Lions Notes: Matthew Stafford Plans To Wear Gloves For Two More Games

by Sean Yuille on Nov 18, 2011 10:21 AM EST in Detroit Lions Notes

Matthew Stafford said earlier this week that his injured finger is healing, but he expects to wear gloves for two more games. The good news is he also said he has "figured out how to get around it and throw just fine with it."
Shaun Hill was asked about D.J. Moore's issues with how Matthew Stafford took him down in the Bears game, and Hill said this: "He got his feelings hurt that he got dish-ragged by a quarterback." Sounds about right.
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I agree with Hill

Moore got punked by a QB, no defensive player enjoys that.

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by atvman on Nov 18, 2011 11:13 AM EST reply actions

I'm pretty stupid when it comes to this...

…but wasn’t Stafford’s takedown by the helmet a penalty?

What exactly are the rules on that? I just figured Stafford didn’t get a penalty because Moore’s retaliation was so bad. But it sure looked like a dangerous play to me.

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by UndaDawg on Nov 18, 2011 11:39 AM EST up reply actions

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by Ee Oulo on Nov 18, 2011 1:14 PM EST up reply actions

I think it had more to do with him being punked by SSSTTTAAAFFFFFFOOORRRDDD...

had it been TEBOW, he probably would have stuck his head in the turf and started munching grass.

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by Gee Garold Lembach on Nov 18, 2011 11:51 AM EST up reply actions

I liked Crable coming out of college....

I think he just had a bad run of luck on the injury front. IRed his first two years in the league doesn’t look good for an….oh wait, Hi Matthew Stafford, how are you? didn’t see you standing there…well this is embarrassing. Awkward….

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by BBlades on Nov 18, 2011 11:17 AM EST reply actions

he has "figured out how to get around it and throw just fine with it."

I hate that comment. Does this mean he hadn’t figured it out before last weeks game? Why was he playing then?

by Schuxu on Nov 18, 2011 1:46 PM EST reply actions

No

he said he thought he was not affected by the glove or broken finger in that last game.

So who the hell really knows. IMHO, he should have been pulled at half time.

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by joshsun on Nov 18, 2011 1:50 PM EST up reply actions