MATTHEW STAFFORD

The Los Angeles Rams almost pulled an Atlanta Falcons against the Atlanta Falcons, but defending champs held on late for their first win of the season.

Matthew Stafford threw for 272 yards and three touchdowns, Jalen Ramsey intercepted a potential go-ahead touchdown pass in the end zone and the Los Angeles Rams held off a second-half rally attempt by the Atlanta Falcons for a 31-27 victory.

Drake London spent the past three seasons tearing up college defenses for USC, so football fans in his native Southern California weren't surprised when the big receiver got off to a strong NFL start with the Atlanta Falcons. The Los Angeles Rams fans in that SoCal contingent are hoping their Super Bowl champions can come up with ways to slow down London for just one week when the Falcons visit SoFi Stadium on Sunday for a meeting of teams hoping to avoid 0-2 starts. London caught 160 passes for 2,153 yards and 16 touchdowns in 27 games at USC before the Falcons made him the eighth overall draft pick last spring.

Preseason rest appeared to lead to a little bit of rust in Week 1 for several of the NFL’s top quarterbacks.

The Los Angeles Rams’ honeymoon from their Super Bowl championship didn’t even last until the first Sunday of the next regular season.

Sean McVay knows that one of the prices of longevity in the NFL is that eventually he’s going to experience a lot of good and bad things as a coach.

Josh Allen passed for 297 yards while accounting for four touchdowns as the Buffalo Bills stamped themselves as a clear contender for the Rams’ Super Bowl crown with a 31-10 victory over Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Rams will kickoff the 2022 NFL Season against the Buffalo Bills Thursday night at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead have agreed to contract extensions through the 2026 season, keeping the defending Super Bowl champions’ brain trust in place with lucrative new rewards.

The last time Melissa Stark was regularly on the sidelines, Tom Brady was a one-time Super Bowl champion, and Matthew Stafford was a freshman in high school. As Stark returns to sideline duty for the first time since 2002 after starting a family, Brady is still in the league and has added six more rings to his Super Bowl collection. Stafford is part of the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams.

Matthew Stafford, Aaron Donald and the Los Angeles Rams will raise their Super Bowl banner Thursday night before kicking off the NFL season at home where they became the second straight team to hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy in their own stadium.

After one of the wildest offseasons in NFL history featuring blockbuster trades, rapid free-agency movement, record-setting contracts and plenty of off-field drama, the regular season is almost here.

Third-string quarterback Bryce Perkins threw a pair of touchdown passes to Lance McCutcheon and the Los Angeles Rams held off the Los Angeles Chargers 29-22 in a preseason game in which most of the starters for both teams did not play.

Matthew Stafford downplayed the significance of his elbow injury after showing just how little it’s holding him back in practice with the Los Angeles Rams.

Coach Sean McVay says Matthew Stafford's continuing elbow pain is unusual for a football player, and the Los Angeles Rams are trying to determine whether it will hamper their starting quarterback in the regular season. Stafford has been throwing in individual drills and 7-on-7 setups while skipping the full-team portions of the defending Super Bowl champions' training camp practices at UC Irvine. Stafford had an unspecified injection in his elbow during the offseason, and he reported feeling ongoing pain in the joint last month after not doing any serious throwing in the Rams' offseason program.

The Los Angeles Rams threw the last of their lavish offseason parties so they could hand out their massive Super Bowl championship rings to their current and former players.

Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Rams on Wednesday.

The Detroit Lions selected Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson with the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, addressing a desperate need with a hometown star.

At their place of business, which just happens to be Allegiant Stadium, Darren Waller and Clelin Ferrell welcomed 100 members of nearby Air Force bases for a Thursday pre-draft luncheon and discussion.

The Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams should have plenty of company sitting out the first round of the NFL draft next week.

A year after having to rely solely on virtual visits the NFL returned to a normal spring evaluation process.

Army Major George Miller returns from deployment to surprise his daughter, Bella, at her soccer game for Cornerstone Christian Schools in Texas.

Matthew Stafford realizes he almost certainly could have gotten more money in a contract extension after his outstanding debut season with the Los Angeles Rams. After 13 NFL seasons and well over $230 million in earnings, Stafford admitted his priority isn't more dollars. It's more rings, and he believes his new four-year, $160 million deal through 2026 gives him the best opportunity to win them with the defending Super Bowl champions.

Quarterback Matthew Stafford has agreed to a four-year contract extension through 2026 with the Los Angeles Rams after winning the Super Bowl in his first season with the team.

Cole Beasley and Julio Jones are looking for new teams.

LeBron James scored a season-high 56 points and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 124-116 on Saturday night to snap a four-game losing streak.

The NFL salary cap is going back up this year with a projection of $208.2 million per team.

Sean McVay isn’t feeling his usual end-of-the-season coaching burnout this month.

Live broadcast of the Rams' Super Bowl celebration showed Stafford turning his back as the photographer fell from stage.

Photographer Kelly Smiley says she broke her spine after falling off a stage at the team’s Super Bowl parade. Video shows Smiley setting up to take a photo when she falls backwards off the stage. Rams QB Matthew Stafford and his wife Kelly see her fall, and Kelly leans over to her while Matthew appears to express surprise and then turn around immediately. Smiley is a photographer for the Rams ...

Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp, Aaron Donald and the rest of the Super Bowl champions have celebrated with thousands of fans during a victory parade in Los Angeles.

The Nielsen company estimates that 101.1 million people watched the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl on NBC and Telemundo.

By Evan SideryLong overdue for a makeover, the Portland Trail Blazers became sellers at this year’s trade deadline. The Blazers’ last roster makeup was based around the dynamic high-usage backcourt of Lillard and McCollum. In the McCollum trade, Portland received a 2022 first-round pick from the Pelicans where it’s likely to convey this season (protected 1-4, 15-30). Grant’s fit with Lillard and the Blazers would be excellent, finally providing a real two-way wing next to his offensive profile. For both Lillard and the Blazers, the realization that it might be time for a split is closing in.

Sean McVay was the youngest head coach in modern NFL history, and now he is the youngest coach to win the Super Bowl.

Celebrate the Rams' win with some new L.A. Rams merch.

Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp's late touchdown from quarterback Matthew Stafford gave the Los Angeles Rams a 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.

It was a great gesture from Joe Burrow, putting aside the disappointment to congratulate Stafford on his long-awaited Super Bowl title.

A thrilling late touchdown drive gave the Rams a 23-20 win over the Bengals to win the Super Bowl.

It's never good when you cost your team yardage by going onto the field in street clothes to celebrate an interception.

A sea of yellow flags flew onto the field in the final two minutes with the Super Bowl at stake.

Cooper Kupp was helpless when the Los Angeles Rams went to the Super Bowl three years ago, only able to watch after tearing a knee ligament earlier in the season.

The Los Angeles Rams carried off the crown jewel in a venue built for champions by winning the Super Bowl trophy.

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. suffered an injury to his left knee during the second quarter of the Super Bowl against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Los Angeles Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. suffered an injury to his left leg on a noncontact play with 3:50 remaining in the second quarter.

A big Super Bowl LVI bet resulted in a big payout for the rapper.

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp has been named the Super Bowl’s Most Valuable Player.

With football's top prize on the line, sportsbetting.ag determined which team — the hometown heroes or the underdogs — had more support in each state.

A sports apparel company is capitalizing on Detroit Lions fans’ loyalty to Matthew Stafford, the Super Bowl-bound Los Angeles Rams quarterback who for 12 years prior had made an appearance in that game seem possible for their home team.

The areas where this year’s Super Bowl quarterbacks Matt Stafford and Joe Burrow played their high school ball could not be more different. | Opinion

A four-time MVP, three Super Bowl players and the beginning of a brother act.

This is the fifth time the Rams franchise is headed to the Super Bowl, and the third for the Bengals.

Three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald.

Is your favorite NFL team playing in the big game this weekend? Only two teams make it this far -- so even if your answer is NO, we can help you decide who to pull for.

The Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams look evenly matched. Joe Burrow of the Bengals was the second-highest-rated passer in the National Football League (NFL) during the 2021 season. Cooper Kupp of the Rams caught an unbelievable 145 passes (the second most in NFL history) for 1,947 yards. The Rams’ defense was ranked 17th among the NFL’s 32 teams for yards allowed per game with 344.9. That may be a problem for the Bengals, because the Rams have Aaron Donald.

Cam Akers wasn’t supposed to be here right now.

Specific Twitter hashtags give insights into whether football fans in the United States are cheering for the Rams or the Bengals in Super Bowl LVI.

No team in the NFL is built like the Los Angeles Rams because nobody else would dare.

Kevin O’Connell realizes there are going to be plenty of questions about his next steps after the Super Bowl.

Matthew Stafford got a call this week from a childhood friend who knows a little something about waiting a long time to win his first championship.

Matthew Stafford got a call this week from a childhood friend who knows a little something about waiting a long time to win his first championship. Clayton Kershaw is hoping to be at SoFi Stadium next Sunday when Stafford leads the Los Angeles Rams (15-5) in search of the same long-sought title that Kershaw finally won with the Dodgers in 2020. “He's excited for me, which I appreciated,” Stafford said with a grin Thursday.

Across both Super Bowl rosters, there is a great divide.

The Rams will meet the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl on February 13.

For 6 3/4 games, the San Francisco 49ers had dominated the Los Angeles Rams. Then came the fourth quarter of Sunday’s NFC championship game, when everything unraveled. Coach Kyle Shanahan decided not to go it on fourth-and-2 in Rams territory, followed by a dropped interception by Jaquiski Tartt and Jimmy Garoppolo throwing a pick at the worst time.

The Los Angeles Rams rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to secure a spot in the Super Bowl at their home stadium next month with a thrilling 20-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC championship game.

The Rams will meet the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl on February 13.

The Cincinnati Bengals were the NFL’s worst team two years ago.

The Los Angeles Rams will host the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC championship game.

Kelly Stafford addressed the relationship between former Detroit Lions teammates Matthew Stafford and Ndamukong Suh, after a play during Rams-Bucs.

The NFL's decision to stay out of L.A. for more than two decades is the main reason why 49ers fans likely will outnumber Rams fans at SoFi Stadium.

Matthew Stafford joined the Rams so he could finally make big plays in meaningful games. Against the Buccaneers, he lived his dream.

Kansas City’s 42-36 win over Buffalo capped a divisional round in which the other three games were decided on final-play field goals giving the visitors wins.

Matthew Stafford threw for 366 yards and two touchdowns and Matt Gay’s 30-yard field goal as time expired lifted the Los Angeles Rams to a 30-27 divisional playoff victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills pitched a near perfect game in their playoff victory against the New England Patriots.

Matthew Stafford passed for 202 yards and two touchdowns in his first playoff victory and the Los Angeles Rams roared out of the wild-card round with a 34-11 win over the Arizona Cardinals.

Kyler Murray has kept a low-key demeanor throughout his football career, staying with a “never too high, never too low” philosophy that’s allowed him to thrive from the high school level all the way through the NFL.

Cooper Kupp is finishing up one of the greatest seasons by a receiver in NFL history.

Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes made the NFL’s first 17-game regular season feel a little more normal despite it being played through a pandemic again.

Wins are piling up for the Los Angeles Rams. With the playoffs in sight, the two are unlikely to continue to coexist, something Stafford knows all too well after the Rams escaped with a 20-19 victory at the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Despite Stafford throwing two interceptions and losing a fumble, the Rams (12-4) won their fifth straight game.

Brandon Powell returned a punt 61 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to lift Los Angeles with Matthew Stafford mired in a slump.

USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg breaks down the top quarterback performances this season.

The Detroit Lions’ new coach and quarterback are off to a start that resembles the team's previous regimes. Detroit brought in Dan Campbell to replace the fired Matt Patricia. When longtime quarterback Matthew Stafford wanted out, the Lions sent him to the Los Angeles Rams in a deal that brought Jared Goff as his replacement.

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