Stafford's Los Angeles Rams lost 31-27 to the Seattle Seahawks on Jan. 25

Matthew Stafford officially announces he will return for the 2026 NFL season after winning MVP, ending all retirement speculation.

Matthew Stafford went from down to dad in a hurry on Sunday night. Just hours after the Rams star suffered a crushing 31-27 loss to the Seahawks in the NFC Championship game in Seattle, he returned to his Los Angeles home and sweetly resumed his fatherly duties.

Stafford faces what would be an 18th NFL season after turning in a potential MVP campaign that included a league-best 4,707 passing yards and 46 TDs.

It's "homecoming weekend" for L.A. Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford. He returns to Detroit Sunday to face the Lions in a primetime playoff game, the very first postseason tilt in the history of Ford Field. As the regular season wound down, speculation ...

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