Questions continue to linger amid Stetson Bennett’s near season-long absence from the Los Angeles Rams.
The Rams drafted the quarterback out of the fourth round of last year’s NFL Draft after he fired the Georgia Bulldogs to two consecutive national titles. However, he was taken off the active roster just three days removed from being named Matthew Stafford’s backup.
He is still on the team’s reserve/non-football illness list, with the team placing him there back in September following a shoulder injury that forced him to miss the first game of the season.
“Not going to really have any follow-up information or anything that I’ll give in that regard,” head coach Sean McVay said on the mysterious absence.
“That’s all I’m going to say and I really hope that you can please respect my wishes in regards to keeping that in-house.
“I understand you have a job to do, but there’s certain things that I think are a little bit bigger and more important, and out of respect for the particulars and specifics, want to be able to keep it in-house, and that’s where I’d like to leave it, please.”
After Stafford was sidelined with an injury in October, McVay said Bennett was doing better but was unlikely to be back in the team this season.
We’re now past the turn of the year and there’s been no update on the QB. All we know is whatever he’s going through isn’t football-related.
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As you can see from the tweets above, the overriding theory points to an alcohol problem. Still, it’s all just speculation at this point and should be treated as such.
That said, we hope Bennett is okay and can’t wait to see him playing football again.
