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NFC Notes: Mike Macdonald, Matthew Stafford, Cardinals, Rams, Seahawks
Jun 7, 2026Wyatt GrindleyNFL Trade Rumors
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Cardinals Cardinals HC Mike LaFleur commented on the absence of QB Jacoby Brissett and DE Josh Sweat from OTAs and noted that he isn’t reading too much into offers for Sweat. “The few guys that weren’t out there that you guys probably saw today, very much we knew that they weren’t going to be here and a lot of it was planned ahead,” LaFleur said, via NFL.com . “Like I said, you’d be hard-pressed to see if Jacoby hasn’t done most of what we are doing physically,” LaFleur said. “It’s word association from that point and cadences and all that kind of stuff. The hardest thing to teach a player is the speed of the game — an NFL game, in general. He’s played a lot of ball, so, he’ll be just fine.” “I don’t even read into the offers,” LaFleur noted. “I’m just excited about the fact that I don’t have to game plan against this guy. I got to know him when I first got this job. He’s a good dude. He goes about his process and he’s not the first guy to go about his process the way he is in terms of how he’s training and all that.” Rams Rams QB Matthew Stafford is likely tired of answering questions surrounding his mentorship of first-round QB Ty Simpson and refused to share any conversations he has with HC Sean McVay . “I’m not going to get into what our conversation was I appreciate him talking with me about those things. We have constant dialogue and a great relationship, so I appreciate that,” Stafford said of his discussions with McVay, via Pro Football Talk . “I understand where the team’s coming from. Listen, I’m not 25 years old and I get that. We’re doing everything we can to be as good a football team as we can for now, for the future, for all of it.” “My job, first and foremost, is to get myself and our team ready to play as best as I possibly can. He’s a part of that team. We’re in a unique position in that we play the same position, I have a ton of experience and he’s just now starting his journey as an NFL player,” Stafford added. “He’s a guy who asks questions. I’ve been trying to answer those as honestly and as thoroughly as I possibly can. I’m going to do everything I can to get this team ready to play, to win, but at the same time share some of the knowledge that I’ve gained throughout my career, because I wouldn’t be in the seat I am now, after a really good football season, if I didn’t have people helping me out along the way, so I’m happy to do that. He’s been a sponge. He’s looking to get better.” Seahawks Seahawks HC Mike Macdonald said the team coined the term “ run it forward ” as they want to continue improving and hope to remain among the league’s best. “ We’re using the term, we want to run it forward, ‘it’ meaning our process and who we are, ” Macdonald said, via the team’s website . “ I think this is going to be a conversation that we’re going to talk about consistently. I don’t think it’s a one-and-done type of conversation. Really, it’s just how we talk about, how we operate all the time. It’s something that we’re having conversations with our team and our units every day about who we want to be and how we want to do things, and this situation is no different. It’s really nothing more or less than that.” Macdonald added that the team will continue to grow and evolve to ultimately reach the Super Bowl once again next year. “ I’ve thought a lot about that, and I think when you look at some of these high-performing teams that have been able to do it over a long period of time, I think the common thread that you find is a…