LOS ANGELES — As Rams coach Sean McVay passed out game balls on Sunday as the team celebrated a 45-17 road win against the Arizona Cardinals, he saved quarterback Matthew Stafford’s for last. The coach stalked across the spartan visiting locker room and tossed the ball into the right hand that had just thrown for 281 more yards and three more touchdowns .

When Stafford walked to the middle of the circle to break the team down, his teammates began chanting “M-V-P” for the 37-year-old veteran. Stafford at first tried to wave it away, then with a smile said, “I appreciate it.” The chants continuing and the grin growing, he waved his arms side to side, saying, “Alright, alright, alright.”

“It was a cool,” Stafford said. “I hope they all know that they’re a huge part of it, and I think they

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