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New Jaguars General Manager James Gladstone is bringing someone with him from the Rams.

Per Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports, Brian Xanders is joining Jacksonville in a front office role.

Xanders had been with the Rams since 2017 as a senior personnel executive. He was previously the Broncos’ G.M. from 2009-2012 and a senior personnel executive for the Lions from 2013-2016.

Gladstone, Xanders, and new Jaguars head coach Liam Coen all worked together with Los Angeles.


In the NFL, no deal is ever done until it’s done. Now that quarterback Matthew Stafford’s new deal with the Rams is officially done, the two-year deal will once again tee up the question, after the next season, of whether the Rams and Stafford are done.

He ends up with $44 million this year, with no guarantees beyond 2025 — for injury or otherwise. The Rams will have until the fifth day of the next league year in March, when his 2026 salary of $40 million becomes fully guaranteed, to cut him. The Rams also will have the ability to trade Stafford, since they’ll hold his contractual rights through 2026.

We don’t, and won’t, know whether the Rams have informally agreed to grant Stafford his outright release, if he decides he wants to finish his career elsewhere. If a new team can sign him without giving the Rams a draft pick or two, that’s more money they’ll be willing to pay Stafford next year.

He could have gotten a firm $90 million (or more) on a two-year deal with the Raiders or Giants. But Stafford seems to be content to go one year at a time with the Rams, confident that another team (if not the Rams) will pay him fairly in 2026.

It’s a good deal for the Rams. At $42 million per year on his new contract, Stafford currently ranks 15th in the NFL. And he’s still better than the 15th best quarterback.

And Stafford, unlike plenty of starting quarterbacks, is willing to play in the current year with no financial security beyond it.


The Rams have added another player to their receiver group.

The team announced that they have signed Britain Covey as a free agent. It’s a one-year deal for Covey and no other terms of the pact have been announced.

Covey signed with the Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2022 and played in 17 games as a rookie. He played in 16 games in 2023, but was limited to five appearances in 2024. He also made four postseason appearances in Philly.

Covey had 11 catches for 76 yards in those appearances and also averaged 11.6 yards on punt returns and 21.5 yards on kickoff returns.


The Rams and quarterback Matthew Stafford agreed to continue their partnership for 2025 months ago.

But now, details are finally emerging of Stafford’s renegotiated contract.

According to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, Stafford will earn $44 million in the coming season, with $4 million already paid and the remaining $40 million fully guaranteed.

Stafford, 37, is set to continue going year-to-year with Los Angeles. But Rapoport notes that if the quarterback is on the roster at the start of free agency in 2026, he’ll lock in another $40 million. Where Stafford was previously set to make $58 million in 2025 and 2026, he’s now set to make $84 million.

In 2024, Stafford completed 65.8 percent of his passes for 3,762 yards with 20 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He then completed 63.4 percent of his throws for 533 yards with four touchdowns and no picks in two postseason games.


The Rams have Matthew Stafford back for this season.

Stafford, now 37, is year-to-year.

The Rams don’t have a heir apparent on the roster. But they do have two first-round picks for 2026, having acquired the Falcons’ top selection for next year. That gives them ammunition to trade up for a quarterback in 2026, if they so desire.

Rams coach Sean McVay, though, is hoping for at least two more years out of Stafford.

“We have a chance with him every time he’s at the switch, and love working with him,” McVay told Adam Schein on SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio. “And I think he can play as long as he wants, but fortunately, I’m hoping it’s a couple more years.”

Stafford agreed to a revised contract this offseason to stay in Los Angeles after being given permission to seek a trade. The Raiders and the Giants showed interest.

“When you’re able to have real conversations with people you love and care about, you can go one of two ways. You can either get further apart, or you can get closer,” McVay said. “And there is no question in my mind that he and I are closer than ever. There’s a lot of appreciation; there’s a lot of gratitude that we were able to work through some of those things.

“To ultimately, I heard [General Manager] Les [Snead] say it, to renew the vows. And I think there is kind of a renewal of appreciation for the opportunity to continue to work together. It doesn’t go lost on me how fortunate I am to be able to work with somebody as special as he is, both mentally, physically, and more importantly what he means with how he moves as a man, and how he positively affects and influences his teammates and people he’s around.”

Stafford has kept the Rams contenders. He is 19-12 as a starter the past two seasons, completing 64.2 percent of his passes for 7,727 yards with 44 touchdowns and 19 interceptions.

“I think he came out of this season feeling really good physically,” McVay said. “And one of the things that I think is a tremendous credit to him, you look at [those] playoff games that he’s played in with us, the four his first year where he goes 4-0, leads us to a Super Bowl, you go to the ’23 season, he did everything in his power to try to will us to a victory against an excellent Detroit football team in ’23. And then this past year, he balls against Minnesota, and he does his thing against Philadelphia.”