Stafford (protocol, neck) ruled out for Week 12

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Los Angeles Rams backmost Matthew Stafford is successful the concussion protocol and volition not play connected Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs due to the fact that of a cervix injury, caput manager Sean McVay said connected Wednesday.

McVay said Stafford felt immoderate numbness successful his legs aft taking a deed successful Week 11 against the New Orleans Saints, a crippled Stafford was playing successful 2 days aft helium was cleared from the concussion protocol.

Stafford is successful the concussion protocol, McVay said, "as a effect of immoderate of those evaluations [this week] and due to the fact that we pulled him retired of the game."

McVay made it wide that adjacent though Stafford is successful the concussion protocol, it doesn't mean the backmost has been diagnosed with a concussion.

McVay said aft Stafford was evaluated for a concussion connected Sunday against the Saints, "we wanted to instrumentality a blimpish attack to instrumentality him retired of the crippled arsenic a effect of immoderate of those symptoms that helium was having."

McVay said the Rams are taking it a week astatine a clip with Stafford's injury. The manager did not regularisation retired shutting the backmost down for the remainder of the season, saying, "We're not going to bash thing that's reckless."

"[Stafford is] truthful tough," McVay. "He's specified a large rival and I decidedly deliberation that's astir apt 1 of those deals wherever if helium is cleared, you decidedly privation to marque definite that I'm making a astute determination for him and for our team, not exclusive to this year."

McVay did not perpetrate to a starting backmost against Kansas City, arsenic John Wolford, who started successful Week 10 erstwhile Stafford was successful the concussion protocol, volition beryllium constricted successful signifier with a cervix injury. Wolford was inactive successful Week 11 against the Saints due to the fact that of his cervix injury.

Stafford was replaced by Bryce Perkins successful the crippled successful New Orleans, who is successful enactment to instrumentality the bulk of the backmost snaps during signifier connected Wednesday. Perkins completed 5 of 10 passes for 64 yards successful alleviation of Stafford against the Saints. He besides ran for 39 yards connected 5 carries.

The Rams signed backmost Case Cookus to the signifier squad connected Wednesday.