Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has officially entered the “I watched you play when I was a kid!” phase of his career.
After saying hello to former Georgia and now Washington Commanders quarterback Jake Fromm, Stafford joked about Fromm telling him that he grew up watching the Rams quarterback play football for the Bulldogs.
Fromm played at Georgia from 2017-19, which is about a decade after Stafford played at the school (2006-08). Stafford is also a decade (35) older than Fromm (25) is, and that’s a great reason for how Fromm could’ve watched Stafford while he was growing up.
For Stafford, it’s a tough-yet-hilarious reminder about the passage of time and how much younger some of the players are in the NFL at this point in his career.
.@FrommJake was making his fellow @GeorgiaFootball alum Matthew Stafford really feel his age. 😂
"He just gave me the old man treatment." (via @NFLFilms) pic.twitter.com/K1UnE7YAOt
— NFL (@NFL) December 20, 2023
You just never know who you’re going to meet on game day, and Stafford got to say hello to one of his successors with the Bulldogs, one who he inspired during his 2000s playing days in Athens.
It’s a really cool interaction, and a sign of the times, too.
