A week prior to Saturday, McVay told reporters that the 37-year-old quarterback would be a limited participant in training camp this year, stating that it's the "smart thing to do."
"I think it's best for (Stafford), best for our football team, and that's the kind of plan that we'll have moving forward," said McVay.
However, the head coach reiterated that Stafford will be ready for the season opener against the Houston Texans on September 7th.
Stafford, who led the Rams to a Super Bowl victory during the 2022 season, is currently in his 17th year. The veteran is coming off a season for the Rams in which he threw 3,762 yards and 20 touchdowns with eight interceptions with a 65.8 completion percentage.
If Stafford reaches 4,280 passing yards this season, he could leap Dan Marino (61,361), Matt Ryan (62,792), Aaron Rodgers (62,952), Phillip Rivers (63,440), and Ben Roethlisberger (64,088) to have the fifth most passing yards in NFL history.
Drafted with the first overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, Stafford spent the first 12 years of his career with the Detroit Lions.
In his first full season as the team's starter, Stafford threw a career high 5,038 yards and 41 touchdowns on a league-leading 663 passing attempts (63.5% completion percentage), earning him the Comeback Player of the Year award after season-ending shoulder surgery in 2010.
Stafford would go on to throw at least 4,000 yards in seven of the next nine years with the Lions, only throwing less than 20 touchdowns just once.
After his time with the Lions, Stafford would then go on to become the NFL's highest-paid player in its history at the time after signing a five-year deal worth $135 million ($27 million per year, $92 million guaranteed - record) in 2017.
He would then go on to sign a four-year extension with Los Angeles worth $160 million before signing his third deal with the Rams for two years, $84 million, that keeps him under contract until 2027.
The Rams finished the 2024 season as champions of the NFC West division with a 10-7 record before losing to the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Divisional Round of the playoffs.