Los Angeles Rams put QB Matthew Stafford on injured reserve

LOS ANGELES — The Rams have positioned quarterback Matthew Stafford on injured reserve.

Stafford can be eligible to return to the energetic roster in Week 17.

Stafford has not performed since he injured his neck within the Rams’ Week 11 loss to the New Orleans Saints, a sport he left after being evaluated for a concussion. Coach Sean McVay later mentioned Stafford felt some numbness in his legs after taking a success in that sport. Stafford cleared the concussion protocol on Dec. 2.

Stafford was taking part in in opposition to the Saints simply two days after he was initially cleared from the concussion protocol. Stafford first entered the concussion protocol on Nov. 8 after the Rams’ medical employees “decided that they felt like that was the very best factor for him,” based on McVay.

McVay mentioned the day after Stafford entered the concussion protocol that he did not have any indication in the course of the sport that Stafford was coping with any concussion signs. He mentioned “among the questions” Stafford was requested after the sport by the medical employees “after which what they ascertained on account of these questions made them really feel like, ‘Hey, the suitable factor for the particular person and the participant on this occasion is to place him within the protocol.'”

McVay was requested on Dec. 2, the day Stafford cleared the concussion protocol for the second time this season, about whether or not the beginning quarterback would play once more this season.

Whereas “Matthew’s the last word competitor,” McVay mentioned he thinks that “in a whole lot of cases [the] smartest thing that you are able to do is shield him from himself.”

“I do know him,” McVay mentioned, noting that he and Stafford discuss day by day. “If there’s any inkling that he can play, this man’s going to wish to play. Now [there is a] chance that we are saying, ‘Based mostly on what we’re gathering, the docs, these kinds of issues, the sensible factor is to not play you.’ And he might be upset with me, however I believe he is aware of that I’ve his finest curiosity and we’ve got his finest curiosity. And if that is the case, then that is positively a chance.

“However he’ll wish to play. He will wish to do the whole lot in his energy to be on the market and compete together with his teammates and do the issues that is made Matthew Stafford, Matthew Stafford.”