Matthew Stafford’s back was never supposed to be a big deal, but the lack of positive updates since last weekend, and reversing course on that report from Sean McVay that the quarterback would return to practice before we found out that wasn’t really the case, has made this the biggest story in the NFL right now. A story that started to look even worse for the Rams on Saturday, when the team declined to answer if Stafford had gone through with a scheduled workout that day, then acting head coach Aubrey Pleasant referred the media to talk to McVay on Monday rather than ask him any questions about Stafford.

Some people have made it sound as though anything about the sky falling has come from the media, but in actuality the alarming nature of Stafford’s progress from a back injury that seeme

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