Late-Night Heartbreak: Kelly Stafford Shares 2:30 a.m. Video of Matthew Stafford After Devastating Rams Loss, Revealing the Human Side of Defeat
Matthew Stafford quickly went from down in the dumps to daddy duty on Sunday night.
Just hours after the Rams star suffered a crushing 31–27 loss to the Seahawks in the NFC Championship game in Seattle, he returned to his Los Angeles home and sweetly resumed his fatherly responsibilities.
Video his wife Kelly Stafford shared on her Instagram page Monday showed the quarterback tip-toed through his four daughters’ rooms just after 2 a.m. so he could give them a hug and a kiss goodnight.
Matthew Stafford was seen hugging and kissing his daughters at 2:30 a.m. following the Rams’ loss to the Seahawks.
“After leaving everything out on that field and coming up short,” Kelly Stafford wrote in a caption on one of the videos of Stafford with his kids, “at 2:30 am, this was Matthew.”
In the Nest camera footage she posted, Matthew Stafford was seen going to each one of his girls’ beds and making sure they were all tucked in for the evening.
It was quite the contrast from what NFL fans had seen earlier, as the 37-year-old signal-caller battled for hours with the Seahawks to try to lift LA to another Super Bowl appearance.
Stafford threw for 374 yards and three touchdowns in the Rams’ loss to the Seahawks on Sunday.
Stafford went to each of his girls’ bedrooms to wish them a good night following the Rams’ loss to Seattle.
He completed 22 of his 35 passes for 374 yards and three touchdowns, and left the field with a bloodied non-throwing hand.
In the immediate aftermath of the game, though, Stafford’s selflessness was on full display, as he waited around to make sure he congratulated his former teammate Cooper Kupp on the victory.
Later Monday morning, Kelly Stafford showed she and her husband surprising their kids with doughnuts after they had traveled to Dad’s home and road games throughout the year to cheer him on.
Stafford’s daughters traveled all season to cheer him on.
Matthew and Kelly Stafford surprised their kids with doughnuts on Monday morning.
“Thank you for being such rockstars for me all season long!” the couple wrote on the box. “Y’all were the inspiration for daddy’s incredible year! We [love] you!!”
Stafford will have a big decision to make this offseason, as he was noncommittal about returning for 2026 while chatting with reporters in Seattle.
But first, sweet treats and quality time with his loved ones are the clear priority.
