Fox Sports' Outkick pushes back on ESPN's Dan Orlovsky, who argued that a second Super Bowl win this season would place Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford among the five to seven greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. The piece matters because it highlights a wider debate over how much team success versus individual sustained excellence should count when ranking quarterbacks historically, and questions whether Stafford's improved fortunes owe as much to elite teammates as to his own play.

The article notes Stafford was recently ranked 20th all-time by Bleacher Report and sits below numerous modern-era greats such as Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Peyton Manning, Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers, as well as figures like Brett Favre. While Stafford won his first league MVP last season and already has one Super Bowl ring from 2021, he never won a playoff game during his 12 years with the Detroit Lions, and the author argues his Rams success is heavily boosted by elite surrounding talent, including Puka Nacua, coach Sean McVay, and offseason additions Myles Garrett, Trent McDuffie and Aaron Donald. The Rams are currently among the biggest Super Bowl favourites at +500 on DraftKings, but the author concludes that even another title this season wouldn't be enough to rank Stafford among the game's five or seven best ever.