Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams will be on the field this Christmas Day, facing the Denver Broncos at 1:30 p.m. PT. It’s one of three games on Christmas as the NFL tries to compete with the NBA on that major holiday.
For Stafford, he’s trying to figure out what to tell his kids. One option: tell them Christmas is the next day and hope they don’t look at a calendar. The other? Pretend Santa got stuck in the chimney and open presents after the game.
Either way, he has a story to tell his young ones about why dad is playing football on the day Santa is supposed to be delivering their presents.