{"id":5133,"date":"2023-09-02T07:08:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T07:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=5133"},"modified":"2023-09-02T07:08:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T07:08:33","slug":"matthew-staffords-wife-regrets-saying-rams-quarterback-struggles-to-connect-with-younger-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/02\/matthew-staffords-wife-regrets-saying-rams-quarterback-struggles-to-connect-with-younger-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Stafford’s wife regrets saying Rams quarterback struggles to connect with younger players"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kelly Stafford, the wife of Los Angeles Rams<\/a> quarterback Matthew Stafford, regrets saying her husband is having trouble connecting with the younger players in his locker room.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Stafford spoke with Local 4 Detroit\u2019s Christy McDonald on “A Conversation With,” saying her comments about her husband were “probably the worst thing I\u2019ve done when it comes to him.”<\/p>\n

“That was tough,” she said. “I say all the time, probably not the best if your wife\u2019s name is in the media<\/a>, if it\u2019s talking about sports. I felt pretty bad last week. I put my foot in my mouth pretty good last week.”<\/p>\n

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Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams celebrates with wife Kelly Stafford during Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium Feb. 13, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif.<\/span> (Andy Lyons\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Stafford still feels it\u2019s a “relatable” topic but likely didn\u2019t anticipate the national headlines she created.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“I spoke on a topic that I think, it\u2019s relatable, to the fact that it\u2019s hard to relate to someone who is ten years younger than you,” she explained. “And I do\u00a0think that\u2019s entirely true. But I\u2019m not in an NFL locker room. I\u2019m not spending every day with these teammates.”<\/p>\n

It was on her podcast, “The Morning After With Kelly Stafford,” where she revealed her husband, a Super Bowl-champion<\/a> quarterback with the Rams, told her he struggled connecting with certain players in the locker room.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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RAMS’ MATTHEW STAFFORD HAVING ISSUES WITH YOUNGER TEAMMATES, WIFE REVEALS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“In the old days, you’d come out of practice, you’d shower, people would be playing cards, people would be interacting,” Kelly Stafford said based on what her husband has told her. “Who knows what they’re doing, but they’re doing something together. They\u2019re playing Ping-Pong, they have a tournament going on. They’re at least talking. He said now they get done with practice or get done with meetings\u00a0during training camp,<\/a>\u00a0and they go straight to their phones.<\/p>\n

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“No one looks up from their phones. Matthew’s like, ‘I don’t know … am I the dad? Do I take the phones? What do I do here?’ And he’s like, \u2018I want them to see me not as a coach.\u2019”<\/p>\n

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Quarterback Matthew Stafford, red jersey, and running back Cam Akers (3) of the Los Angeles Rams talk during offseason workouts at California Lutheran University May 23, 2023, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.\u00a0<\/span> (Jayne Kamin-Oncea\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kelly Stafford also revealed the younger players refer to her husband as “sir” when they speak to him, and he doesn\u2019t like it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He’s like, ‘No, we’re on the same level here, we’re both playing in this league. Let me get to know you.’ He said it’s so different and so hard to get to know these guys,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Kelly also mentioned her husband had a book printed with each player\u2019s name and face in hopes the quarterback can build a relationship with them \u2014 on the field at least.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I think nowadays it’s really hard to develop that because all these young kids, they don’t care. Or it’s not that they don’t care, but they’re so used to going straight to their phones instead of having some fun with some guys in the locker room. It’s just different. It’s kind of sad,” Kelly Stafford said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Super Bowl champion quarterback Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams and his wife and Kelly pose on the red carpet before the start of NASCAR Cup Series Wise Power 400 at the Auto Club Speedway Feb. 27, 2022, in Fontana, Calif.<\/span> (Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Stafford is 35 years old entering his 15th season as a quarterback in the NFL after initially being drafted first overall out of Georgia<\/a> by the Detroit Lions in 2009. He delivered a 74-90-1 record over 12 seasons in Detroit before moving to the Rams, where he won the Super Bowl in his first season with the team in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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