The Rams' QB room is brimming over with weirdness in 2025

The Los Angeles Rams have undertaken significant changes to the defense. After a disappointing season in 2022, GM Les Snead realized that the team could not afford to continue the habit of signing some of the NFL's top stars to top salaries. The team offloaded many highly-compensated players and pivoted to drafting a new defense that no longer depended on retired All-Pro Aaron Donald.

In 2025, the team followed up the defensive success through the draft by conducting a power cycle/soft reboot of the offense, which will no longer depend on All-Pro wide receiver Cooper Kupp to make plays and move the chains. But even as the team has changed special teams, the defense, and even the offensive arsenal, the quarterback room is becoming the most resilient to change.

This is an offense that is led by starting quarterback Matthew Stafford for his fifth season with the team. QB Stetson Bennett returns for his third season. And veteran backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and camp arm Dresser Winn are back for their second consecutive season. For a team that seems to be embracing change, their presence reminds everyone that changes do not affect everything.

Rams quarterback room is enjoying the calm before the storm

It would be a mistake to assume that sticking with the same quarterbacks as last season translates into no drama from the position. The offseason has been anything but drama-free. This was an offseason that debuted with fierce and complex negotiations between the 37-year-old veteran and the NFL team that still had him under contract. The two sides reached an agreement.

But problems were just the beginning. The team failed to address a succession plan for the position. Stafford did not opt to retire yet. Unfortunately, he arrived at training camp with a back injury that prevented his participation. The more details that became public, the worse the situation seemed to be.

After nearly a month of sitting on the sidelines watching his teammates practice, Matthew Stafford has finally returned as a full participant. All of that merely gets us to the present, an eddy behind the rock of even more hair-raising events that are bound to shake the Rams fanbase to its very core.

A vulnerable veteran who has suffered injuries in every season since winning Super Bowl LVI must gird his loins for a 17-game grueling season, already coming off a serious by unexplained back injury. His backup, a 33-year-old veteran, has his own list of questions over his durability. Even the third quarterback has a list of uncertainties. He is 27 years old and has yet to throw a single pass in the NFL regular season.

Among the lot of them, none appear to be the team's starter just two seasons into the future. It all seems strange to admit that the same team that has moved on from All-Pro DT Aaron Donald and All-Pro WR Cooper Kupp seems to cling to the same roster of quarterbacks. Like the eye of every hurricane, this is merely the quiet calm before the storm returns. As always, thanks for reading.

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