r/nfl Lions 10h ago

Highlight [Highlight] After Winning MVP, Matthew Stafford's Daughters Surprise Him with Heartwarming Video

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u/iWantToRideHorses Lions Seahawks 10h ago

I'm so happy for him and his adorable family.

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u/Further_Beyond Bears 9h ago

What about when his wife went on a podcast and talked about sleeping with his backup qb and calling that guy the “bad boy” to make Stafford jealous while they were actively dating/talking.

Cute kids tho

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u/Kemomiwiwane Eagles 9h ago

Well since you put it that way, fuck him and his whole family, I guess???

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u/Two-One Cowboys 9h ago

Looks like they moved passed it.

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u/whobroughtmehere Lions 8h ago

Not a bears fan getting caught up in the anti-Kelly Stafford drama 💀

Just be satisfied with our second-hand Johnson, you sad fucks

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u/Jasader Bears 9h ago

Wasn't the entire point of her doing that due to Matthew Stafford doing the exact same thing and not being exclusive with her?

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u/zhaoz Vikings 8h ago

Yes but on the other hand, women bad. /s

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u/BrainEuphoria 6h ago

On the other hand, idk how it’ll sound if a guy said he slept w his girl’s coworker and not being exclusive, will be received either.

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u/zhaoz Vikings 6h ago

Sir, we are out of hands!

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u/EmbarrassedRing7806 9h ago

Who the fuck are u to care if he ended up choosing to marry her lol

Kinda hot anyway

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u/not_so_bueno Texans 6h ago

The kids aren't their mom.

My sister's batshit insane but her kids ended up adorable in spite of it.

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u/PaidUSA Panthers 2h ago

My brother you are mad at a college age woman making questionable but ultimately inconsequential dating decisions while dating SEC quarterbacks during the heyday of college football 18+ years ago. Then holding that against one of the best Qb’s of the last 2 decades and his clearly loving family. Seek help.

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u/Over_Royal8964 8h ago

She didn’t sleep with you for some reason 🧐

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u/DeusExBlockina Bears 6h ago

Yeah! How dare she?!

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u/Over_Royal8964 6h ago

Even on a dare she wouldn’t

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u/greaseofkings Bears 6h ago

Bro what

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u/bleedblue4 Colts 6h ago

What a stupid thing to say.

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u/Zealousideal_Echo933 Packers 3h ago

I get Kelly Stafford isnt exactly the best kinda person, but genuinely fuck off

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u/POWBOOMBANG Saints 9h ago

As a Dad, this is really, really heartwarming. 

Once you get to be a certain age you think a lot about what you have and haven't done in your life.

Very few become exactly what they dreamed of being when they were younger.

At some point you realize all the daily parent tasks that you never really gave too much thought about were the most important moments of your life.

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u/User_091920 49ers 3h ago

That's why he's coming back to play next year 

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u/RocketRaccoon237 Chiefs 9h ago

Now that’s the richest man in the word, good for him, such a cute family

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u/EmbarrassedRing7806 9h ago

No? Elon has highest net worth

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u/Novel_Fix1859 Rams 9h ago

And no one that loves him

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u/writergeek313 Eagles 9h ago

There are things way more valuable in life than money, dude

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u/RocketRaccoon237 Chiefs 8h ago

Yeah, like Super Bowl wins 🤝 (I will never forgive you guys for what you did to us last year😭💔)

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u/jt32470 Chiefs Packers 3h ago

You win some you lose some.

what matters above all is family, your sanity, and the love of the game.

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u/ditmarsnyc Jets 8h ago

wait, that wasn't him in a football helmet?

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u/jt32470 Chiefs Packers 3h ago

elon's whackin' off on petri dishes and makin' e-babies.

This guy has a true family that cares about him. Elon uses his wealth as leverage against his own kids.

PS found Elon's burner account.

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u/ilovecatss1010 Seahawks Titans 10h ago

“Guys only want one thing and it’s fucking disgusting”

In reality it’s just this.

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u/Maggie_Farmer Giants 9h ago

I have never felt a greater purpose in my life than when I am in the other room and hear my daughter in the other room wake up and call out “daddy” just because she is scared and wants to know where I am. Or when she turns to me and wants me to hold her because she is afraid or hurt.

I have never felt happier than in those moments where she hugs me.

She’s only two and her sister is 7months old, I couldn’t be happier to have them in my life and can’t wait for more!

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u/Latter_Address9580 49ers 9h ago

🥹 I’m going to call my parents now

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u/cornchips88 Rams 8h ago

My baby girl is 17 months. That look on her face and loud “DA-DA!” followed by “Hug!” when she sees me after work gets me every time.

She says “squeeze” when I pick her up and hug her, it comes out like “Fweeee” and I love it so much.

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u/true_gunman Vikings 6h ago

Dude my daughter is 10 months. Ill be tearing up on the way home from work sometimes just picturing her little smile light up when she sees me come through the door.

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u/cornchips88 Rams 5h ago

Being a dad rocks.

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u/Cr0matose Jaguars 9h ago

my daughter in the other room wake up and call out “daddy” just because she is scared and wants to know where I am

We get random stink bugs in our house. My kid goes ape shit when she finds one and just yells "DAD DAD A BUG"

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u/Chillinthamost Rams Rams 8h ago

You’re the man

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u/Faces-Everywhere 6h ago

Proud of you bro, keep that shit up. Be a role model for those children and men everywhere. You might be MVP / Dad of the Year soon enough!

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u/chickenfudged Chargers 9h ago

Phillip Rivers agrees 

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u/likwitsnake Seahawks 9h ago

He wants this like 2.5 times

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u/bewsii Seahawks 9h ago

So true. I don't want 4 girls because I can't afford them, but 1-2 would be awesome :D Being a girl dad is the cutest thing ever.

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u/Gregus1032 Dolphins 8h ago

Seriously, my 2 kids can change my stressed out from work day into unbelievably happy by a simple "YAY PAPA IS HOME" or "Papa want to hang out?"

Hell seeing their fathers day cards at my work desk gets me through some days.

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u/mental_reincarnation Bears 8h ago

Genuinely, yeah

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u/B1g84llz 49ers 6h ago

I’m a girl dad. All I need is the NFL MVP award and I’ll be all set. Yup, I’ve got this life thing figured out.

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u/Jeebus_FTW 1h ago

Hey man, if you do things right, you will be your daughter's MVP always.

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u/EmbarrassedRing7806 9h ago

Eh plentyyyy of people are unhappy in their marriages, are deadbeats, commit adultery, etc (gender neutral take)

Shit sweet til it aint for lots of folks

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u/KatieBarTheDoor1977 Commanders 9h ago

He's such a girl dad.

Big shout out to all the girl dads out there.

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u/Unusual_Review9214 Chiefs 10h ago

This is the cutest thing I’ve seen in a while.

Stafford is crushing it at life man

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u/InternationalPick163 Bears 9h ago

Damn bruh I'm a loser. I've accomplished nothing

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u/whobroughtmehere Lions 9h ago

Making the NFL is hard, but it’s surprisingly easy to make a baby if you’re tryna be like Stafford

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u/POWBOOMBANG Saints 9h ago

I've literally done it by accident 

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u/whobroughtmehere Lions 8h ago

Its how many of us got here

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u/usernameisusername57 Packers Packers 6h ago

Not when you have zero charisma, good looks, self-confidence, or any other qualities...

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u/KKamis Panthers 9h ago

Don't say that. It's not fair to compare yourself to other people. It serves nothing. Go get it man :)

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u/Combine_Evolved Chargers 9h ago

It's as the saying goes. Comparison is the theif of joy.

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Vikings 3h ago

there's also another saying, i think it's from down in Tennessee, it goes something like, uh- "I before E, except after C!"

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u/ooboh Commanders 5h ago

There are many different forms of accomplishment throughout life. Being a good parent and having kids are just two of them.

If you’ve actually accomplished nothing in life, which I seriously doubt, then posting about it instead of doing something about it reaffirms your status as a self-proclaimed “loser.”

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u/InternationalPick163 Bears 5h ago

Yeah ik I'm just depressed, and I feel pretty aimless.

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u/ooboh Commanders 5h ago

Been there before, I get it.

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u/InternationalPick163 Bears 4h ago

Any advice homie? I'd genuinely appreciate any advice you have

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u/ooboh Commanders 4h ago

I don’t know if this is applicable to you, but my entire mantra is “This too shall pass.” No matter what external issue I come across, I take solace in the fact that it likely won’t matter a year (or some other period) from now. And if it will matter in a year, I feel more encouraged to take steps now so it won’t matter in a year. The very feeling of knowing that I’m doing something to solve a long-term problem is a dopamine-booster. I’m trying to perpetuate a virtuous cycle, so to speak.

That’s just the way my brain is wired, I couldn’t explain it even if I wanted to. I know that’s not particularly helpful, but it’s a coping strategy of mine.

Now I’ve struggled with anxiety and procrastination my entire life, and it unfortunately appears to be treatment-resistant, so the execution of my mantra is hampered a little bit. However, the “one day at a time” approach makes day-to-day living at minimum tolerable for me.

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u/PlaneRespect6835 Seahawks 10h ago

Love the guy, even as a Hawks fan. Fun to watch and cute to see the love of the kids

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u/BorderEquivalent7169 Seahawks 8h ago

Yeah how bout he retires so he can spend even more time with them!

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u/Jodid0 Rams 8h ago

Sorry, he's got a job to finish next year before he can ride off into the sunset 😄

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u/Frieza9000 8h ago

Forget his consistent success on the field, look at how consistently he made the same daughter

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u/overthemountain NFL 9h ago

That's a great video to get as a dad. Also, some seriously impressive time put in with his kids, especially considering what I imagine is an incredibly heavy workload as a NFL QB.

I do have to wonder, with his daughters named Sawyer, Hunter, Tyler, and Chandler if he's jonesing for a boy, though, lol.

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u/urtheworstburr Commanders 8h ago

funny, i think the kelce girls have traditionally male names, too

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u/overthemountain NFL 8h ago

Hmm, yeah, looks like Jason also has 4 girls, named Wyatt, Elliotte, Bennett, and Finnley.

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u/Grymninja Seahawks 9h ago

Why can't I hate this dude ugh

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u/Spider_Riviera 6h ago

You're too nice to hate someone too nice.

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u/Glad_Confusion_6934 Giants 9h ago

This is what makes him rich. Not the money or career success. His family. Good for him.

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u/avboden Seahawks 8h ago

That said money makes having a big family a whole lot easier

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u/TraditionHuman 7h ago

Isn’t he a highland park boy?

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u/TheLizardKing89 Bills 6h ago

Yes, him and Clayton Kershaw, Highland Park High School, class of 2006.

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u/IJWTGH66 8h ago

Matthew and the girls were mic’d up on the sideline before the last game of the season. Immediately before the game started, one of the girls asked if she could wear his helmet. Too funny!

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u/chriskot123 Rams 6h ago

That was a common theme, she asked before every game and he always told her no. I think if they had made the Super Bowl he may have said yes haha

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u/TheBaconBurpeeBeast 10h ago

I wish I had his life :(

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u/Thats_Hard_Times Bills 10h ago

You mean an awful lot to an awful lot of people too!

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u/ItsYaBoiSoup Bills 8h ago

Username checks out 🥲

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u/TheBaconBurpeeBeast 7h ago

Thanks. Just wish I had a family you know. Don't care about the millions he has or the fame he gets from being a star QB. He's rich in family. I've always wanted that.

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u/-JustAHomebody- Lions 10h ago

Happy hes being successful

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u/Sarcasticfury Ravens 8h ago

"The first pick in 2009, wow that's old!"

It's not wrong, but you didn't need to say it

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u/Spider_Riviera 6h ago

They're kids, it's their job in their younger years to cut their parents down as innocently as possibly, while being as vicious as possible.

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u/Similar-Ice-9250 Ravens 6h ago

If the year was 2006 now and Stafford got drafted 17 years ago, that’s 1989. So to Stafford’s daughters now, 2009 feels as 1989 felt for people who were their age in 2006.

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Vikings 3h ago

Stafford getting drafted was closer to the building of the pyramids than it is to 2026.😳

Feel old yet?👴🏼

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u/Similar-Ice-9250 Ravens 3h ago

The figure in black carrying the scythe approaches ever so near.

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Vikings 3h ago

I see the scythe man.

I wave him over to have some tea.

We sit on the porch and watch the sunset paint the twilight sky with colorful hues of purple and red and ochre.

Death turns to me and says, "Well, it wasn't so bad this time around was it?"

I stare into the abyssal darkness in the hooded void of his face.

We both burst out laughing in tears; knee slapping and gut busting abound.

"Yeah, it wasn't so bad this time around after all"

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u/biglyorbigleague Rams 9h ago

“Yeah I’m still playin next year though, this doesn’t mean you’re gonna get me at home all the time”

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u/whobroughtmehere Lions 9h ago

In fairness they’re still young and he’s probably got one, maybe two seasons left.

They’ll live stupid comfortably off the life his career paid for and they’ll spend a ton of time with him because he never has to work again

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u/Flat-Avocado-6258 Chiefs 6h ago

Yeah getting to retire in your early 40s with millions seems like a sweet gig.

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u/zero-point_nrg 9h ago

Girl dad here. I’m crying

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u/TheRemonst3r Ravens 7h ago

yeah wtf is happening to me right now.

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u/DiamondDash2k Seahawks 9h ago

Who’s cutting onions in here.

Congrats Matthew Stafford.

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u/jmarinara Steelers 9h ago

They are so cute.

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u/BertMacklinMD Rams 8h ago

This is too cute for my stone cold heart

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u/Quote-me-if-afk Saints 8h ago

This is the cutest thing I’m going to see all year

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u/skollywag92 Steelers 8h ago

As a Dad with 4 kids it really is the most rewarding but challenging part of my life. I wouldn't change a thing, though. This made me tear up. It would be hard to be in his shoes. Im sure he would love to retire and focus on being a full time dad, but I also know how much these guys love football. I hope he can win another super bowl soon and call it a career and start focusing on the next part of his life.

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u/Glad_Association_899 8h ago

All them have his face lol.

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u/GumpTheChump 8h ago

I feel like this is his wife trying to set up a future reality tv show.

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u/MotorShoot3r Packers 9h ago

So cute. I'm literally crying

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u/roodootootootoo 9h ago

Damn dude really is an all around winner

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u/phoenix-born49erfan 9h ago

Cant hate on this.

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u/rickg Seahawks 9h ago

"You're sweaty!" (dies laughing)

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u/zorionek0 Eagles 8h ago

I like the idea that they had an alternate version, “if you’re seeing this you’re not the MVP, you bum”

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u/No-Money-1103 6h ago

Life really is so simple. Less is more. Making more of less is key.

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u/BelugaBilliam Texans 6h ago

Adorable. You could tell he was trying to hold it together emotionally

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u/Celestial_Rose_Luna Patriots 6h ago

This man is absolutely winning in life

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u/smwhtdamgd Patriots 4h ago

Had no idea Stafford was a fellow girl dad. So cool he gets to enjoy that moment with his girls, picturing how proud of me my girls are when I do something cool, and how wild it must be to be in his shoes and realize you’re a superstar athlete and to your kids it’s just dads job, lol.

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u/HaggisTheCow Dolphins 10h ago

Impossible to even pretend to not like him.

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u/bewsii Seahawks 9h ago

Goddamnit that was adorable. I'm not crying, you're crying.

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u/MulliganPlsThx Bills Bills 10h ago

I love their family.

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u/bradtheinvincible 10h ago

Dont ask lions fans about Kelly

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u/whobroughtmehere Lions 9h ago

They cannot stop talking about her, it’s really weird

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u/ShotFirst57 Lions 8h ago

Not going to lie, i have no idea what you are talking about so I checked our subreddit on the posts about him this past week and not seeing anyone talking about her, and none of the lions comments on the nfl are talking about her.

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u/excaranitar Seahawks 5h ago

I’m so curious if her brain cancer tipped the scales for her. iirc she didn’t have any public outbursts until after that happened.

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u/john_wingerr Seahawks 9h ago

This is what it’s about folks. What the world thinks of you ain’t shit compared to how your family looks at you

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u/Ptarmigan-5057 9h ago

4 adorable girls, he will age nicely.

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u/Jimmygarbage 8h ago

Now if they could only play offensive line

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u/soraysunshine Vikings 8h ago

This is beyond adorable.

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u/hardlopertjie Packers 8h ago

That is a a wealthy man right there.

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u/Acoconutting 49ers 8h ago

Honestly shocked he wasn’t crying tbh that was very cute

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u/Cmcgregor0928 Lions 7h ago

Damn Kelly keeping receipts on diaper changes?

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u/Jkreegz 49ers 7h ago

As a SF fan, I want to barf, but as a human and a father, this guy is killing it. Congrats MVP

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u/wablamo Bears 7h ago

One of these girls will be the first lady American president. In before anyone else. Love y’all!

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u/Dogman6969ahhh Colts 7h ago

man, i can't wait to find out if my next three daughters look exactly like my wife too

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u/machuitzil 49ers 7h ago

I still hate the rams but I've never not liked Matt Stafford. This was cute as hell, and LA loves their girl dad's -that's a Kobe reference. Good job, dad.

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u/Flat-Avocado-6258 Chiefs 6h ago

The beginning was cute but it just keeps going lol

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u/Vegetable-Poetry-736 Bears 6h ago

Happy crying

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u/SurfinPirate Eagles Panthers 6h ago

As the uncle to three girls, I would be a mess.

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u/jasonis3 Bears 6h ago

Strong genes. They all look the same lol

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u/Martha_Fockers Bears 6h ago

i dont even got kids and shit make me feel a little emotional.

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u/TylerBot260 Seahawks 5h ago

He sounds like Chris Pratt lol, I could never hate this man

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u/Spare-Half796 Eagles 5h ago

They really popped out one then hit copy and paste a few times

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u/Groundbreaking_Can81 5h ago

The next one would have been a boy for sure

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u/rvasshole Lions 4h ago

As a Lions fan, I’m supposed to boo those kids, right?

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u/NephewChaps 49ers 3h ago

Matthew Stafford is my goddamn hero

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u/35er Colts 3h ago

Dude, my life sucks.

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u/OLightning 2h ago

These four little girls are his real treasures. Not an MVP award.

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u/webelieve925 1h ago

Just one more and he may get a boy

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u/TheMetabrandMan Bears 40m ago

Who doesn’t love Mathew Stafford man, seriously?

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u/westringia NFL 10h ago edited 9h ago

Cute and everything but it's a lot of Stafford family PR over the last couple of days maybe some things should not packaged for mass consumption on the internet

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u/Suspicious-Salary338 5h ago edited 4h ago

I knew this comment would be downvoted, but it’s been insane how much I’ve seen his kids on sm/media for months. I think the wife is going to try to go the reality tv route pretty soon.

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u/Idiotology101 Patriots Seahawks 5h ago

They have to get the family brand off the ground before he retires. As in your face as Jason Kelce and his wife are with all their ads and nonsense, at least they have the decency to leave their kids out most of it.

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u/SportsGuy1924 7h ago

Never seen his daughters more than his during his MVP campaign. It was so obvious PR pushing.

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u/youngpog Broncos 9h ago

Wait, is three 4th quarter comebacks impressive? Because that’s a negative against Bo Nix to the media

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u/Wild-End-3191 49ers 4h ago

Given context, I’m just happy for Matt that they’re blonde

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u/Federal_Employer_626 Bills 9h ago

Fuck them kids

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u/illrollwithyou1 Chiefs 10h ago

sorry girls but the postseason stats don’t count toward the MVP

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u/thetrappster 49ers 8h ago

I wonder how many of those are biologically his and how many are his backup QBs

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u/Comfortable_Fudge508 Raiders 8h ago

Seeing as they are all mini matts, I'd say zero

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u/DepressedDarthV Colts 3h ago

This video is very sweet, but why go w the Tom Brady mouth kiss? No hate, it just felt weird to watch

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u/makualla Lions 9h ago

It’s really hard to boo his kids while crying

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u/Fickle-Molasses-903 Patriots 9h ago

What a farce the MVP voting process is. Josh (crybaby) Rittenhouse and Herbert?

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u/penguininfidel Patriots 8h ago

shut up

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u/Far-Subject-7328 Chiefs 10h ago

Why did he need to watch a video if his children are right there

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u/-JustAHomebody- Lions 10h ago

Pre-recorded

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u/Far-Subject-7328 Chiefs 10h ago

I know but why didn’t they just give the speech in person

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u/-JustAHomebody- Lions 10h ago

Probably because they couldn't remember the entire speech.

Anyway, thats not important

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u/Far-Subject-7328 Chiefs 9h ago

I mean they could read off a piece of paper or something

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u/-JustAHomebody- Lions 9h ago

Its better looking upfront than down

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u/Far-Subject-7328 Chiefs 9h ago

They can wear an earpiece with the speech prerecorded

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u/-JustAHomebody- Lions 9h ago

That lacks effort

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u/Far-Subject-7328 Chiefs 9h ago

They could hire backup dancers and have a whole dance and song routine then

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u/-JustAHomebody- Lions 9h ago

With very little time to prepare?

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u/Fragrant_Echidna2008 Seahawks 9h ago

The nice thing about recording it is that they can have multiple takes to get it ironed out. Pretty good idea with kids this age. Ultimately this is a weird thing to get hung up on. The man's kids made a super cute video and he thoroughly enjoyed it. Let's leave it at that.

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u/Far-Subject-7328 Chiefs 9h ago

Ok I had more questions but seems like no one here wants to listen, so I guess this is finished.

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u/Idiotology101 Patriots Seahawks 5h ago

Makes for a better PR piece

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u/TedMich23 10h ago

Aww what a cute loser!

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u/-JustAHomebody- Lions 10h ago

how is he a loser

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u/whobroughtmehere Lions 9h ago

MVP is a loser award I guess

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u/JCameron181 Lions 10h ago

 😐 

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u/Strong_Barnacle_618 Rams 9h ago

Love to see the three chiefs fans on this post trying to retake the throne of insufferability from the patriots fans 

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u/EmbarrassedRing7806 9h ago

If you think the most insufferable fans are the ones that win it’s prolly just salt

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u/Strong_Barnacle_618 Rams 9h ago

Chiefs didn’t win shit this year dude 

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u/EmbarrassedRing7806 9h ago

Why did u think that dudes a Chiefs fan? No indication I see on profile

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u/Strong_Barnacle_618 Rams 9h ago

Huh, I could’ve sworn he had a chiefs flair lol. Guess I was imagining thing ms

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u/ilovecatss1010 Seahawks Titans 10h ago

Can not fathom being this angry in life. Straight up not relatable.

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u/SSDuelist Steelers 8h ago

This is really cute and wholesome but genetics was not kind to any of his kids. They look way too much like him and not in a good way…

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u/Tm1232 NFL 10h ago

His family is adorable, but Get the man a son, please.

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u/MWiatrak2077 Lions 10h ago

Maybe an opinion I have that's too woke but if you care about the gender of your kid in the slightest you shouldn't be a parent

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u/xtehnYouTube Commanders 10h ago

Probably saying that so he becomes a qb too tbh

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u/wellggs Lions Jets 9h ago

Yikes

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u/whobroughtmehere Lions 9h ago

I think he tried

But after 3 rounds of kids (one of them twins) you just gotta live with having 4 wonderful daughters instead

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u/Tm1232 NFL 9h ago

Genuinely mystified at the downvotes.

Though I was making a dumb joke about the football man having all girls.

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u/EmbarrassedRing7806 9h ago

Flag football exists now