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Traditional matchup regardless of the groups: Rams’ Matthew Stafford vs. Jets’ Aaron Rodgers

By Editorial Board Published December 19, 2024 6 Min Read
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Traditional matchup regardless of the groups: Rams’ Matthew Stafford vs. Jets’ Aaron Rodgers

Each rank within the prime 10 in NFL career-passing classes. Each have received a Tremendous Bowl title.

On Sunday, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers will sq. off for the 18th time.

“It’s two greats,” Rams coach Sean McVay mentioned Wednesday. “Two guys that I look at as Hall of Famers.”

A lot of the matchups between Stafford and Rodgers occurred once they performed within the NFC North.

Stafford, 36, performed 12 seasons for the Detroit Lions earlier than he was traded to the Rams in 2021. Rodgers, 41, performed 18 seasons for the Inexperienced Bay Packers earlier than he was traded to the Jets in 2023.

Stafford is 4-13 in video games towards Rodgers, a four-time NFL most respected participant.

In 2021, the Packers defeated the Rams, 36-28, at Lambeau Discipline. Rodgers handed for 307 yards and two touchdowns. Stafford handed for 302 yards and a landing, however an interception was returned for a landing.

The following season, Stafford was sidelined due to damage — Baker Mayfield began in his place — when Rodgers led the Packers to a 24-12 victory over the Rams.

“He’s a hell of a player,” Stafford mentioned of Rodgers on Wednesday, including, “Played fantastic the last couple of weeks and looks to be healthy and moving around and doing his thing.”

Stafford has handed for 3,463 yards and 19 touchdowns, with seven interceptions, for a Rams staff that rebounded from a 1-4 begin.

The Rams (8-6) have received three video games in a row and, because the chief of the NFC West, at the moment maintain the No. 4 seed for the NFC playoffs. The Rams have video games remaining towards the Jets, the Arizona Cardinals and the Seattle Seahawks.

Rodgers has handed for 3,255 yards and 23 touchdowns, with eight interceptions, for a Jets staff that’s 4-10 in a season throughout which coach Robert Saleh and common supervisor Joe Douglas have been fired.

Stafford’s and Rodgers’ capacity to vary arm slots, improvise, perceive defenses and manipulate defensive gamers are among the many qualities that make them elite, McVay mentioned.

Rodgers, the twenty fourth choose within the 2005 draft, led the Packers to victory in Tremendous Bowl XLV to cap the 2010 season.

Stafford, the No. 1 choose in 2009, led the Rams to victory in Tremendous Bowl LVI to cap the 2021 season.

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford passes at Lambeau Discipline in 2021 towards the Inexperienced Bay Packers, who received 36-28 behind quarterback Aaron Rodgers. .

(Patrick McDermott / Getty Pictures)

Stafford is chasing Rodgers on a number of career-passing lists.

Rodgers is fifth in landing passes with 498, Stafford tenth with 376.Rodgers is seventh in completions with 5,306, Stafford ninth with 5,143.Rodgers is eighth in passing yards with 62,310, Stafford tenth with 59,510.

Stafford, nevertheless, mentioned he doesn’t concentrate on who’s forward of him.

“At the end of the season, maybe you peek your head up and look,” he mentioned.

However he added that the NFL is a enterprise of “what have you done for me lately?” So a week-to-week strategy — “That’s kind of how I’ve lived it for a long time,” he mentioned — works for him.

“It frustrates people that ask me questions,” Stafford mentioned, chuckling. “‘My wife sometimes [asks], ‘What are we going to do three weeks from now?’ I’m like, I don’t know. I’m just worried about today and maybe tomorrow.’

“But it is how you train yourself to play at this position: play to play, week to week, all that kind of stuff.”

The Rams are coming off a 12-6 victory over the San Francisco 49ers, a recreation through which they didn’t rating a landing. Stafford handed for 160 yards. A number of passes have been almost intercepted, however Stafford emerged with out having one picked off for the fifth recreation in a row.

Cooper Kupp, Puka Nacua and Demarcus Robinson are the beginning receivers. And McVay on Wednesday all however ended hypothesis that the Rams may signal free agent Odell Beckham Jr., who performed for the Rams’ Tremendous Bowl-championship staff.

“I love Odell,” McVay mentioned. “It’s not something that I think is something that we’re looking at right now.”

Final Sunday, Rodgers handed for 289 yards and three touchdowns in a 32-25 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Receiver Davante Adams caught 9 passes for 198 yards and two touchdowns.

It stays to be seen how for much longer Rodgers and Stafford will play.

Rodgers is a sure first-ballot Corridor of Famer. Stafford may burnish his spectacular resumé with one other Tremendous Bowl title.

Stafford mentioned he was enthusiastic about taking part in significant video games in December. That this one might be towards Rodgers doesn’t make it any roughly vital.

“It’s always a good battle,” Stafford mentioned.

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