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Originally Posted by Crowbob
I'm no expert on Lions football, but it seems to me Stafford isn't their problem. Last year it seemed like the Lions had 11 men on the field playing really well individually but never could make the whole team work together.
Thats a management problem, I would think.
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I thought Stafford was done for when Calvin Johnson (
wide receiver) retired, but I was very wrong.
I am a fan of Stafford like I said, didn't even watch before he came to the team.
However Red Zone and crunch time interceptions are heart breaking, and although he's improved on this matter it still hurts each and every time.
01/20/16
Detroit Lions — Matthew Stafford’s 5 most impressive stats
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/OP/20160120/SPORTS/160129933
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If you look into the stats, Stafford put up some pretty impressive numbers in 2015 considering he and the offense couldn’t get much going until Joe Lombardi was fired and Jim Bob Cooter stepped in.
Five other key stats for Stafford in 2015:
1. Stafford had the highest red zone completion percentage in 2015 (the whole season, not just the final eight games) of any quarterback in the NFL. He completed 48 of 73 passes in the red zone for a 65.75 percentage. (Brady’s was 61.70 and Manning’s was 58.33.)
2. Also Stafford ranked third with red zone touchdown passes with 26 behind Brady with 29 and Carson Palmer with 27. Of the three Stafford was the only one without an interception in the red zone.
3. Inside the 10, Stafford had the highest completion percentage (75 percent) of any starting quarterback and also had the most touchdowns (21).
4. Stafford’s overall completion percentage of 67.2 (a career best) ranked fifth among all NFL starters. He was behind Kirk Cousins, Drew Brees, Russell Wilson and Ben Roethlisberger. In the final three games (all wins) his passing completion was 88 percent at New Orleans, 78.4 percent at home to 49ers and 71.8 percent in blustery conditions at Chicago. When Caldwell took over the Lions in 2014 he said he wanted Stafford to complete at least 62 percent of his passes. In 2014 his completion percentage was 60.4, not quite high enough.
5. Stafford tied for seventh in touchdowns with 32, fifth in completions with 398 and eighth in total yards with 4,262. No doubt he has room to improve, but the stats show he is trending in the right direction.
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What I saw last year was a lot of dropped passes that should have been caught.
Not Matthew Stafford’s fault at all.
I guess that goes under the "working as a team" category.