Matthew Stafford Article Archive

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Between November 6, 2009 and December 6, 2009

Your 2009 NFL All-Rookie Team

It may be early still, but I am going to name my 2009 NFL All-Rookie Team. Quarterback: Matthew Stafford, Detroit The Lions' first-round draft pick set an NFL rookie record with five touchdown passes in one game, which also tied a team record...

Written by JW Nix about 2 days ago 345 reads 18 comments
Surgeon General Warning: Being a Detroit Lion May Be Hazardous to Health

Next year, any players drafted by the Detroit Lions might do well to take out a hefty insurance policy. The 14 players on the Lions’ injured reserve probably wish they had...

Written by Dean Holden about 3 days ago 134 reads 7 comments
Detroit Lions Need To Copy the Minnesota Vikings

As I watched the Minnesota Vikings tear up the Chicago Bears, my wife leaned over to me and asked why the Vikings defense was so good...

Written by Seattle Lion Fan about 6 days ago 495 reads 16 comments
Matthew Stafford's Thanksgiving Shows the Folly of the "Statement Game"

Matthew Stafford has arrived, and his legend has begun. As of Monday, Nov. 23, that legend depicted Stafford as a child of the football gods, a immortal savior delivered unto the wretch of the Detroit Lions...

Written by Dean Holden about 8 days ago 337 reads 6 comments
Top Five Candidates For Offensive Rookie of the Year

In my opinion, the offensive rookie of the year award is one of the more prestigious awards that is given out annually. What does it take to be the offensive rookie of the year? Being a year-round phenom for your team as a first year player...

Written by Tanner Thoms about 8 days ago 359 reads 35 comments
Schwartz Stubborness Loses The Game For The Lions

In Thursdays game the Detroit Lion's made a startling decision to go with Matthew Stafford coming off an injured shoulder over Duante Culpepper. Stafford was coming of a career day vs the Browns and they hoped he still had the magic touch...

Written by Fahim Carim about 9 days ago 101 reads 0 comments
Matthew Stafford's Legendary Tale Gets Rewritten by Packers

Cinderella's coach really did turn back into a pumpkin. Hansel and Gretel got caught after all. None of the pigs got around to building a joint out of brick. John Elway's legend is safe once again...

Written by Greg Eno about 9 days ago 205 reads 0 comments
Tough To a Fault: Matthew Stafford Should Not Have Played Thursday

Football is a game centered around toughness. Teammates and coaches respect it. Fans love it. Players themselves are determined to show it. Matthew Stafford is one tough dude...

Written by Ross Maghielse about 9 days ago 314 reads 19 comments
After Proving He's For Real, Stafford Proves He Needs Help

For all the talk about Schwartz using the Thanksgiving Day game as a rallying point, the result was the same. For all his talk about how this game meant something, the result was the same...

Written by Thomas Knapp about 9 days ago 171 reads 4 comments
Classic Lions Decision Cost Stafford To Take a Step Back

After last weeks heroic performance from Mathew Stafford the critics proclaimed that he had arrived as the savior to the Detroit Lions. In his first Thanksgiving Day game of his career he did nothing to back up the hype he received after last Sundays win

Written by Tony Tucker about 9 days ago 71 reads 4 comments
Detroit Lions? Oakland Raiders? We Deserve Better On Thanksgiving!

From Necessary Roughness - www.pasiksright.blogspot.com Bored by these match-ups today? Who wants to watch games that include the Raiders and the Lions on Thanksgiving? There are many far better ...

Written by Paul Salman about 10 days ago 21 reads 1 comments
Thanksgiving Special: Fantasy Football Week 12 Player Breakdowns

If you haven't had the chance, be sure to check out this week's Start/Sit column, as well as our player rankings. For quick match-up analysis, read on for Week 12's player breakdowns:Green Bay ...

Written by kevin roberts about 10 days ago 136 reads 0 comments
Give Thanks For Early Football

With the NFL regular season now over halfway in the books, Week 12 is upon us. It's time to give thanks for early football this week as three games on Thanksgiving Day are sure to keep you eating ...

Written by Brandon Land about 10 days ago 23 reads 0 comments
QBER/Week 11: Numbers Say MVP Award Is Favre-Fetched Idea

(QBER is short for Quarterback Efficiency Rating, a more comprehensive, easily understood rating system that I devised to place the emphasis where it belongs—on the ability of a quarterback ...

Written by Paul Ladewski about 11 days ago 451 reads 0 comments
NFL Predictions: Week Twelve

It's Week Twelve of the NFL season, and it's also Thanksgiving week. In the past years, there has always been two games on this holiday, which usually were just the Lions at home against their ...

Written by Doug Rush about 11 days ago 178 reads 0 comments
What the Detroit Lions Need To Do to Help Matthew Stafford in 2010

After watching the highlights of the Lions-Browns game, I am even more impressed with the way Matthew Stafford has blossomed into an NFL quarterback. He has the potential to become the best Lions quarterback since Bobby Layne...

Written by Seattle Lion Fan about 11 days ago 390 reads 7 comments
An Idea To Bring More Football To Us In January

It is often said that the difference between the best player in the NFL and the worse player (at the same position) is about a quarter step. These are the best 1600 football player in the world...

Written by John C. Pearson about 11 days ago 26 reads 0 comments
Stafford and Lions, Young and Titans: What We Learned from NFL Week 11

By Ryan of The Sportmeisters The home stretch is near! Who’s gunning for the playoffs, and who’s gunning for a good draft spot? The Best Game No One Watched It was a “family and friends” ...

Written by The Sportmeisters about 12 days ago 92 reads 0 comments
Matthew Stafford's Finest Moment Temporarily Overshadows Lions Woes

What happened at Ford Field last Sunday was terrific. Other than the end result of the Detroit Lions winning a football game, there was the “coming out party” of hopeful franchise quarterback Matthew Stafford...

Written by Ross Maghielse about 12 days ago 222 reads 1 comments
NFL Fantasy Football Injury Update: The Opportunity Maker/Taker

This article takes a close look at the effect of injuries on the players that sustain them, as well as the supporting cast around them. Take a look at the key injuries affecting several teams for Week 12 : Marc Bulger, QB, St...

Written by kevin roberts about 12 days ago 309 reads 1 comments
The Anointing of Matthew Stafford: Detroit's Quarterback Is Here to Stay

In one game—in one instant, really—Matthew Stafford won over the hearts of Detroit. In possibly the most insane game I have ever witnessed as a Lions fan, the Detroit Lions found their quarterback...

Written by Keith Shelton about 13 days ago 747 reads 17 comments
Tell Me Another Fable: Detroit Lions Win with 0:00 Left

Someday, they’ll have Ford Field’s capacity up to a quarter million, for as many people who will claim to have been there. The Cleveland Browns will be defending league champions. Matthew Stafford will have been carried onto the field on a stretcher...

Written by Greg Eno about 13 days ago 370 reads 6 comments
In Battle for the Bottom, Lions Beat Browns In a Barn-Burner.

They say to not be the worst, you've got to beat the worst. They say that offense loses games but defense prevents even a sniff of the championship. They say you've just gotta take it fifty years at a time...

Written by Daniel Muth about 13 days ago 167 reads 13 comments
Get 'em or Don't Sweat 'em: Week 11

There were some unusual heroes on Sunday. There always are. Let’s take a look at them and see if they are worthy of your fantasy rosters. Brady Quinn, QB, Clevlenad Browns Quinn had over 300 yards and 4 TDs, but Detroit isn’t on his schedule anymore...

Written by Ryan Lester about 13 days ago 125 reads 0 comments
Daily Haze: Early Week 12 Waiver Wire Thoughts

A few names on the waiver wire this week for those in dynasty and/or deep keepers leagues with an eye on next season: Chris Jennings and Brandon Gibson...

Written by Michael McNeil about 13 days ago 672 reads 0 comments

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Matthew Stafford Article Archive

Your 2009 NFL All-Rookie Team

Surgeon General Warning: Being a Detroit Lion May Be Hazardous to Health

Detroit Lions Need To Copy the Minnesota Vikings

Matthew Stafford's Thanksgiving Shows the Folly of the "Statement Game"

Top Five Candidates For Offensive Rookie of the Year

Schwartz Stubborness Loses The Game For The Lions

Matthew Stafford's Legendary Tale Gets Rewritten by Packers

Tough To a Fault: Matthew Stafford Should Not Have Played Thursday

After Proving He's For Real, Stafford Proves He Needs Help

Classic Lions Decision Cost Stafford To Take a Step Back

Detroit Lions? Oakland Raiders? We Deserve Better On Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Special: Fantasy Football Week 12 Player Breakdowns

Give Thanks For Early Football

QBER/Week 11: Numbers Say MVP Award Is Favre-Fetched Idea

NFL Predictions: Week Twelve

What the Detroit Lions Need To Do to Help Matthew Stafford in 2010

An Idea To Bring More Football To Us In January

Stafford and Lions, Young and Titans: What We Learned from NFL Week 11

Matthew Stafford's Finest Moment Temporarily Overshadows Lions Woes

NFL Fantasy Football Injury Update: The Opportunity Maker/Taker

The Anointing of Matthew Stafford: Detroit's Quarterback Is Here to Stay

Tell Me Another Fable: Detroit Lions Win with 0:00 Left

In Battle for the Bottom, Lions Beat Browns In a Barn-Burner.

Get 'em or Don't Sweat 'em: Week 11

Daily Haze: Early Week 12 Waiver Wire Thoughts

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