The criteria for how we view quarterbacks doesn’t apply to Matthew Stafford. There’s a consensus understanding that he’s an all-time great, but he’s rarely been talked about as the best at his position throughout his 17-year career.
Right now, however, Stafford is the MVP of the league. It’s his trophy to lose, and one that he may need for his case to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but more on that later. Stafford continued his historic pace of pushing and protecting the football during the Rams’ dominant 34–7 win over the Buccaneers, which put Los Angeles (9–2) in position for the No. 1 seed in the NFC.
