The Los Angeles Rams are set to hold a series of meetings in the coming week to discuss the futures of key veterans, including quarterback Matthew Stafford and wide receiver Cooper Kupp,” according to The Athletic.
Head coach Sean McVay confirmed this development on Thursday morning, indicating that the team’s executive and coaching leadership will convene to evaluate the roles of these veteran players within the team’s future plans.
McVay acknowledged that determining the future of quarterback Matthew Stafford will be a primary focus of these upcoming meetings. This decision carries significant weight, particularly considering the contract-related discussions that unfolded throughout the previous offseason, culminating in a brief standoff on the first day of training camp.
Los Angeles Rams To Meet With Stafford, Kupp Within A Fortnight

“I think the appropriate timeline is we’ll get a chance at the end of next week to really sit down. That will be one of the first topics on [my] to-do list, to be able to talk about. Hopefully that will be able to give us the opportunity to move toward clarity in regards to how that affects his status and what we’re doing at what we know is an incredibly important position for our football team moving forward.”
To address the contract-related challenges faced last offseason, Stafford and the Rams restructured his four-year extension, effectively transforming it into a one-year agreement.
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This restructuring involved front-loading guaranteed money into the 2024 season, with Stafford receiving $23 million in guaranteed compensation against a $46.1 million cap hit. However, the 2025 season carries only $4 million in guaranteed money, while the 2026 season includes no guaranteed compensation.
While McVay acknowledged that these decisions will ultimately be made based on what is best for the team, he freely admitted his close bond with his players will also weigh heavily on the proceedings, particularly with Kupp.
“Cooper has changed my life for the better,” McVay said. “He has made an impact on me most importantly as a person. … These things are very real. You try to say, ‘Oh, it’s business, it’s (not) personal,’ well, it all blends together because this is still relationships.”
That said, McVay also acknowledged their is a reality the various sides won’t enter these talks seeing eye to eye and that the Rams will have to make their case in these upcoming talks.
“But one of the things I’ve learned from him as much as anybody is there is no good way to go about hard conversations other than just straight to the point.”