The Los Angeles Rams are walking a tightrope heading into the 2025 NFL season. Their hopes for a competitive campaign rest squarely on the shoulders—and, more importantly, the back—of 37-year-old quarterback Matthew Stafford.

Matthew Stafford visited a back specialist in a worrying update on the Los Angeles Rams quarterback ahead of the new season beginning next month and the preseason underway.

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is described as week-to-week as he deals with back issues, and head coach Sean McVay says the Rams hope they can get Stafford back, slowly but surely. Asked if Stafford might be capable of doing the jog-through practice the Rams have scheduled for Monday,