How many comeback wins will Matthew Stafford give LA Rams in 2021?

When the preseason reports came in about newly acquired quarterback Matthew Stafford, one attribute that many seemed to brush off rather quick was his ability to lead his team from behind to claim a comeback victory. Many commenters claimed that the LA Rams offense, with Stafford at the helm, would claim the early lead in all 17 regular season football games and never look back.

Or, worse yet, on those games where the opponent jumps out to a lead, that was it. No comeback. The game was over at that point.

Whether you view it as a sign of weakness or strength, Matthew Stafford has already engineered an LA Rams come-from-behind win in 2021. One come-from-behind fourth-quarter winning touchdown drive in three games is, well for lack of a better term, something quite new and exciting in the LA Rams offense.

When the NFL algorithms kick in, and the magic numbers begin to appear letting everyone know just how many wins or rival losses are necessary to secure a playoff berth, there are no asterisks involved if a win was a come-from-behind victory. And it could mean the difference folks. In a game of inches, that one comeback win may have sealed something special for the Rams this year. Or it could be a sign of things to come, perhaps?

What would that one comeback win have meant for the LA Rams in 2020? For starters, it would have changed the Rams seeding to the 5th seed. That would pit the LA Rams on the road at Washington, at New Orleans, and then home to host the Buccaneers. Of course, history is history. But the future is fluid and dynamic.