The Los Angeles Rams have made an important contract move with Super Bowl-winning quarterback Matthew Stafford after head coach Sean McVay opted to return for the 2023 season. The Rams are expected to pick up Stafford's 2023 option bonus and his 2024 salary, contract numbers that will pay the star quarterback a combined $62 million in guaranteed money, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Had the Rams opted not to pick up this bonus option, Stafford would have eventually been a post-cap casualty, counting $13.5 million against their 2023 cap and another $36 million in 2024, as Schefter notes.

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Amid the question marks surrounding McVay's future, there were also doubts about Stafford's as well.

The 34-year-old endured an injury-riddled season for the Rams, appearing in just nine games, as he dealt with elbow concerns and a spinal cord contusion while also spending time in the concussion protocol.

Yet Stafford had said multiple times that he would be returning in 2023- and that his Rams future would not be directly tied to McVay's.

It appears the Rams are on the same wavelength, as they are committing to Stafford through his contract for at least the 2023 campaign.

The Rams' follow-up to their Super Bowl championship was underwhelming, to say the least.

The franchise limped to a 5-12 record, a poor showing that is made worse by the fact that the Rams' financial and draft capital situations will make team-building quite difficult.

Still, McVay is as good an offensive mind as the NFL has- and Stafford, despite his down year, remains one of the better quarterbacks in the league.