Rams' Matthew Stafford reflects on reaction to NFL photographer fall: 'That obviously happened really quickly'

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Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford expressed his regret on Tuesday with how he reacted to an NFL photographer falling off the stage during the team’s Super Bowl parade last week, saying he wished he had a "better reaction." 

Stafford, who took home the Lombardi Trophy with the Rams this season after 12 trying years with the Detroit Lions, joined his wife, Kelly Stafford, on her podcast "The Morning After" to discuss his viral reaction to Kelly Smiley’s fall off the stage, which left the photographer with a fractured spine. 

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"We can’t not talk about what happened," Kelly Stafford said on the podcast. "There was a photographer, who stepped off the back of the stage, had asked if we wanted a picture, and I was like, ‘Yes,’ because looking back at my camera roll, I have literally zero of Matthew and I."

Matthew Stafford (left) and Andrew Whitworth (center) of the Los Angeles Rams celebrate during the Super Bowl LVI Victory Parade on Feb. 16, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

"When she offered, she stepped back and fell," she continued. "It was an awful, awful moment. Matthew looked at me and said, ‘Check her please,’ and turned around."

Kelly Stafford said she went straight over to Smiley and initially "could see that she was OK."  

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"We followed up with her, the moment we got in the car, Matthew actually looked at me and said, ‘Hey, will you contact the Rams, ask how she’s doing?’ Did that, they’re like, ‘We think she’s going to be OK.’ We sent her flowers. Next