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Matthew Stafford is getting candid about what's kept him under center in Los Angeles, and the answer is Sean McVay. Stafford says the Rams head coach has fundamentally changed how he sees football, and without that relationship, he wouldn't still be suiting up on Sundays. That's a significant admission from a quarterback who spent over a decade grinding through Detroit.
Shifting to Dallas, where the Parsons family drama is very much alive. Exactly one year after Micah Parsons' departure from the Cowboys, his brother Terrence fired a pointed message directly at Jerry Jones on social media, responding to what the Cowboys posted as a kind of farewell tribute. The message left zero ambiguity about how that family feels about the front office handling of that contract situation.
And across the Atlantic, Jack Grealish may be on the move before the transfer window slams shut, and his destination of choice is raising eyebrows. Sources tell BBC Sport that Grealish's preference, if he exits Manchester City in the coming days, would be a return to Aston Villa. A homecoming story with real emotional weight as the deadline bears down fast.
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