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The Los Angeles Rams might not have made the Super Bowl this season, but they did come out of the season with two massive pieces of news. Both revolve around Matthew Stafford.
Stafford is planning to come back to the Rams for the 2026 season, and he made that announcement during his MVP award acceptance speech. That MVP award is huge for Stafford, in more ways than one.
As Doug Clawson of CBS Sports notes, Stafford's MVP award gives him a huge advantage when it comes to making the Pro Football Hall of Fame when he retires. There's some strong history on Stafford's side with this one statistic from Clawson.
Matthew Stafford's HOF case gets huge boost with MVP
"Matthew Stafford, welcome to Canton (basically)," Clawson posted. "He is the 15th QB all-time with an NFL MVP and Super Bowl title. 10 of the other 14 are already in the HOF. 3 are locks. Only 1 out is Joe Theismann, whose career was cut short due to injury."
After his 2025 MVP award, Stafford is the 15th quarterback in league history with a Super Bowl championship and an MVP award. Nearly every other player is in the Hall of Fame.
Joe Montana, Terry Brashaw, Bart Starr, John Elway, Peyton Manning, Johnny Unitas, Ken Stabler, Steve Young, Brett Favre, and Kurt Warner are the 10 already in the Hall of Fame.
Other than Theisman, who only played in 12 seasons due to a brutal career-ending injury, the three other QB's to accomplish this feat who've not made the Hall of Fame are near-locks for the award.
Who are those three quarterbacks? One of them is Tom Brady, who has a case to be the greatest quarterback in league history. Aaron Rodgers is another, and he's been one of the best QB's in league history.
And the other is Patrick Mahomes, who, while he's still in the first 10 years of his career, is already a lock for the Hall of Fame with his incredible years with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Stafford has the stats to compare to these legendary quarterbacks, and his 2025 MVP award is the exact thing he needed to get over the hump and into the Hall of Fame.
While he might not be first ballot, there's little doubt that Stafford deserves a spot in Canton after his MVP season in 2025.
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