Distractions are something Matthew Staffor desires, particularly when he enters the stadium of an opponent. Thus, in contrast to many sportsmen, the experienced quarterback for the Rams relishes a hostile atmosphere when he jogs onto the field for pregame warmups.
Before practice in Woodland Hills on Wednesday, Stafford declared, “I want to hear all of it.” “I’d like to smell it,” I want the atmosphere to be that of football. That is an aspect of playing football, particularly when you are traveling. “I just get motivated by that stuff.” When Stafford goes to Ford Field in Detroit on Sunday night for the second time in eight months, fans there are likely to give him a hard time. Stafford played for 12 seasons there until being traded to the Rams in 2021 as part of a deal that sent quarterback Jared Goff to the Lions.
Prior to the Lions’ NFC wild-card victory over the Rams in January of last year, supporters jeered Stafford and yelled, “Ja-red Goff!”
The 16-year-old professional Stafford is not afraid of that kind of reaction. Stafford remarked, “I feel the crowd 100%.” “A driving force. I adore it. Stafford was selected by the Lions with the first overall pick in 2009, and the gifted passer quickly gained popularity in a city that was desperate for the team to start winning regularly.
