Matthew Stafford's Recovery Is 'Off The Charts'

by Sean Yuille on May 27, 2011 3:30 PM EDT in Detroit Lions News

NFL Network's Albert Breer recently talked to Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand about the health of quarterback Matthew Stafford, who has spent the offseason recovering from shoulder surgery. While the NFL lockout has prevented direct communication between players and coaches/members of the front office, trainers have been kept in the loop. This has given Lewand a chance to monitor Stafford's status.

Lewand told Breer that the trainers who have been keeping an eye on Stafford say his recovery is "off the charts." Lewand likened the recovery process to what Sam Bradford went through last year.

"The injury that he sustained last year and the surgery that he had is very similar to Sam Bradford's a year ago," Lewand explained. "And obviously, Sam had a tremendous rookie year, didn't miss any snaps, and we feel the same about Matthew's ability to go forward, better than he's ever been."

If Stafford can come back from his shoulder issues like Bradford did last season, the Lions should be in store for a great 2011 season.

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I can see Stafford throwing

for 3500 yards and 28 to 32 TDs. If he does that, the Lions will make the playoffs.

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by JCruize on May 27, 2011 3:47 PM EDT reply actions

Heck....

He could possibly hit the 4,000 yd mark this year, maybe win the Division….but throwing for 4k doesn’t gurantee a playoff birth…ask Schaub.

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by Roughneck 7 on May 27, 2011 3:53 PM EDT reply actions

Or Kitna...

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by ZWC11 on May 27, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Personally

I’d be happy with 16 games of a healthy Stafford throwing to Megatron, Nate, TD Young, Best, Grew, and Schef. The only stat I’m concerned with is the wins and losses. Give me 10 wins and I call that a HUGE improvement.

From OwenXVI to 10-6 and in the playoff hunt! Thats what I’m talking about!

by Detroitfantc on May 27, 2011 4:12 PM EDT reply actions

A healthy Stafford = 12 wins....

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by SmittyJ on May 27, 2011 4:19 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Trying not to sip the koolaid to hard but...

I kinda agree. When u look at our schedule there are plenty of games that we should win based on our talent and how we played. But it’s also a group that will be viewed as the tough games: Atl,Tb,Kc etc. Then u go back and look at most of those teams and they had super soft schedules, didn’t play well away from home and were in sqeakers every week against “lesser” competition. We beat Tampa, we got Atl at home, San Diego at home and truthfully IMO Kc isn’t really that good. Stafford healthy for 16 games, playing the way he showed in glimpses last season could result in more than a decent 9 or 10 win season.

by fiendishdr.wu on May 27, 2011 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree about KC BIG TIME

They run the ball and really cant pass that good, and what is our team set up to stop. . . The run. We should be able to win that game.

How many lumps you want Doc?

by davis0169 on May 27, 2011 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Great point about the run

Which is a major reason why I like us against the entire AFC west(SD runs more than most people think). I look at a game like the “pound it down there f’n throat” Jets. They were expected to dominate with a great run game and average qb and really until Stafford got hurt and the entire team froze up, we dominated.

by fiendishdr.wu on May 27, 2011 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions

I came up with 11 but I like your number better

by YpsilantiJeff on May 27, 2011 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions

We all have compared Matthew to Sam Bradford

if that comparisson is as correct as I beilve (injury wise) we should expect a fantastic season. I have always thought Stafford was the most talented of the QBs those 2 years. Better than Mark and Sam he just needs to show it.

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by The Profiler on May 27, 2011 5:17 PM EDT reply actions

If I can take a quote from Jim Mora here

Playoffs? PLAYOFFS????

How many lumps you want Doc?

by davis0169 on May 27, 2011 5:53 PM EDT reply actions

I will believe it when I see it for a whole season.

Great news and all but hype is hype. I remember hearing how well he healed up last off season too.

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by joshsun on May 27, 2011 6:34 PM EDT reply actions