Matthew Stafford made his long-awaited return to the practice field on Monday after a back injury held him out of Rams training camp to this point.

Sean McVay says it’s ‘a step in the right direction’ for the veteran quarterback who missed the first four weeks of camp with an aggravated disc in his back.

Stafford has reportedly been dealing with an aggravated disc in his back, and while he previously completed some private individual work where he threw behind the scenes, he had been sitting out of team drills. This is a step in the right direction with the Rams' season opener vs. the Houston Texans now less than three weeks away.