Matthew Stafford

The No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft is the most trusted spot to find Super Bowl starters, but they have arrived from all corners.

Stafford's high-level play helped the Rams orchestrate a 7-1 finish and clinch a playoff berth in a year few expected them to go that far.

The Ford Field crowd made it clear at Sunday's wild-card game it was supporting Goff, and not former Detroit QB Matthew Stafford.

No one expected the Rams to be here. But that doesn't make the loss to the Lions in a perfectly hostile environment any easier to take.

The Lions made sure Sunday was about them, and not Matthew Stafford, by getting the job done in an emotional wild-card playoff victory.

Quarterbacks Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff are peaking entering the playoffs, but what are areas of concern for the Rams and Lions?

The playoffs open Saturday with an unlikely matchup between the Browns and Texans, before a wintry weekend concludes with Eagles-Bucs.

Does anyone think the Packers can pull off an upset of the Cowboys? Are the Dolphins too banged up to steal one from the Chiefs?

Key stat: QBs making their first playoff start vs. QBs who have playoff experience are 17-35-1 against the spread (32.7 percent) since 2002.

How Jalen Hurts handles blitzes, the Rams attack zone defense and the Cowboys and Packers win in the trenches could be pivotal.

It was literally, and figuratively, pouring in Los Angeles. Twelve months ago this week, Rams coach Sean McVay stood at a lectern, hoarse-voiced and hollow-faced, in front of a small group of local reporters and wondered aloud whether he would return. Rain pounded against the thin roofs of the trailers that house the team’s football operations as McVay alluded to losing a certain joy in coaching, for the sake of chasing personal and professional success. The Rams’ 5-12 season was a disaster that matched McVay’s own. Some in the building already felt he had made up his mind to...

Taking a data-driven look at what needs to go right for each NFC team to go on a deep playoff run and take home the Lombardi Trophy.

Stafford played for the Lions for 12 seasons before the Rams traded for him in 2021.

Dan Campbell says it's business as usual for Detroit as it preps for Matthew Stafford's return to Ford Field on Sunday night.

The NFL regular season is over, but the Power Rankings are powering on. Here's where all 32 teams landed after Week 18.

The Ravens and 49ers have the weekend off, but these 12 NFL wild-card teams will be fighting to advance in the playoffs.

Matthew Stafford spent his first 12 NFL seasons with the Lions. He'll travel with the Rams to Detroit for the wild-card matchup Sunday.

The engine that makes the entire Rams system go is Stafford, who at 35 is having a season that is undeniably cool.