Matthew Stafford showed he’s one of the toughest quarterbacks in football last season when he suffered a torn ligament in his right thumb and continued to play the rest of the season. The injury occurred in November yet Stafford still played 92.4% of the Lions’ offensive snaps.
He played and started all 16 games, threw for 4,084 yards and 26 touchdowns, once again putting together an efficient season despite also dealing with a torn UCL in his left elbow, broken cartilage in his rib, tearing something in his left knee and suffering a right ankle sprain.
It wasn’t believed that Stafford would need surgery, but a team spokesman told the L.A. Times on Thursday that Stafford had a minor procedure done on his right thumb, as first reported by The Athletic.
He’s not expected to miss any time as a result of the surgery and will be ready for offseason workouts and training camp.
This isn’t the first time the Rams have seen a thumb injury pop up. Jared Goff broke his right thumb late last season and was forced to miss Week 17 against the Cardinals. John Wolford started in his place, and again the following week in the wild-card round before suffering an injury of his own (neck).
Stafford missed eight games in 2019 due to a back injury, but otherwise has started every game since 2011.
