Los Angeles Rams’ Matthew Stafford impresses at apply, downplays ‘irritating’ elbow situation

IRVINE, Calif. — After making a number of deep throws and even a no-look move throughout apply Saturday, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford mentioned he felt like he may make any throw he wished to.

Stafford, who handled an elbow harm final season, acquired an injection in his proper elbow throughout the offseason and didn’t throw throughout the Rams’ spring exercises.

On Thursday, coach Sean McVay mentioned Stafford’s harm is “just a little bit irregular for a quarterback,” however reiterated that the Rams had deliberate a “modified method and a progressive construct” with him throughout coaching camp.

“I simply have just a little soreness,” Stafford mentioned Saturday. “We’re working by way of it. I really feel fairly good as we speak. I believed it seemed fairly good. However simply making an attempt to be sensible with it and making me really feel pretty much as good as I can really feel going into Week 1 whereas nonetheless getting as many reps I can, too.”

Stafford declined to enter element about his elbow soreness, saying he is “simply going by way of one thing that’s irritating in the intervening time.”

“We bought a terrific plan,” Stafford mentioned. “I am feeling stronger each time I come out right here and throw. I do not know in case you guys had been watching. It felt like I may make any throw I wished to as we speak. And simply making an attempt to be sensible once I get these alternatives to verify I can come out right here, lower it unfastened [and] flip it unfastened like I did as we speak.”

McVay echoed Stafford’s feedback about the way in which he threw the ball Saturday and identified he wasn’t simply making quick and intermediate throws however was “pushing the ball” to “all sorts of spots.” McVay additionally mentioned that primarily based on the way in which Stafford threw, “I do not suppose you’ll know that something was happening.”

“Should you guys had been watching, I do not know actually how a lot you may ask about how Matthew’s feeling,” McVay mentioned. “I imply, he threw it everywhere in the yard as we speak. Regarded actually good, felt good.

“We’re very a lot on monitor with what we had hoped, and I feel you may actually see the ball was leaping out of his hand. … And so I feel he was making an attempt to point out you guys that in all probability not many questions you may ask him both primarily based on how he felt and the way in which he was throwing it round as we speak.”

The Rams additionally bought cornerback Jalen Ramsey again at apply Saturday. Whereas Ramsey didn’t begin coaching camp on the bodily unable to carry out record after having offseason shoulder surgical procedure, he had not been cleared beforehand to participate in apply. On Saturday he took half within the staff’s 7-on-7 area work.

McVay mentioned Ramsey “did a terrific job” because the Rams continued his “five-day acclimation interval.”

“I feel he is feeling good after which we’ll proceed to extend that workload as we go,” the coach mentioned.