Matthew Stafford completed 25-of-33 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns in the Rams’ 16-18, Week 6 loss to the Cardinals.

19 October 2026

The Cardinals’ pass rush was disruptive, hitting Stafford seven times and sacking him twice. Stafford lost a fumble on a two-point conversion, but the box score only shows a failed two-point try, evidently saving fantasy managers two fantasy points. Stafford later fumbled after getting spooked by a pass-rushing ghost. A Rams lineman recovered it, but it derailed an otherwise effective, tempo-based drive. Stafford nearly hit Nacua for a wide-open 65-yard touchdown at one point, but a QB hit altered Stafford’s trajectory and the pass fell incomplete. Nacua almost hauled in a diving 45-yard catch later on, but blatant DPI prevented it. Stafford engineered a touchdown drive at the tail end of the game, connecting with Nacua on a 42-yarder and a 16-yarder, before Colby Parkinson barreled into the end zone for the score. Stafford should return to the QB1 tier against the Raiders in Week 7.