Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has passed for a league-leading 25 touchdowns, with only two interceptions, and continues to etch his name further into the NFL record book.
In last Sunday’s victory over the San Francisco 49ers, Stafford passed for his 400th touchdown. In the last three games, he passed for 13 touchdowns.
“The touchdowns he racked up the last few weeks but I’ve felt like I’ve been playing pretty good football for a while,” said Stafford, a 17-year pro who played 12 seasons with the Detroit Lions. “I’ve had years where you feel like you’re playing good football and you look up at the end of the year and the stats may not tell the whole story of how you feel like you played. That goes both ways.
“There are times where I’m like, ‘Man, I didn’t feel like I played that great,’ and you look up and it’s like, ‘OK, it was all right.’ I don’t pay too much attention to those stats. I’m just doing everything I can to try to get us in the end zone. Luckily, that’s been happening at a pretty good clip the last couple of games.”
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford passes against the Houston Texans on Sept. 8. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Stafford, 37, has learned to not rest on his laurels.
“The thing about the NFL is it doesn’t wait around,” he said. “It doesn’t feel good for you and it doesn’t feel sorry for you. You just he to go out there and play the next week. I’ve learned that throughout my career on both ends of it, you just he to show up, do everything you can to prepare and go play confident football on Sunday.”