Matthew Stafford is the least mobile QB in the NFL according to this stat

(And almost anything else you can think of)

Lamar Jackson leads all NFL quarterbacks with 403 rushing yards and he’s also third in passer rating, fifth in touchdowns, and first in adjusted yards per attempt.

Jayden Daniels has taken the NFL by storm in his pro debut, ranking second among quarterbacks with 322 rushing yards in addition to being fourth in passer rating.

Teams have been pushing in the direction of dual threat quarterbacks for a long time, but really since 2018 Jackson has paved the way for more and more quarterbacks to be drafted in the first round because if nothing else they can run the ball: Justin Fields, Kyler Murray, Anthony Richardson being prime examples of that.

In the modern NFL, we’ve seen just how beneficial it can be to have a quarterback who is even moderately athletic, good enough to scramble when he needs to, including your players like Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Jordan Love, Caleb Williams, Baker Mayfield, and Brock Purdy.

And then there are the relics of quarterbacks past, the ones who legitimately wouldn’t run past the sticks if you paid them…and if you want to find two of them you need look no further than Sean McVay’s entire tenure with the Los Angeles Rams: Among 31 quarterbacks with at least 100 pass attempts, Matthew Stafford ranks 30th with -1 rushing yard this season. Jared Goff ranks 29th. Kirk Cousins, at -7, ranks 31st.

The only quarterback with fewer rushing yards than Stafford—the only one with fewer than 20 rushing yards—tore his Achilles a year ago.

And according to Doug_Analytics on Twitter, Stafford is the only starting quarterback in the NFL who has yet to scramble. Once. He hasn’t been able to run the ball himself one time. He’s the only quarterback in the NFL to not be able to scramble.

Stafford has one official rushing attempt for -1 yard (sounds like a sack to me), while Cousins, KIRK COUSINS, has 10 rushing attempts.

Cousins has one scramble all season. Which is one more than Stafford.

You can compare that to the quarterbacks in the top-5 for scramble percentage: Jayden Daniels, Josh Allen, Deshaun Watson, Lamar Jackson, and Justin Fields.

Four of those quarterbacks are in first place, with Jackson and Fields being tied atop the AFC North.

Obviously Watson’s problem isn’t a lack of mobility, but a lack of…well anything related to passing the football.

Speaking of which, Matthew Stafford’s season isn’t going that much better as a passer than Watson’s: Stafford is 30th in touchdown passes (only Jacoby Brissett has fewer) and 23rd in passer rating. Some are probably wondering if a more mobile quarterback — or ANY mobile quarterback — could be doing better with the same supporting cast and oft injured offensive line.

It couldn’t have hurt, right?

What we can take from this is that Stafford’s resurgence can only come via his arm and the passing game. When you take away his top two weapons and his starting interior offensive line, what else can be expected from Stafford if not these same results? He can’t run the ball, he can’t threaten to run the ball, defenses KNOW that he can’t run the ball, it gives them one more defender who can drop into coverage and dare Stafford to run the ball, which we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he won’t do.

That’s hard on an offense. It’s hard on Stafford. It’s easy on a defense. And it’s something that the Rams will need to think about the next time they add a quarterback to the roster.