Sources: Matthew Stafford, Rams reach 1-year, $55M extension

Reigning NFL MVP Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams reached settlement Thursday on a one-year, $55 million extension, sources instructed ESPN.

The deal for the star quarterback can rise to as a lot as $60 million with incentives, sources mentioned.

Stafford is now tied to Los Angeles via the 2027 season, with $105 million remaining on his contract.

The Rams introduced the extension however didn’t disclose phrases.

In an offseason through which the Rams used the No. 13 decide within the NFL draft on Ty Simpsona quarterback seen as his eventual successor, Stafford will get a big elevate that places him within the $50M-plus-per-year membership for QBs.

The Rams gained a Super Bowl with Stafford in 2021, a recreation that was performed on the workforce’s SoFi Stadium. He’ll flip 39 on Feb. 7, one week earlier than the Super Bowl in Los Angeles — once more at SoFi.

This 12 months can be Stafford’s 18th within the NFL.

He’s coming off an MVP marketing campaign — his first — that noticed him lead the NFL with 4,707 passing yards, in addition to a career-high 46 passing touchdowns and simply eight interceptions.

There was some thought that Stafford may retire, however overtly accepting his MVP award in February, he introduced that he would return for the 2026 season.

“I’ll see you guys next year,” he mentioned then. “Hopefully, I’m not at this event and we’re getting ready for another game at SoFi.”

Stafford’s 64,516 regular-season passing yards rank sixth in NFL historical past — 1,758 behind Aaron Rodgers.