LOS ANGELES — Matthew Stafford was among the 52,654 packed into Dodger Stadium on Monday for the 18-inning epic that was Game 3 . But with an unavoidable engagement in the morning, the Rams quarterback left in the 10th inning. Ate dinner, drove home, got into his pajamas, laid down in bed and Freddie Freeman had still yet to hit his walkoff home run.

“I gave it my best effort,” Stafford said, “but I knew I was going to have to get up and get some kids ready for school the next day.”

Thus ended Stafford’s bye week, one spent chauffeuring for his daughters, attending their soccer games and even making a one-day escape with his wife.

And not taking hits from NFL pass rushers, something that can’t be taken for granted at the age of 37.

Stafford entered the Rams’ training camp in July wit

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