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Stafford downplays Garrett injury but his own history shows Rams minimize severity initially.

Stafford downplayed Garrett's knee surgery as "just a blip in the radar, a little bump in the road" on the "Let's Go!" podcast, predicting Garrett would work diligently to return quickly and emphasizing that the entire team must compensate for his absence. However, the source notes that Stafford's own 2022 elbow problem was initially treated as manageable before McVay acknowledged it was more significant than anticipated, and in 2025 back soreness kept Stafford out of camp while the team projected confidence in his Week 1 availability while internally discussing placing him on injured reserve.

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