Matthew Stafford on Manipulating Defenses, Birth of 13 Personnel & LA Coda

After 17 seasons in the NFL, Matthew Stafford has won Comeback Player of the Year, MVP, and has been named to the top 100 list eight times. He's seen just about every evolution of the sport in that time. Stafford sits down with Robert Mays to discuss those evolutions, how he's tricking NFL defenses in year 18, and his "professional marriage" to Sean McVay.

0:00 Welcome
0:13 Stafford breaks down film
3:02 Finding pace and rhythm
4:07 Manipulating defenses
5:56 Playing mind games
7:44 Finding voids and vacancies
8:40 Maintaining physicality in year 18
9:50 Losing movement skills?
10:09 Time with Darrell Bevell & Detroit Lions
11:27 Example from Lions career
12:35 Being free after Los Angeles Rams trade
13:07 Practicing against the best
13:55 Rams offensive evolution
14:32 Birth of 13 personnel
15:22 Professional marriage to Sean McVay
16:09 Playing against the blitz
18:42 Evolution of defense in last 17 years
20:36 Peaking at 38
20:46 Trade to LA

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