Comments on: Matthew Stafford: I care about wins, not stats

By: cmdv8

cmdv8 — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:03:16 +0000

@bluenoser23:
seriously? “big” ben is much larger and he has been to three superbowls but im sure you have a flawless fazike like most internet gangsters do

By: bluenoser23

bluenoser23 — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:11:11 +0000

Stafford looks like a bloated pig. Seriously. He needs to lose some weight and cut out the donuts. He is out of shape.

By: hor2012

hor2012 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:42:18 +0000

Lions fans don’t panic. I’m a Saints fan. The frist year SP came to New Orleans the Saints went to the NFC Championship game the next two years they didn’t make the playoffs. There’s a simple reason the Lions are struggling this year. They are considered one of the big boys. They’re taking everybody’s best shot. Now, I’m not saying you don’t have any holes. But, this team will win a Super Bowl in about three years. You have a good young QB a beast of a WR and you don’t need a work horse running back. On defense I may be crazy but I don’t think you’re that bad. You have a good team.

By: otis52gsh

otis52gsh — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:48:43 +0000

Stafford isn’t really that good. Last year the lions were a very lucky team. This year people are shutting down # 81, and he has no clue other toss it up to the big guy on how to be a great QB. He is average at best, just like 15-20 other starting QB’s in the league. Middle of the pack at best, but third best in the NFC North.

By: kev86

kev86 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:43:23 +0000

Stafford, Sanchez, Freeman not comparing to Eli, big Ben, Rivers very well.

By: crazycane

crazycane — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:38:01 +0000

So Cam gets ripped left and right and this guy gets a pass from everyone even though his team made the playoffs, still has a helluva D front 7 and has the best WR in the NFL to throw too?

What’s the one difference between the two…..

By: cannonballdookie

cannonballdookie — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:32:40 +0000

When your team is built around the passing game and has a lousy run game and average D, your QB needs to step up and play above average, not good enough to win. He hasn’t done that and they’ve lost plenty of games. Period.

By: rmc1995

rmc1995 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:11:35 +0000

Many seem to ignore that 4 of 6 games have been on the road. Two have been prime time games as visitors against two of the best defenses in the league. It’s nice to see expectations are so high for Stafford, but a little perspective would make sense before calling his season a disappointment.

By: quiksilverguy619

quiksilverguy619 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:08:41 +0000

as a lions “fan” I will say his stats do blow this year. but so do everyone else’s on the team. can anyone catch a pass? how many TD passes has Pettigrew dropped? even Megatron? Everyone has stone hands this year. our RB should develop more and more but since our o-line blows he probably won’t get very far. So in my opinion…they need to revamp the o-line, and fire the o-coordinator, the play calls have been atrocious!! lions go 6-10 this year

By: cmdv8

cmdv8 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:06:15 +0000

@fievel03:
they only let chicago score 13 pts not bad but when your offense can only score 7 you cant win like that nobody can. offense is the issue and coaching for sure

By: db105

db105 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:36:09 +0000

If we oversimplify everything to wins and losses does that mean Ryan, Cutler, and Schaub are the best QBs?

By: ripster65

ripster65 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:24:16 +0000

What difference does it make? He’s not getting either this year.

By: thetokyosandblaster

thetokyosandblaster — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:17:09 +0000

It doesn’t really matter what he wants. He can’t win and he can’t get stats.

And to the idiot who says he makes throws to win that Rodgers won’t make because Rodgers is concerned with “stats,” perhaps you don’t understand football.

If Rodgers made stupid throws he’d be giving the other team a better chance of winning.

Rodgers > Stafford

Packers > Rest of the NFC north

And just so we are clear:

SF Giants > Chokelander

By: bmosh99

bmosh99 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:01:21 +0000

@conormacleod. The Lions overplayed last year and got themselves 10 wins. Now, they have a schedule for a 10 win season.

This statement would suggest that you think they still base the schedule on the previous years record. The schedule is on a rotation and has been since 2002.

By: bobhk

bobhk — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:45:34 +0000

mjkelly77 says:
Oct 25, 2012 4:29 PM
If the Lions just had a special team unit that was average, they’d be 4-2, maybe 5-1. it’s just that close even with stafFORD not playing that well.
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Wait, they don’t have a good special teams, they have a QB playing badly, they have WR supposedly best in the league who’s not caught a TD in many games. Yep, this is the makings of a 5-1 team. Schnartz is very overrated.

With that said, I hope they beat the snot out of seahags and stinky pete.

By: okieviacal

okieviacal — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:41:16 +0000

I think its clear that the Lions over-performed last season and that they’ve under-performed this season. Things went their way more often than not last season and this season has been the opposite.

They’re much better than their record and their performance this season, but we can’t deny the mistakes and poor play. Figure it out, Lions!

By: mjkelly77

mjkelly77 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:29:19 +0000

If the Lions just had a special team unit that was average, they’d be 4-2, maybe 5-1. it’s just that close even with stafFORD not playing that well.

By: sal11

sal11 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:22:43 +0000

@conormcleod

“The Lions overplayed last year and got themselves 10 wins. Now, they have a schedule for a 10 win season. They simply are not that good. Quick, name me the Lions runningback. Ok, now name me a WR not named Johnson. How about a d-back? Tight end? They are a 6-10 or 7-9 team with that “talent”. Welcome back to reality Detroit.”

Two problems here: one, you don’t exactly have to be a die-hard to know of Mikel Leshoure, Titus Young, Brandon Pettigrew, etc. And two, I cane name everyone on the 1997 Patriots, but it doesn’t mean they’d win me any games this year.

By: wgray981

wgray981 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:13:04 +0000

I know you guys need content for the blog, but this is not news. When was the last time you heard a QB say he cares more about stats than W-L?

By: hehateme2

hehateme2 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:12:55 +0000

The Hello Kittys have a long way to go before they are considered a good team.

By: oimakkamio

oimakkamio — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:11:44 +0000

The Lions have been in every game they have played in besides 1. They could easily be 5-1 or 0-6. Bottom line the cast around him needs to get better. Teams have taken Megatron out of the equation early, and when Stafford has gone to other recievers its a crap shoot if they are going to catch it, if they do catch it is a crap shoot if they hold on to it. Bottom line is defense has been sound. Not great but good enough to win. The Special Teams cost em 2 games, and the Offense has played well late in games. The aggresiveness is gone from last year, and until they figure that out, or get someone not named Stafford, or Johnson to step up on that offense its going to be close 50/50 if they win or not. Really hope they give Broyles a chance.

By: ninerdynasty

ninerdynasty — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:10:58 +0000

Sounds like him and Alex Smith are becoming good friends.. lol

By: dino2997

dino2997 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:08:37 +0000

Stafford is right. He does try to win rather the spike up his personal stats. Take a look at their own division. The Packers have only one less loss having lost to the Seahawks and Colts. Why? Because Rodgers tries so hard to be careful with the ball rather then taking chances to win the game. He would rather lose then lower his personal stats.

By: klunge

klunge — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:06:59 +0000

I’m not an apologist for Mayhew and Schwartz, but I’m tired of fellow fans continuing to beat the same old drum about neglecting the defense, the DBs suck, etc…while the facts show the defense has improved every year. In fact they have only allowed 9 TDs this year so far and are permitting an average of 15.6pts per game. With an offense that produced 26.4pts per game last year, that’s plenty good enough defense to win, except the offense isn’t playing up to par and ST unit has killed them. There’s legit criticisms to be levied against managment, but poor defense at this time is not one of them.

By: peytonsneck18

peytonsneck18 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:04:31 +0000

They need a bonefide #2 reciever and db’s

By: rmc1995

rmc1995 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:59:09 +0000

Stafford could have the exact same stats and have a 5-1 record. Sure he would have liked to throw 2 more TD passes against the Titans, but he would be just as happy if the special teams didn’t give up 2 TDs. The same can be said against the Vikings. He would have loved to throw 2 TDs against the Bears, but he would have been happy settling for field goals rather than two fumbles in the redzone.

All of these games were winnable, and in a team sport it’s important to understand wins can come from many places than stats, and those who play the game in reality rather than fantasy understand this.

By: ravens4lifeudig

ravens4lifeudig — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:50:01 +0000

I don’t know if u clowns saw that mnf game. The bears linemen was in the backfield before he could read the field. Expect him to have at least 4sec. To throw. My just shut up. Who cares bout yards w’s count way more. Rite on matt rite on

By: jeffchadwick

jeffchadwick — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:47:42 +0000

To be fair, when one has a cadre of receivers with a horrible case of the drops and running backs who can’t hang onto the ball in the red zone, it’s hard to place the blame entirely on the quarterback.

By: hieveryone12345

hieveryone12345 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:35:40 +0000

I can’t figure the Lions out, last year they final make the playoffs, but his year they look like they did in Stafford’s rookie season. I like Matthew Stafford as a quarterback, but I don’t think this Lions team will ever win the Super Bowl with the current players they have right now.

By: juanhughjazz

juanhughjazz — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:34:25 +0000

He’s playing well enough to win. Unless you think he’s greasing up the football before he hands it off or throws it. And he probably shined a light into Logan’s eye on that fair catch. QB stats are team stats. This last weekend, the Lions fumbled 6 times. And they dropped countless passes(two were likely TDs). He should be lauded for not passing blame(or sulking)

He could play better, but he’s not a major factor in why they’re not winning.