Lions Notes: Matthew Stafford, D.J. Moore Speak On Incident

by Sean Yuille on Nov 15, 2011 11:56 AM EST in Detroit Lions Notes

D.J. Moore, who was thrown down by Matthew Stafford on Sunday and ejected after retaliating, claimed he couldn't let it go because Stafford was going after his "livelihood" by targeting his neck. Stafford sees things differently and said he was simply "trying to get him off" as best as he knew how.
For what it's worth, Calvin Johnson said the big hit Lance Briggs delivered on him was clean.
Ndamukong Suh was interviewed by Dan Patrick today and said this about Jay Cutler's helmet popping off on one of his hits: "It just so happens to be in the act of ... sometimes helmets come off. I know my helmet has been popped off."
On Sunday, the Lions defense allowed only one touchdown. The offense gave up two and special teams gave up one.
The Lions' biggest problem on Sunday was turnovers. In the first eight games, they had only five turnovers. On Sunday, they gave the ball away six times.

Stafford set a franchise record for pass attempts in a game on Sunday with 63, according to the Free Press. The record he broke was 62 attempts by Charlie Batch in 2001.
The Lions had to pass it so much because they were down, but it is odd that they threw the ball so often considering Jim Schwartz admitted the wind was affecting Stafford's throws. (Schwartz said it wasn't Stafford's injured finger causing the problems.)
Schwartz was asked on Monday about Jahvid Best and basically had no update. Schwartz simply said that Best has to be symptom free to return, and apparently he isn't yet at that point in the recovery process.
I think Lions linebacker Justin Durant said it best on Twitter after Sunday's game in summing up what happened: "Got our ass kicked plain and simple no excuses or justification...another big game nxt week."
Nick Fairley is looking forward to playing against Cam Newton, his former teammate at Auburn.
The Sunday night game for Week 12 will be the Steelers vs. Chiefs matchup. The NFL decided against flexing a new game into primetime. Since the two games seemingly being looked at for Sunday night in Week 13 are Lions/Saints and Steelers/Bengals, keeping Pittsburgh in primetime in Week 12 is probably a good sign for Detroit's game being flexed.
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Yes hopefully the Lions on SNF

And when is Jahvid coming back? I mean Jeez!

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by Detroitnr1 on Nov 15, 2011 12:06 PM EST reply actions

I wouldn't be surprised if we've seen the last of him.

Clearly, the Lions took a chance, in moving up to draft a player with a concussion history, and he’s had two of them this season. One has to wonder if he didn’t miss so many games to turf toe last year, whether he would have been concussed last year.

He has a lot of family pressure to walk away now. Does he come back for the playoffs, or in a game to clinch the playoffs; who knows? Maybe they could try putting a glove on his head?

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by Gee Garold Lembach on Nov 15, 2011 12:38 PM EST up reply actions

Lol.

glove on his head

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by UndaDawg on Nov 15, 2011 12:45 PM EST up reply actions

What he needs is a glove wrapped around his brain

You can pad the head as much as you like, but you can’t pad the brain from slamming into the skull. AND HENCE that is what defines a concussion.

by Chandra on Nov 15, 2011 12:49 PM EST up reply actions

Go easy, Chaundra...

You’re makin’ it sound like he has too much space up there. LOL

We don’t get all the details on the severity of the brain bruising that has taken place. It’s unfortunate. It’s a scary thing to hear “bruise” and “brain” in the same sentence. I’m only rooting for him to be healthy right now, whether he comes back or not; and will be praying that he never suffers another one, if he suits up again.

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by Gee Garold Lembach on Nov 15, 2011 2:43 PM EST up reply actions

haha, right.

I think he just has bad luck.

le sigh…. here’s hoping he comes back healthy and hungry

by Chandra on Nov 15, 2011 2:55 PM EST up reply actions

maybe?

he could get a helmet like Don Beebe use to wear?!

by JaySoul on Nov 15, 2011 2:45 PM EST up reply actions

Actually

I’d rather see something like this:

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by UndaDawg on Nov 15, 2011 2:50 PM EST up reply actions

Now that looks MEAN & DIRTY!

Get the DL suited up with them too! LOL

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by Gee Garold Lembach on Nov 15, 2011 2:55 PM EST up reply actions

Goooooood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaA2eKABuEE

by Chandra on Nov 15, 2011 2:57 PM EST up reply actions

Except this isn't Don Beebe.

This is Mark Kelso.

by DrewsLions on Nov 15, 2011 7:10 PM EST up reply actions

I think he comes back is based on our playoff picture

I also think Kevin Smith should get alot more carries agaisnt the Panthers…

by msivits on Nov 15, 2011 2:43 PM EST up reply actions

I hope the playoff picture has nothing to do with it.

If he can play, he should. If it’s questionable, keep him out. This is the guy’s life we’re talking about. I don’t want him to be pushed into anything because the Lions might make the playoffs.

Smith looked good. But so did Momo. But I do think the Bears gave up run plays because they didn’t respect our run game. Not really a clear gauge yet. But I agree give him more carries. I’m not upset about a Momo and K-smoove backfield. Obviously, I would rather have Best, but it’s not a fractured finger. Concussions are no joke.

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by UndaDawg on Nov 15, 2011 2:48 PM EST up reply actions

Hell YES!

I’m sure Smith is going to be giving maximum effort to prove the Lions made a mistake in cutting him. I’m glad he’s getting that shot with Detroit, rather than somewhere else. We need a good surprise about now, and Kevin just might be motivated to provide it, and get a new contract.

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by Gee Garold Lembach on Nov 15, 2011 2:52 PM EST up reply actions

Hell yeah

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by Elfuego51 on Nov 15, 2011 12:13 PM EST reply actions

Sunday

I never thought Briggs hit was dirty, but it was inches. A lot of fault on CJ though on his ball-handling since a hit that high should never hit the ball.

I found it funny we didn’t run Morris up the middle more, it seemed like our most efficient option getting 5 or 6 yards a play.

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by Elfuego51 on Nov 15, 2011 12:18 PM EST reply actions

Stafford getting bum rap...

He just happened to be touching his helmet, when the wind threw him down.

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by Gee Garold Lembach on Nov 15, 2011 12:43 PM EST reply actions

Hey sean Briggs’ hit didn’t cause a fumble, his hit was the one that got flagged for a personal foul. Peppers’ hit was the one that caused a fumble (on the 1st drive) and it wasn’t penalized.

by 989Till'Die on Nov 15, 2011 1:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Ahh you're right

Good call

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by Sean Yuille on Nov 15, 2011 1:21 PM EST up reply actions

Stafford seems a bit scared out there.

It seems like his feet are always shuffling and that he doesn’t always get them planted to make a good throw. Not that I blame him, but I’m afraid that if the O-line play doesn’t improve then his development will be hindered because he’s always afraid of the next hit.

by NewSchoolLionFan on Nov 15, 2011 1:44 PM EST reply actions

stafford seems to rush throws a lot of times. i think thats a direct cause of shaky o-line play. hopefully Davis/Smith will help out our run game so that teams cant just tee off on Stafford.

by 989Till'Die on Nov 15, 2011 2:25 PM EST up reply actions

Just let me know when Davis replaces Peterman please…

by JaySoul on Nov 15, 2011 2:46 PM EST up reply actions

Seems a bit scared???

At times, you swear it looks like he just put Ricky Williams bong down; his eyes searching for signs to know what county he’s in.

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by Gee Garold Lembach on Nov 15, 2011 3:04 PM EST up reply actions

lol

Nice Ricky Williams reference…hahaha.

by akadwriter on Nov 15, 2011 3:11 PM EST up reply actions

smith when in

looked to be providing great blocks for stafford.he looked like a warrior sunday.

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by Michael21 on Nov 15, 2011 3:23 PM EST reply actions

He did look good, and only had a few practices under his belt.

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by Gee Garold Lembach on Nov 15, 2011 4:36 PM EST up reply actions

Anyone notice

During the big fight that Suh is just standing there watching and don’t move till Peppers, who was on his sideline with a hurt ankle, came off his sideline with his helmet back on? Then all Suh did was run over and whisper in his ear that he didn’t want this fine. :-) I got a laugh out of it but don’t know if anyone else even noticed with everything else that was going on.

by Lionsfan on Nov 15, 2011 3:31 PM EST reply actions