Following the Detroit Lions’ 41 – 25 loss against the Houston Texans this Thanksgiving Day, Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford was approached with questions regarding his head coach Matt Patricia’s future with the organization.
“It’s not my decision. That’s for somebody else. If you want to ask me about the game, you ask me about the game,” Stafford said.
Patricia has a record of 13-29-1 in less than three seasons with the Lions. Detroit is currently 4-7 after dropping two games straight and four of the last five.
The former Georgia Bulldog legend was then asked if he’s ever thought about or considered playing elsewhere, to which he replied:
“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.”
Stafford completed 28 of 42 passes for 295 yards, a touchdown and an interception that went returned for a touchdown during Thursday’s matchup. He has only made the playoffs three times in his career with Detroit and has never made it past the wild card round.
Detroit was bumped to last in the NFC North following the loss to Houston. Stafford and the Lions travel to Chicago next week to take on the Bears in a must win divisional game.