Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford heads into the 2025 NFL season as one of the older starters in the league. He’s 37, is entering his 17th season and will play for one of the top contenders in the league. Needless to say, he’s among the best in the league at certain skill sets.
ESPN analyst and ex-NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky (who was also a one-time Rams quarterback and teammate of Matthew Stafford on the Detroit Lions) made his own top 10 rankings before the season, but with his twist: He looked at top 10 starting NFL quarterbacks through the lens of seven traits: arm strength, ball placement, mechanics, decision-making, pocket presence, rushing ability and second-reaction creativity.
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Each trait got its own top-10 list. Some were similar, some were different.
Stafford made the top 10 in four of those seven: arm strength, ball placement, mechanics and decision-making. He ranked fifth in arm strength, sixth in ball placement, third in mechanics and sixth in decision-making. Stafford didn’t make the top 10 in second-reaction, rushing or pocket presence.
While Stafford didn’t make the top 10 for all seven traits, he was among the seven quarterbacks to be in at least four of the lists. Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson made all seven, while Jayden Daniels, Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes made six. Stafford tied Justin Herbert with four top 10 traits.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Dan Orlovsky ranks Matthew Stafford in top 10 of these 3 QB traits
