Rams’ QB, Matthew Stafford Is Finding It Difficult To Connect With Youngsters Of His Team. His Wife Kelly Explained The Reason Behind It

Since veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford joined the league in 2009, many things have changed, particularly the culture in the locker room.

Stafford’s wife Kelly made a comment about the 35-year-old Rams quarterback during the most recent episode of her “Morning After” podcast. She said that the 15-year veteran has had trouble connecting with his younger colleagues since some of them appear to be more engrossed by their mobile gadgets.

 

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“It’s kind of crazy, so Matthew’s been in the league for a long time,” Kelly began. “He’s like, ‘The difference in the locker room has changed so significantly,’ and they have a lot of rookies on their team this year, they’re very young.

“… But, he’s like, ‘I feel like I can’t connect.’ Because in the old days, you’d come out of practice, you’d shower, people would be playing cards, people would be interacting. Who knows what they’re doing but they’re doing something together, they’re playing ping pong, they have a tournament going on, they’re at least talking. He said now, they get done with practice, get done meetings during training camp, and they go straight to their phones, like no one looks up from their phones.”In the face of the difficulty, Stafford, who is beginning his third season in Los Angeles, ordered a Rams employee to prepare a book with information about the younger guard.

 

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“They say ‘sir’ to him and s–t, He’s like, ‘No, we’re on the same level here, we’re both playing in this league, let me get to know you,’” Kelly said. “But he said it’s so different and it’s so hard to get to know these guys. He had a book printed out … of all the guys’ faces and their names. He’s like, ‘I need to know their names.’”

Kelly continued that she thinks Stafford, “feels it the most because he’s so old and like a leader on the team.”“But he’s like, ‘I don’t know how to lead people I have no connection with. I have to somehow find a way to connect with them,’” she said.

 

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With a contusion to his spinal cord, Stafford missed the end of the 2022 campaign. While Stafford was a resident of Los Angeles, Kelly, who has been married to the quarterback since 2015, was a regular at Rams games.
In 2021, after Stafford was transferred by the Detroit Lions to the Rams, the couple and their four young girls moved to the West Coast.

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