Kelly Stafford, the wife of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, offered a reflection post to Instagram after her husband’s team lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Divisional Round on Sunday night.
And as her husband completed his 16th NFL season, thinking about retirement came naturally to the caption.
Kelly hopes Matthew doesn’t retire from the game he loves as she said she would “never get tired” of watching him perform every week during the season.
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Kelly Stafford, wife of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford (not pictured), plays with their daughters in the confetti as they celebrate winning Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)
“Are not enough words to express how proud I am,” Kelly wrote in the caption of her post, which included photos of her husband and family. “I joke about us being old and tired, but honestly, I would never get tired of watching you or seeing our girls cheering on their dad.”
However, Kelly did leave some thoughts for Rams fans, as it appears her husband is thinking about hanging up his cleats.
“I wonder if this is the end or not…I guess we’ll find out,” she wrote.
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Matthew Stafford, soon to be 37, said after the 28-22 loss to the Eagles that he will “take some time to think about it” regarding his career.
“I feel like I played pretty good ball,” he said via the New York Post.
Stafford’s fourth year with the Rams came to an end with a playoff performance in which a potential game-winning drive ended with a 4th-and-long incompletion from his favorite target, sophomore receiver Puka Nacua, on an overthrown ball to the boundary. .
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford kisses his wife, Kelly, after winning Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Stafford completed 26 of 44 passes for 324 yards with two touchdown passes in the snowy conditions at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and he was sacked five times by the Eagles defense, including the critical 3rd and 2nd takedown of Jalen Carter in the Red zone before that final incompletion.
But like Stafford said, he can still throw the pigskin, throwing for 3,762 yards with 20 touchdowns and eight interceptions with a 65.8% completion percentage through 16 games this season. He went 10-6 in those games, giving the Rams the NFC West title and another playoff berth with him at the helm.
Stafford was the first overall pick of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lionsand while he desperately wanted to win a Super Bowl for the Motor City, he found that Vince Lombardi Trophy in his first season with the Rams in 2021.
He was famously traded to the Rams from the Lions, who received Jared Goff in January 2021, transforming both franchises. While the Lions got their new franchise quarterback to build around, the Rams used the veteran Stafford and their own weapons to make a Super Bowl run that ended with them hoisting the trophy in their own SoFi stadium upstairs the Cincinnati Bengals.
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford speaks at a press conference after the game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Inglewood, California, on November 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Stafford is currently under contract for the next two seasons, and head coach Sean McVay and the rest of the organization certainly want him to follow through.
But as his wife said, we’ll find out what Stafford’s NFL career holds later this season.
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