Through five games and a gauntlet of an opening schedule, the Los Angeles Rams have demonstrated both their high potential and their frustrating limitations. It’s a common saying that football teams take on the personality of their head coach—and in many ways the Rams do project aspects of Sean McVay—but particularly this season the team seems to be embodied by its quarterback, Matthew Stafford.
It says a lot about Stafford that nearly 15 years into his career we still don’t know exactly what kind of quarterback he is. Capable of catching a hot streak and playing at an elite level at times, he helped bring a Lombardi trophy back to Los Angeles in just his first season after the high profile trade with the Detroit Lions.