Forget Tebow, Is Shaun Hill The NFL's Best Backup Quarterback?
The Jets No. 2 man may get the hype, but the only Superman that will save the day coming off the bench is Shaun Hill.
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The Jets No. 2 man may get the hype, but the only Superman that will save the day coming off the bench is Shaun Hill.
Stafford was injured late in Detroit's loss Sunday at Tennessee.
The Matthew Stafford health watch has begun anew, an unpleasantly familiar move for the Detroit Lions.
It was a brutal beat down. The Detroit Lions lose during week three against the Tennessee Titans in Nashville Sunday afternoon. 97.1 The Ticket's Terry Foster called into First Forecast Mornings to talk to anchor Syma Chowdhry about this tough loss.
Detroit Lions Head Coach Jim Schwartz talked about Matthew Stafford's injured leg today at his weekly news conference and said "we'll see how he progresses throughout the week."
In getting off to a 1-1 start, the Detroit Lions have performed about as well as fans expected them too, but the poor play of quarterback Matthew Stafford is cause for concern.
Who are the top ten quarterbacks heading into week three of the NFL season. Cam Newton, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Tom Brady and Tony Romo are on the short list of the elite QBs.
For Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions, this was another missed opportunity.
San Francisco's stingy defense denied Matthew Stafford another milestone, Vernon Davis caught touchdown passes of 21 and 23 yards from Alex Smith, and the 49ers beat the Detroit Lions 27-19 on Sunday night in a September showdown of NFC powers.
If you don't remember, last year ESPN's Trent Dilfer did a film study on Matthew Stafford and Gator read his tweets on the air as how they were written.
One of the cool things about covering the NFL is getting a chance to talk to the opposing players and coaches throughout the week.
If these Detroit Lions and the San Francisco 49ers players, coaches and mascots were to go mano a mano in a fight, which one would win?
The Detroit Lions with Stafford at the helm pulled out a last second win in Sunday's game against the St. Louis Ram's.
The Lions make no apologies for how they are built. They are built to pass the football.
With Jahvid Best on the PUP list and Mikel Leshoure out for the first two games of the season due to suspension, the Lions are shorthanded on running backs heading into the regular season. While this may be cause for concern in game two against the 49ers, Detroit shouldn't be too concerned about their matchup against the Rams. Here's why.
Comments on the Detroit Lions by the AP Pro32 panel (ranking in parentheses):
The Lions are making more national news and this time with a starring roll in a new Monday Night Football commercial.
The Lions made a trade Tuesday to bolster the sagging cornerback core.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell couldn't help but notice a great deal of optimism and confidence that the Detroit Lions are moving in the right direction when he visited their training camp.
Matthew Stafford threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Calvin Johnson and the Detroit Lions went on to beat the Buffalo Bills 38-32 Thursday night.
It probably shouldn't come as any surprise the Lions are going to walk into 2012 with the same strengths and the same ultimately fatal weakness they had at the close of the 2011 season.
Matthew Stafford lined up with the first team at practice Monday and showed no real sign of being limited by the injury to his non-throwing hand.
Mike Valenti and Terry Foster went head-to-head with Detroit Lions starting quarterback Matthew Stafford on Monday.
Truth be told, it could have been a lot worse.
"I honestly don't know what the deal with Jahvid is," Matthew Stafford said. "Coach Schwartz probably has a better grasp on that than any of us. We're hoping to see him back soon if we can."
