Rams sign Stafford to $160M extension

Quarterback Matthew Stafford agreed to a fouryear contract extension through 2026 with the Rams after winning the Super Bowl in his first season with the team.

The deal signed by Stafford on Saturday is worth $160 million, with

$135 million guaranteed, ESPN reported.

Stafford is cashing in on his spectacular debut season with the Rams after

12 seasons with the Lions, who traded the 2009 No.

1 overall pick to the Rams a year ago. Stafford would be 38 years old in the final season of the extension.

Stafford is headed into the final year of his previous five-year, $135 million deal signed with the Lions, but he said he had no interest in going anywhere.

His new deal also is clearly calculated to allow the Rams to retain more of their championship core while adding new pieces, since Stafford almost certainly could have received more money at the top of the quarterback market. Aaron Rodgers’ new deal with the Packers is essentially a three-year,

$150 million contract. The Rams also are working on a contract extension for All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald.

The Falcons and Cordarrelle Patterson agreed to terms on a two-year, $10.5 million deal, ESPN reported. Patterson, 31, ran for

618 yards and six TDs and had 52 catches for

548 yards and five scores in

2021, his first season with the Falcons.

Xavier plans to bring back Sean Miller as its coach, ESPN reported. Miller, 53, coached the Musketeers from 2004-09, guiding them to four NCAA Tournament appearances. He then moved on to Arizona. Miller’s Wildcats won five Pac-12 regular-season titles and made three Elite Eight appearances in a five-year span from 2011-15. He was fired after last season.

College basketball:

Davis Riley shot a third-round 9-under 62 to take a two-shot lead at the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla.