How Much Would Another Rams' Super Bowl Add to Matthew Stafford's Legacy
Stafford has already won one with the Rams. But now, entering the 2026 season with a super-team and sky-high expectations, winning another ring might not boost his place among the NFL's greats all that much.
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Aaron Donald is officially a Los Angeles Ram again.
He unretired.
He's back playing with Myles Garrett.
It's quite honestly terrifying.
I'm so glad I'm not on the field lining up against them, doing what over thirty teams this fall are gonna be doing, playing against the Rams.
I'm so glad.
But with that being said, Donald has always been a unicorn of a sport.
We know that.
The question I wanna dive into is: how does it impact Matthew Stafford's career, and how does it impact his legacy if the Rams win another Lombardi Trophy this year?
He's already won one with the Rams at quarterback, and he's seemingly an ageless wonder.
He's back in, in, in the MVP conversation, doing what others his age have not been able to do.
And let's dive into what one of the pundits said a few days ago.
Dan Orlovsky, a prominent media host, media personality, analyst on ESPN, NFL Live, Get Up, First Take, every pretty much every show ESPN has, said, quote, "If Matthew Stafford gets another championship, he has an MVP in his back pocket," Orlovsky said, "He becomes-- he enters a top five, top seven quarterback of all time.
He enters that territory."
Now, that's a bit of an aggressive take, I'd say.
There's others ahead of him.
Brady being the undisputed number one, but others close behind him that I think, even if Stafford wins again this year, deserve to be ahead of him, no doubt, in the history books.
The question is, with this defense and offense they already have, it's built in now.
It's Puka, it's AD, it's Myles Garrett.
There are so many weapons.
There are so many different pieces that Stafford has.
Does it take away from Stafford's individual success if the Rams are still excellent, but it's not him carrying the majority of the weight?
It's Donald, it's Garrett, it's others doing most of the work for him.
Do you enter that same conversation that the Niners had a few years back that, hey, Brock Purdy's a serviceable quarterback, but more of a system quarterback.
I don't think we get that conversation about Stafford just because of what he's produced in the past and what his career has been.
But the question is, I don't know how much a Super Bowl really adds to his legacy.
He's already won one with the Rams.
That arguably would be more impressive than winning this year, in a year they're expected to win, in a year they're heavily favored to win, in a year that not winning would be a surprise, would be a failure.
And so I disagree with Orlovsky.
I don't think he'd enter top five, top seven territory, and I don't think winning the Super Bowl would really elevate his case in the history books at all.
Sure, winning at his age, producing at his age, putting himself in the MVP conversation at his age would be remarkable.
How much would it add to his legacy on a glorified all-star team?
I don't know.
