"McVay said there hasn't been a setback and that he spoke out of turn putting a schedule on Stafford's return," another reporter, Adam Grosbard of the Los Angeles Daily News and Orange County Register, wrote in a social media post.

Stafford, 37, has not practiced since the Rams opened training camp while receiving treatment from trainers and the team medical staff for what McVay initially described as back soreness. McVay said last Tuesday that Stafford would sit out the first block of practices, but return on Monday when the Rams will be in pads for the first time.

The Rams have a timetable for quarterback Matthew Stafford’s recovery from a sore back, but Los Angeles coach Sean McVay does not plan on making it public to avoid the perception of a possible setback.