When it comes to Matthew Stafford’s health, nobody wants to count their chicks before they hatch. The 37-year-old quarterback has only made it through 11.7% of the regular season so far and there is a lot of football left to play in 2025; more if the L.A. Rams make the playoffs.
That being said, here we are two weeks into the season and it is anything but the “old QBs” who are feeling the weight of surviving the most physical team sport in the country:
J.J. McCarthy, high ankle sprain (2-4 weeks), 22 years old
Joe Burrow, turf toe (3+ months), 28 years old
Justin Fields, concussion (???), 26 years old
Brock Purdy, shoulder (2-4 weeks), 25 years old
After weeks of uncertainty around Stafford in training camp because he’s a 37-year-old with a bad back, so far the only question about th