Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has appeared in three games this season. He’s been knocked out of 66.7 percent of them with right shoulder injuries.
Per Chris Mortensen of ESPN, Stafford will have an MRI on his throwing shoulder Monday morning.
The injury’s extent presumably won’t be known until test results are revealed, although we may not even know more at that point. The Lions’ policy on injuries doesn’t involve full disclosure to the media.
After Sunday’s loss to the Jets, Lions coach Jim Schwartz spoke about Stafford’s apparent aggravation of the AC joint separation that sidelined last year’s No. 1 overall pick for five early-season games.
“He is very sore,” Schwartz confirmed to Tim Twentyman of the Detroit News. “You guys know how tough he is, and if he could have (finished) he would have. It’s something we’re going to have to take a very serious look at. It’s his right shoulder.”
Stafford was unavailable to comment. Twentyman suggests that the new injury “is likely the same injury -- or one very similar” to Stafford’s previous separation.