Stetson Bennett IV appears ready to be backup quarterback for Matthew Stafford
Stetson Bennett IV moving up the depth chart to back up Matthew Stafford is really a Jimmy Garoppolo story more than anything else. If Bennett has passed Garoppolo on the Rams' QB2 chart, that's a notable signal about how the coaching staff views the veteran, and it's a mild red flag for anyone banking on Garoppolo as a viable QB2 stash or handcuff in deeper dynasty formats. For fantasy purposes, Garoppolo's value takes the hit here, not Stafford's — Stafford remains the unquestioned starter and this news doesn't change his draft stock at all going into your season prep.
Bennett himself isn't a fantasy consideration in single-QB leagues and only marginal in the deepest superflex/dynasty rosters, but this is worth filing away as a depth-chart note. The real actionable item is on Garoppolo: if you were holding him as a speculative QB2 in a deep or two-QB league banking on him ever seeing the field for a struggling Rams offense, this report should push him down your rankings. He's not worth an add anywhere in standard formats, and in deeper leagues where he's already rostered, treat him as a drop/lower-priority stash candidate given Bennett's apparent rise.
Confidence here is moderate — one source rates this at 80% confidence, the other only 50%, and both frame it as "appears ready" rather than a confirmed depth-chart decision. Treat it as a lean, not a lock, while you finalize your draft board. Stafford's outlook is unaffected either way; this is strictly a bench-QB value note as you sort out late-round or waiver-priority QB stashes.
Two years ago, with Rams backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo due to miss the first two games of the regular season because of a PED suspension, the Rams weren't sure Stetson Bennett IV was ready to serve as the understudy to Matthew Stafford.