Responds Kristi Noem Didn't Laugh Off 'South Park' Satire: "It Never Ends, But It's So Lazy" In letters sent on Monday, Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), who chairs an antitrust subcommittee, wrote that despite the rise of subscription services and online streaming, 'it is sometimes more difficult and more expensive for some fans to watch their teams during the season. In some major sports leagues, a fan may need to sign up for multiple streaming platforms and purchase an over-the-air antenna to watch every game at home. Even then, because every major sports league has its own blackout restrictions, there are certain games that fans cannot watch at home regardless of how much they are willing to pay or how many streaming services they purchase.' The Sports Broadcasting Act antitrust exemption applies to 'sponsored telecasting,' Jordan and Fitzgerald noted, noting that courts have ruled that it does not apply to cable, satellite, pay-per-view and streaming. 'The majority of sports viewership now occurs outside of traditional network broadcasting,' they wrote. 'As a result, most of the distribution agreements that a sports league enters into are subject to antitrust challenges, while a narrow subset are not, creating legal uncertainty, distorting the market, and 'effectively expanding the blind spot for potential antitrust violations.'' Their letters gave the league heads until August 25 to set up a of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Feud In Court, Online & In The Media 'The Boys' Season 5: Everything We Know So Far
