SEATTLE — Matthew Stafford has an opportunity to solidify his place in NFL history during the Super Bowl’s 60th edition.

Before reaching that milestone, he faces a pivotal NFC Championship game on the road to Super Bowl LX.

At 37, Stafford will command the Rams in a high-stakes showdown against the Seahawks. Victory would advance them to a Bay Area clash in two weeks against either the Patriots or Broncos.

A second Super Bowl win, to add to the triumph in his inaugural Rams season, would elevate Stafford into the elite circle of quarterbacks with multiple championships. Of such quarterbacks, only Jim Plunkett and Eli Manning are not yet in the Hall of Fame, pending eligibility.

“To me, he’s already Hall of Fame material,” said ESPN NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky, who played alongside Stafford with the Lions and remains a close confidant. Speaking on “Get Up,” Orlovsky added, “Winning this game and then the Super Bowl could propel him into the top 10-15 quarterbacks of all time discussion.”

Is it a stretch? Stafford ranks top-seven in career passing yards and touchdowns — granted, those are two 21st Century-dominated lists — and is the favorite to win his first MVP after his first First-Team All-Pro selection. 

Given a chance to be a frequent playoff participant in Act II of his career, the former Lions great has delivered. In total, Stafford has a career 98.2 quarterback rating with 22 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 12 playoff games. 

“It’s just part of his personality … how cool, calm and poised he is,” said receiver Davante Adams, who also played with fellow Father Time-defier Aaron Rodgers. “And that’s what it takes to win games over time. Any game — let alone over the course of his career and over the course of being in L.A. — it takes that type of poise and just being locked in. And he’s got that.” 

A year that began with Stafford gaining permission to seek a trade over a contract dispute — the Giants were all-in — could end up with him having a chance to prove he is invaluable. Standing in the way is the Seahawks’ NFL-best scoring defense. 

Stafford had his best game of the season (457 yards, three touchdowns) in a Week 15 loss to the Seahawks and his lowest yardage total (130) in a Week 10 win against the Seahawks. Go figure. 

“I think quarterback wins is an interesting stat,” Stafford said. “It takes everybody. There are certain games where I don’t play up to par but we win the game. Or certain games where I feel like I played really well and we don’t win the game. Surely, I’m doing my best to try and play at a high level or lead the guys in the right way.” 

Look at Stafford’s contemporaries: 

• Drews Brees only won (and appeared in) one Super Bowl. 
• Matt Ryan only got one shot — one more than Philip Rivers — and lost. 
• Rodgers is 0-4 in the conference championships since his lone Super Bowl ring. 
• Russell Wilson went 1-1 in back-to-back trips and hasn’t returned. 

Will Stafford be part of that group? Or join two-time winners Manning and Ben Roethlisberger? 

“I think excuses are tools of the incompetent,” head coach Sean McVay said. “Matthew is the furthest thing from that. I think people want to follow him because of the way that he stays humble in the great moments, which he sure has had a handful of those. Then in the moments that we can be better, he owns it. He’s a freaking stud.” 

No argument there. But will he get to a second Super Bowl?