Matthew Stafford says the spinal cord contusion that landed him on injured reserve won't force him into retirement.

In an interview on "The Morning After" podcast, hosted by his wife, Kelly, the quarterback was asked whether he is going to retire.

"No," Stafford said.

Earlier in the month, Sean McVay said he doesn't expect Stafford to need offseason surgery for his neck injury.

"He'll be good," McVay said. "To my knowledge, there's nothing like that that's going to be required or necessary. And it will be great for Matthew to have a healthy offseason and do a lot of the things that I think he'll feel good about being able to do."