Stafford Signs One-Year Rams Extension Worth Up to $60M

Stafford Signs One-Year Rams Extension Worth Up to $60M

The Los Angeles Rams have agreed to a one-year contract extension with quarterback Matthew Stafford, the team announced Thursday. The deal is valued at $55 million and can reach $60 million through incentives, according to ESPN, leaving Stafford under contract with Los Angeles through the 2027 season with up to $105 million remaining on his deal.

The extension adds a year onto the two-year, $84 million agreement Stafford signed with the Rams before the 2025 season. The 38-year-old, who won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award for the 2025 season, had publicly signaled his intent to continue playing, telling attendees at the NFL Honors ceremony that he would return for the following year. The new agreement formalizes that commitment and extends his tenure with the franchise beyond the 2026 campaign.

Stafford passed for 4,707 yards and 46 touchdowns in his MVP season, figures the draft cites as the basis for his award. He enters his 18th NFL season and his sixth with the Rams, having joined the franchise in 2021 via a trade with the Detroit Lions – the same deal that sent Jared Goff to Detroit, where Goff remains the starting quarterback. Stafford helped the Rams win Super Bowl LVI following that first season in Los Angeles.

The Rams’ 2026 schedule carries particular significance: Super Bowl LXI is scheduled to be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, the team’s home venue, meaning Stafford would have the opportunity to compete for a championship on his own home field. The franchise also used the 13th overall pick in the 2025 draft on Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson, widely seen as a long-term successor to Stafford rather than an immediate challenger for the starting role.