Shanedorf Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 6 minutes ago, TimeForChange said: However, has he been damaged too much at this point? Matthew will have to do some soul searching and decide if playing more is actually worth it as you noted Part of that decision will be around playing for somebody else vs staying in Detroit. But if he is fully committed to playing more, I think he'd have multiple suitors including the bears, bucs as teams that aren't rebuilding and need a QB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 12 hours ago, nagahide13 said: He played through broken bones in his back last season. He's trying to play with broken bones in his back right now. If I'm the Lions, I shut him down. The division is lost. Find some kind of a running game and lose some games, throw your hat into the tank. That's probably the smart thing to do. I think Stafford gonna try to come back regardless of Detroit's record. He could end up hurting himself more though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 10 hours ago, patriotsheatyan said: I feel like you get paralyzed by getting your back broke, but apparently it’s not that big of a deal. I fractured a vertebrae and wouldn’t have known without the X-ray... not all back breaks are created equal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 6 hours ago, Shanedorf said: ...and the Lions are going nowhere with Stafford. The decade long marriage has produced nothing, maybe its time for a new beginning for both parties Stafford can join Cam Newton on the "available-for-trade" list. Cap numbers are not problematic and with 3 years under contract, the Lions should get decent value https://overthecap.com/player/matt-stafford/1060/ On pace to have made 1 quarter of a BILLION dollars and all the Lions have gotten out of it are 3 playoff appearances and 1 pro bowl season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 On 11/10/2019 at 11:46 PM, waterfish_21 said: I wonder if that's the same fight where Mike said: "my opponent beat me into Bolivia". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patriotsheatyan Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 12 hours ago, Dome said: I fractured a vertebrae and wouldn’t have known without the X-ray... not all back breaks are created equal. Are you sure you’re not paralyzed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 4 hours ago, patriotsheatyan said: Are you sure you’re not paralyzed? What a realization this would be.... that’s a movie in the works. But to answer the question: yes, probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP3MVP Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karnage84 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 14 hours ago, Malik said: On pace to have made 1 quarter of a BILLION dollars and all the Lions have gotten out of it are 3 playoff appearances and 1 pro bowl season. That isn't Stafford's fault. Look at how teams like the Colts and the Saints fared when their franchise QB's went down. Look at how the Lions fared against a bad Bears team. Multiply that by 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnAngryAmerican Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Shocking to hear the NFL is investigating the Lions for playing games with the injury report. I mean, one would think that a team with a former-Patriot as GM and former-Patriot as Head Coach would operate with nothing but the utmost integrity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagahide13 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 6 hours ago, AnAngryAmerican said: Shocking to hear the NFL is investigating the Lions for playing games with the injury report. I mean, one would think that a team with a former-Patriot as GM and former-Patriot as Head Coach would operate with nothing but the utmost integrity. He was listed as questionable. I don't care about Vegas and the NFL shouldn't either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugboat Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Messing around with a broken back definitely sounds like a bad idea. Probably time to shut it down for the year and get right. At that point, i do think others are onto something, when they bring up the idea of pulling an Andrew Luck, where if he's not going to be playing on a team that's going to build something contender-worthy around him, is it really worth getting his back broken every year? He's plenty wealthy... Quite a few teams that could really use a QB of that caliber though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddfather Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 He wasn't the problem this year, but I agree with shutting him down. I don't think Detroit gives up on him as he is one of their only pieces. Next year is year three of Patricia. I think that is where you will see more of how the future will look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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