Rams QB Matthew Stafford Misses Practice Monday with Back Injury

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00:00The issues are you don't get healthier during the season as an older player.

00:05If you're basically taking an epidural to get ready for the season,

00:08I think that is ready to go for us here, Joe.

00:10So let's take a listen.

00:11You know, like we've said, we're going to be flexible and fluid.

00:14I think more than anything, I feel for Matthew

00:16because of how much he wants to be out there and feel good.

00:20Ultimately, what ended up happening, had a great workout, felt good.

00:23But then, you know, coming today, it doesn't feel great.

00:25And so didn't think that was the right decision to be able to push him.

00:28We've kind of always talked about flexibility, being fluid with some of the plans.

00:33And I think more than anything, you know, I feel for a guy that, you know,

00:37I really care about that wants to be out there more than anything else.

00:40We're going to be smart, you know, but he didn't feel good enough.

00:43And we didn't think it was the right thing to do based on, you know,

00:46how he woke up feeling today.

00:49Sounds troublesome, Joe.

00:50You heard what he just said there, had a good workout,

00:52but then didn't feel good the next day.

00:54What's going to happen when he's out there throwing 45 times a game

00:57with absolute stud pass rushers pancaking him in the pocket here?

01:01I don't like what I hear at L.A.

01:05Well, you know, what he didn't offer up in that, Donnie,

01:08in that press conference was any sort of new hard timeline

01:12for when they expect him to return.

01:15I mean, he had been, they had labeled him, what, week to week earlier in training camp.

01:21But now apparently they're saying they're just going to evaluate him

01:24on a day-to-day basis.

01:27Like, what are we looking at here?

01:29Like, what is the timeline for you to be able to get him ready?

01:32Because none of what he just said leads me to believe

01:35there's any sort of confidence in there being a timeline

01:38that he's on his way back in any way, shape, or form.

01:41So, we'll see you next time.