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Matthew Stafford has been through a lot of losing in his 12 seasons in Detroit. The team’s miserable stretch of late, losing two games to teams with lesser records in four days in fairly uncompetitive fashion, is one of the low points.
Yet Stafford continues to insist he’s all-in on being in Detroit and helping the Lions turn it around. In his postgame press conference Zoom, Stafford showed no inclination he is unhappy playing in Detroit or that he wants out from the losing culture around him.
“I love playing this game. I hate losing. I love the guys in the locker room. I love this organization. I love playing for it, so that’s not my style. I’m going to keep fighting, keep doing everything I can do to try and help us win.”
Stafford pointed the finger at himself for the loss.
“Obviously I wasn’t good enough today because we didn’t win the game so I
have to be better. I hate losing, frustrating, disappointing, all of that. But I’m going to continue to work and try and get better.”
The 32-year-old completed 28 of his 42 pass attempts, netting 295 yards. He threw one TD and one INT, an early pick-six to J.J. Watt. Stafford was also sacked four times in a game the Lions played without four offensive starters.
Stafford was asked specifically if he ever wondered what it would be like to play somewhere else. He shot that down emphatically.
“No, I just put my head down and go to work. It’s on us as players, we have to go out there and make plays. It doesn’t matter what uniform you’re wearing, the team that makes more plays is going to win the game. And we didn’t do that and haven’t done it consistently enough this year, we
understand that. We work every day to make sure that it is us who is making the plays to win the game. So we have to go out there and make the plays when they’re available.”