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Kelly Stafford may not actually put on pads when husband Matthew Stafford leads his Los Angeles Rams down the field, but she’d argue she still takes quite the beating.

“It’s not the easiest watching this sport in general,” The Morning After podcaster admitted to E! News in 2025, “especially when you have a loved one on that field.”

So while she and her daughters—twins Sawyer and Chandler, 9, plus Hunter, 8, and Tyler, 6—were going crazy as quarterback Matthew, 38, helped take the Rams to overtime against the Buffalo Bills Oct. 12, she was stressed about more than just scoring another win.

“At the end of the day, I want my husband to be who he was when I met him and married him after he’s done and helping me raise these girls,” she explained of feeling herself full body clench each time the University of Georgia alum is sacked. “Body parts I can handle, I’m like, ‘OK, well, you broke something, whatever. We’ll figure it out.’ I worry about the head, because it’s the one people push through and they shouldn’t.”

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Because for all the focus on concussion protocol, a player is going to take more hits to the head “the longer they play,” said Kelly. And with her husband—2009’s top draft pick—competing in his 18th season, “That is very heavy on my heart every time I go to the game. It’s part of the reason why I get so nervous.”

Similarly, Matthew’s week five opponent, Bills QB Josh Allen, was competing for more than just himself.

With actress wife Hailee Steinfeld welcoming their daughter Harper months before the season kicked off, “It’s going to be obviously a lot of FaceTimes, a lot of calls,” the 30-year-old predicted to E! News in July of his game plan. “I don’t want to miss anything.”

Same, same, noted Hailee, who was captured playing cheerleader as the Bills bested the Rams in overtime.

“His job is on such a strict schedule,” she explained to Variety last October. “I try to organize my time so I can be where he is.”

And with Josh taking the field just down the road from their L.A. spread, she continued, “This time of year, I get to hunker down, slow down, support him and live life.”

Of course, she and Kelly aren’t the only partners who are part of the squad. Check out the teammates the NFL’s QBs call their real-life MVPs.

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Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles RamsAfter 12 seasons leading the Lions’ offense, the team swapped quarterbacks with the Rams in 2021, meaning longtime Bloomfield Hills, Mich., residents Matthew Stafford and Kelly Stafford were off to L.A.—where he promptly won a Super Bowl in his first season with his new team.And it turned out he had a secret weapon in the pocket with him: Yes, it was his wife’s unflagging support.Kelly shared on TODAY after the Rams’ win that she wrote her husband letters before every game leading up to the big one in February 2022. “It was just how much I thought he truly deserved this, and why I thought he deserved it,” she said. “The most important thing at the end of the day is that we all have each other.”Married since April 4, 2015, the Staffords are parents of four daughters: twins Chandler and Sawyer (born March 31, 2017), Hunter Hope (Aug. 16, 2018) and Tyler Hall (June 28, 2020).

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Drake Maye, New England PatriotsThe No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft came to Foxborough, Mass., ready to start on the field, but the North Carolina native hasn’t played the field possibly ever, having been in a relationship with fellow North Carolina Tar Heel Ann Michael Hudson for more than a decade.”9 years with you and it keeps getting better everyday,” Ann wrote Oct. 30, 2024, on Instagram. “I couldn’t imagine my life with out you as my best friend. I love you more than you know!”After wrapping up his rookie NFL season, Drake popped the question, captioning their Jan. 15, 2025, engagement announcement, “Love doing life with you. Can’t wait to marry you!”The endgame sweethearts tied the knot in June 2025.

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Sam Darnold, Seattle SeahawksUniversity of South Carolina alum Katie Hoofnagle‘s Instagram page features stops in North Carolina, Minnesota and Washington, reflecting her own road as the partner of a journeyman quarterback.Before joining the Seahawks, Sam popped the question in his hometown of Dana Point, Calif., in July 2025.Celebrating his birthday a month before their engagement, Katie wrote on Instagram, “Amidst the chaos of our everyday lives, every day spent with you is filled with an abundance of peace, laughter, presence, joy, and love. Here’s to another trip around the sun sharing good meals, good music, and good company. Happy 28th birthday to my better half, I love you more.”Two months after his February 2026 Super Bowl win, the pair were going near Disneyland, marrying at California’s Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa. As Katie wrote on Instagram April 7, 2026, “big year for rings.”

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Josh Allen, Buffalo BillsIf Hailee Steinfeld likes a man with true grit, she could’ve done worse than marrying the Bills’ four-time Pro Bowl selection.After more than a year of unostentatious dating, Josh’s first appearance on Hailee’s Instagram featured the athlete taking a knee for a waterfront proposal.They tied the knot in California on May 31, 2025.“She makes everything easier, so I don’t really focus on the other stuff,” Josh told reporters that June. “That was the most important decision I’ll make in my life—and I made the right one.”The couple announced Hailee’s pregnancy with their first baby together in December 2025. “I now fully understand what every parent ever has said of, like, you blink and it all just goes by so fast,” Hailee shared on her Beau Society newsletter in June 2026 after they welcomed daughter Harper Haize. “It is so very true.”

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Bo Nix, Denver BroncosBo had already met his teammate for life, Auburn cheerleader Izzy Smoke, by the time he transferred to Oregon after three seasons of playing for the Tigers.He proposed in August 2021 before his first of two years with the Ducks. Izzy graduated in 2022 and the couple married that July.The now Denver-based pair revealed in October 2025 that they’re expecting their first baby together. They welcomed daughter Riley Belle on Dad’s birthday in February 2026.

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Jarrett Stidham, Denver BroncosJarrett backed up Bo Nix throughout the 2025-26 season, only to be named the AFC Championship Game starter after the Broncos’ starting quarterback suffered an ankle fracture at the end of their division round win.Backing up Jarrett throughout the season—and since they met as students at Baylor—was his wife Kennedy Stidham (née Brown).They tied the knot in 2019 and have three children together, welcoming their youngest in October 2025.”My rock through season,” Jarrett captioned a pic of them, Kennedy sporting a No. 8 sweater in honor of her favorite player.

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Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs”I was not prepared for this,” Brittany Mahomes told CBS News in July 2023 of the whirlwind of accolades and excitement that came with falling for QB1 at Whitehouse High School in their native Texas. “And at such a young age. We were in love and I loved him with all of my heart. But, you know, I didn’t expect it to skyrocket this soon, and us kind of just being thrown into the fire like this.”Patrick proposed at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 1, 2020, the day the Chiefs were presented with their Super Bowl LIV rings, and they tied the knot March 12, 2022.The athlete told CBS that being dad to daughter Sterling Skye, born Feb. 20, 2021, and Patrick “Bronze” Lavone Mahomes III, born Nov. 28, 2022, gave him “a much better understanding of being present and enjoying” the game of football.”When my kids grow up,” he explained, “I wanted them to see that dad wasn’t just gone just to be gone. I was gone doing something, to build, to be great. And so, whenever they get older, they can see how hard I worked.”Brittany gave birth to daughter Golden Raye on Jan. 12, 2025, her name another nod to precious metal ahead of the Chiefs’ 10th straight trip to the postseason.

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Aaron Rodgers, Pittsburgh SteelersAfter high-profile romances with Olivia Munn, Danica Patrick and Shailene Woodley, Rodgers got married a couple months before signing a one-year deal with the Steelers and—though he mentioned dating a Brittani in December 2024—has never publicly identified his wife since confirming he was wearing a wedding ring at a team minicamp in June 2025.But he did say he had “the most incredible wife,” telling Sports Illustrated, “I just really love her and I’m so grateful to have her by my side at the end. When you have that stability and that rock behind you at the house, you feel like you could do anything.”The onetime Super Bowl winner with the Packers explained, “When you meet the right one, and you’re with the right one, your world changes in a second. To have that person who loves you unconditionally behind the scenes, there’s no better feeling in the world.”

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Justin Herbert, Los Angeles ChargersHerbert and Madison Beer were first spotted hanging out in August 2025, and soon enough they confirmed their romance with some PDA on the sideline at one of his games that October.Later in the month, they were looking cozy courtside at the Lakers and at a World Series game.For the two-time Grammy nominee’s 27th birthday in March 2026, the NFL star professed his love, writing on Instagram, “Happy birthday to my favorite person of all time. I love you so much. You’ve changed my life forever.”So, he made her his, the “Make You Mine” revealing their engagement with a July 2026 Instagram post.

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Jared Goff, Detroit LionsThe low-key Lion married model Christen Harper on June 22, 2024, at the Ojai Valley Inn in his native California.”I swore that he messaged me first,” Christen—Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s co-Rookie of the Year in 2022 and a star of the web series Women of the League—told Fox News Digital in 2023 of meeting her future husband on the dating app Raya in 2018. “But when we went and looked back, I actually sent the first message. So all you ladies out there, you better send the first message because you never know—you gotta shoot your shot.”While the co-founder of the wellness app Planted is a permanent fixture on the sidelines rooting for No. 16, Christen called Jared “just the best cheerleader” when it came to her goals as well.”It’s so fun because I get to cheer him on for his football season,” she said. “But he is the number one supporter, the number one person that’s just in my court.”They’ve since added to their cheering section, welcoming daughter Romy Isabelle Goff in July 2025.

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Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia EaglesNot one to flout his relationship on social media, Jalen confirmed to Essence in 2023 that he was “spoken for,” and the woman doing the speaking was IT specialist Bryonna “Bry” Burrows.They dated at University of Alabama, before Jalen finished his college career at Oklahoma and was drafted in 2020, but “I knew a long time ago,” he said about their future together. “I mean, to this point in my life, that’s an irreplaceable feeling. I think that’s what allowed us to get to where we are now.”Essence subsequently got the scoop on their engagement in September 2024 and Bry was Jalen’s wife by the time Men’s Health published an April 2025 cover story on the 2025 Super Bowl winner.

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Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ersThe 262nd pick in the 2022 NFL draft was never Mr. Irrelevant to Jenna Brandt.And while the 49ers had another sort of bauble in mind, Brock popped the question in July 2023 and the couple married in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 9, 2024.On July 28, 2025, the couple jointly shared, “Life just became a whole lot sweeter,” as they announced the arrival of daughter Millie Joleen Purdy. A year later, they revealed their team was expanding. “Another blessing on the way,” she wrote on Instagram in July 2026. “Baby #2 coming soon.”

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Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay BuccaneersBaker’s football fortunes were all over the place for a couple of years before the Bucs took a chance in 2023 and ended up in the playoffs. But throughout the journey, Emily Wilkinson Mayfield has been along for the rideBaker, a Heisman winner with the University of Oklahoma, met Emily in 2017 and proposed six months later, so she’s been there for all of the ups and downs since he went No. 1 in the 2018 NFL draft to the Browns.And the fairer half of the Baker & Emily Mayfield Foundation is certainly in it for the long haul.“Happy 4 year anniversary to my sweet husband,” Emily posted to Instagram on July 10, 2024. “These last few years we have grown in so many ways, and I am SO proud of where we are in our marriage.”And indeed it was quite the rebuilding year: The couple welcomed daughter Kova Jade Mayfield on April 9, 2024, and announced in November 2025 that baby No. 2 was entering the field of play. Son Maverick Thorne joined the squad a week after his big sister’s birthday in April 2026.

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Jordan Love, Green Bay PackersRonika Stone, a professional volleyball player and daughter of retired Super Bowl champ Ron Stone, rocks Packers merch with pride. And when she and her future mother-in-law Anna Love weren’t exactly given the VIP treatment at Arrowhead Stadium during an away game against the Kansas City Chiefs in 2021, she handled it with grace and humor.”I always wanted to be on sportscenter…thought it’d be for volleyball tho,” Ronika posted to Instagram after a pic of she and Jordan’s mother sitting in the nosebleeds went viral.Knowing a ride or die when he sees one, Love popped the question while they were in Italy in June 2024.”First step to forever,” they posted on Instagram June 23. They tied the knot a year later.The couple topped that news with their Jan. 1, 2026, announcement that Ronika was pregnant with their first child together. Daughter Rayna Capri joined their roster in May 2026.

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Joe Flacco, Cincinnati BengalsThe unexpected savior of the Cleveland Browns’ 2023-24 playoff chances was Super Bowl winner (with the Ravens) Joe Flacco, who was busy playing stay-at-home dad to his five kids with wife Dana Grady Flacco when he got the call.”Joe’s not one to sit still,” Dana told Cleveland.com ahead of the playoffs in 2024. “He was always like, ‘What can I do? I’m just going to get you a coffee.’ I think I had like seven coffees a day.”The couple, together since senior year at Audubon High School in New Jersey, married on June 25, 2011. They welcomed Stephen in June 2012, Daniel in September 2013, Francis in January 2015, Evelyn in September 2016 and Thomas in April 2018.“It’s definitely changed how I spend time in the off-season,” Joe said in a Ravens promo video. “Me and my wife look at each other and wonder what we did before we had them, because you’re just wrapped up in those guys.”Not ready to hang up his helmet just yet, Joe signed a one-year deal with the Colts to back up second-year QB Anthony Richardson in 2024 and then agreed to another season with the Browns for $4 million in 2025 before being traded to the Bengals five weeks into the season.

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Russell Wilson, New York Giants”He and I share the same vision for our babies, which I think makes the world of a difference, that we’re on the same page,” Ciara, who married Russell in 2016, told Sports Illustrated in 2022. “It’s important that our kids—you know, they have way more access than we had growing up—so we want to make sure we keep them humble in the process to make sure they do things like having to pick up after themselves and knowing that life isn’t going to be handed to you.”Russell joined the Broncos in 2022 after 10 seasons in Seattle and gained a new team member off the field as well: Daughter Amora Princess Wilson was born in December 2023, joining Future Zahir (Ciara’s son with rapper Future, born May 2014), daughter Sienna (April 2017), and son Win (July 2020), in the family lineup. And the couple announced plans for their newest recruit in September 2026, writing on Instagram, “One more person to Love.” After two lackluster seasons in Denver, Russell was in comeback-player-of-the-year form with the Steelers. But they also acquired former Chicago Bears QB Justin Fields in 2024, so the athlete moved on to sign a one-year deal with the New York Giants in 2025. Announcing his retirement in June 2026, he revealed he’d suit up as an analyst for CBS Sports that fall.

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Kirk Cousins, Las Vegas RaidersSure, offensive lines are great, but it’s Julie Hampton Cousins who really has Kirk’s back.The onetime elementary school teacher, who married Kirk in 2014, “thrives in the work of supporting” her husband, she told People. “I love hosting people for games, cooking and planning snacks and meals. I also enjoy organizing all kinds of stuff for Kirk off the field, like his bodywork, making sure we all get good sleep and that we’re getting in quality time with our boys. It’s a very unique job, but I’m very happy to be in it.”And while Kirk is closer to the end of his career than the beginning, named the Raiders’ starting QB over 2026 No. 1 draft pick Fernando Mendoza, he got to fulfill his dream to play when sons Cooper (born Sept. 29, 2017) and Turner (March 10, 2019) could “really remember it and will have enjoyed being a part of it.”

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Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville JaguarsMarissa Lawrence has been cheering her husband on since their Cartersville High School days in Georgia—and their photo album includes memories of every milestone, from their senior prom to their April 10, 2021, wedding day to Trevor going No. 1 to the Jaguars just weeks later and many tropical vacations since.”Every year gets sweeter with you @marissa_lawrence,” Trevor wrote on their anniversary in 2023. “2 years down already and we’ve made so many memories and experienced so much together. Excited for all the years to come. I love you more than you know.”And he wasn’t kidding about the progressively sweeter years: The couple revealed in June 2024 that “a little Lawrence” was on the way and daughter Shae Lynn Lawrence arrived Jan. 4, 2025. They announced the impending arrival of their newest recruit in June 2026.

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Kenny Pickett, Carolina PanthersThe only quarterback selected in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft reported for Steelers’ training camp in 2023 a married man, swapping vows with former Princeton soccer player Amy Paternoster that June.The couple, who started dating in 2021, honeymooned in Puerto Rico.On Amy’s 22nd birthday Feb. 13, 2023, Kenny posted to Instagram, “Extremely grateful for you every day and spending the rest of my life with you will be the greatest honor I could ask for.”They enjoyed their first wedding anniversary vacationing in Napa, Calif., before Kenny reported for duty with the Philadelphia Eagles to back up Jalen Hurts.After sharing in the Eagles’ 2025 Super Bowl win, Kenny was traded to the Browns, but ended up on the Raiders’ roster before the 2025-26 season began. He signed a one-year contract with the Panthers in March 2026.

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Tua Tagovailoa, Atlanta FalconsAfter his fifth-year option was picked up by the Miami Dolphins in March 2023, Tua admitted to reporters that he considered retiring after his injury-marred 2022 season.And not least because he had so many wonderful things to stay home for.”Never one to put my private life out there. But this one deserved a post,” Tua wrote on July 17, 2023, sharing a one-time-only snap of his love Annah Tagovailoa. “Happy 1 Year Anniversary to my beautiful wife. I love you.”In a rare peek into his off-field world, Tua told reporters in November 2022 that he was thankful for his wife and new baby (son Ace, born in August 2022, made his public debut at the Tua Foundation luau benefit the following April).”It’s very unique how having a child impacts how you see things differently in life. It’s like nothing that I’ve experienced,” Tua said. “There’s no playbook for this because everyone’s experience is different, whether you’re having a boy first or a girl.”That being said, he added, “I thank my heavenly Father up above that I got a boy first. Oh, man. I don’t know what I’d do if I had a girl. It’d be a little harder, I think, because I wouldn’t know what to do necessarily.”Tua, who signed with the Falcons in 2026, and Anna have since welcomed daughter Maisey.

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