Rams extend – The Los Angeles Rams have agreed to a one-year contract extension with quarterback Matthew Stafford, adding another season and potentially up to $60 million. The deal keeps him under contract through the 2027 season as the team balances win-now expectations wi
When the Los Angeles Rams drafted Ty Simpson at No. 13 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft, it looked like a clear signal about the future. But the team’s next move made one thing just as clear: the near-term plans still run through Matthew Stafford.
The Rams have inked Stafford to a one-year contract extension, the team announced. The 38-year-old quarterback will make up to $60 million in the renegotiated deal, as reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The base value of the one-year extension is $55 million in new money. with Stafford’s current contract structured as a two-year deal worth up to $105 million.
Stafford’s extension arrives right after what the NFL veteran described in statistical terms as the strongest season of his 17-year career. He was named the 2025 NFL MVP after leading the Rams to a 12-5 record and topping the league with 4,707 passing yards and 46 passing touchdowns.
The timing matters in the way it rarely does for quarterbacks at this stage: Stafford was already set to play out the final season of a two-year. $84 million restructured extension he signed with the Rams in March 2025. With this new agreement. he is now under contract in Los Angeles through the 2027 season. which could carry his career to its endpoint.
The Rams will be leaning on that stability as they try to keep their Super Bowl window open while working on a long-term solution behind Stafford. The organization is also expected to develop 2026 first-round pick Ty Simpson as the franchise’s future successor.
For Stafford, the contract numbers are only part of the story. Entering the 2026 season, he ranks among the NFL’s all-time passing leaders with 64,516 yards through the air, which places him sixth all-time. His 423 passing touchdowns put him seventh on the career list.
His overall career production underscores why the Rams moved when they did: Stafford’s completion percentage is 63.5. his passing yards total is 64. 516. and his passer rating is 92.4. He also has 470 career carries for 1,357 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns. On the record side, his career stands at 120-118-1.
In 2025, the peak he reached wasn’t just about volume. Stafford completed 65% of his passes for 4,707 yards, threw 46 touchdown passes, and finished with eight interceptions. His passer rating of 109.2 was the best mark of his 17-year career to date.
Through all of it, the Rams now have one more season of Stafford’s production—built into a contract that keeps the quarterback in place until at least 2027—while they decide how quickly their next era should take over from the current one.
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Good, Stafford deserves more time.
So they extended him through 2027 but drafted Ty Simpson like he’s the future? Sounds kinda weird to me, like are they just collecting QBs now or what. $60 million too, that’s insane.
Ty Simpson at No. 13 and they still say Stafford’s the plan through 2027… I don’t get it. I mean, if Stafford’s the franchise they could’ve just not drafted anyone. Also 46 TD and 4707 yards, cool, but defenses change every year so who knows.
Stafford MVP and they give him another year, shocker. Meanwhile everybody keeps acting like that “Super Bowl window” lasts forever but it never does. $55M base and up to $60M renegotiated… that’s basically retirement money. I swear teams only draft QBs to trade them later anyway, so Ty Simpson better hope he sits and learns or else this was pointless.