Stafford impresses regardless of ‘irritating’ elbow challenge

IRVINE, Calif. — After making a number of deep throws and even a no-look cross throughout observe Saturday, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford stated he felt like he may make any throw he needed to.

Stafford, who handled an elbow harm final season, acquired an injection in his proper elbow throughout the offseason and didn’t throw throughout the Rams’ spring exercises.

On Thursday, coach Sean McVay stated Stafford’s harm is “a bit bit irregular for a quarterback,” however reiterated that the Rams had deliberate a “modified method and a progressive construct” with him throughout coaching camp.

“I simply have a bit soreness,” Stafford stated Saturday. “We’re working by way of it. I really feel fairly good immediately. I believed it regarded fairly good. However simply making an attempt to be good with it and making me really feel nearly as good as I can really feel going into Week 1 whereas nonetheless getting as many reps I can, too.”

Stafford declined to enter element about his elbow soreness, saying he is “simply going by way of one thing that’s irritating for the time being.”

“We acquired a terrific plan,” Stafford stated. “I am feeling stronger each time I come out right here and throw. I do not know if you happen to guys had been watching. It felt like I may make any throw I needed to immediately. And simply making an attempt to be good after I get these alternatives to ensure I can come out right here, minimize it unfastened [and] flip it unfastened like I did immediately.”

McVay echoed Stafford’s feedback about the way in which he threw the ball Saturday and identified he wasn’t simply making quick and intermediate throws however was “pushing the ball” to “all kinds of spots.” McVay additionally stated that based mostly on the way in which Stafford threw, “I do not assume you’d know that something was occurring.”

“If you happen to guys had been watching, I do not know actually how a lot you’ll be able to ask about how Matthew’s feeling,” McVay stated. “I imply, he threw it all around the yard immediately. Seemed actually good, felt good.

“We’re very a lot on monitor with what we had hoped, and I feel you possibly can actually see the ball was leaping out of his hand. … And so I feel he was making an attempt to point out you guys that most likely not many questions you’ll be able to ask him both based mostly on how he felt and the way in which he was throwing it round immediately.”

The Rams additionally acquired cornerback Jalen Ramsey again at observe Saturday. Whereas Ramsey didn’t begin coaching camp on the bodily unable to carry out checklist after having offseason shoulder surgical procedure, he had not been cleared beforehand to participate in observe. On Saturday he took half within the crew’s 7-on-7 discipline work.

McVay stated Ramsey “did a terrific job” because the Rams continued his “five-day acclimation interval.”

“I feel he is feeling good after which we’ll proceed to extend that workload as we go,” the coach stated.