Freep - Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford will take an important step this week in his recovery from a shoulder injury, and he could be closer to returning to action. Stafford was not available to reporters Monday, but he said during his weekly appearance on Mitch Albom’s radio show on WJR-AM (760) on Monday that he plans to begin throwing a football on the advice of medical staff. “They’ve told me that I need to try to do some light throwing this week and see how it feels, and I’ll kind of take it from there,” Stafford said. “I’ll throw a little bit probably tomorrow or the next day and see how it feels.”
Nate Burleson bought a personal oxygen chamber last off-season on the advice of his new teammates, Calvin and Bryant Johnson. After seeing how the chamber helped speed his recovery from a sprained ankle, he’s glad he did. Burleson, the Lions’ No. 2 receiver, said he’ll test his injured ankle this week and hopes to play Sunday against the Packers. “I’m not looking to dress in street clothes on Sunday,” Burleson said. “I plan on actually being out there.”
Having Burleson back will be nice but I don't see it kickstarting this offense at all. Shaun Hill is still Shaun Hill and if the Schwartz doesn't trust him to throw the ball down the field then we can plan on seeing a steady string of dump offs to the likes of Pettigrew, Scheffler, B. Johnson, Maurice, Logan, and Best if he's healthy. Getting Burleson back will just give us another name to put on that list because these days it look like The Schwartz is seriously not interested in taking downfield shots.
I mean I hate to revisit it, but that decision to let the clock run down and kick the field goal before half, instead of taking a few shots at the endzone is starting to piss me off more and more. I'm one of the people that actually thinks this team is better and has a shot at being decent if they make some good decisions, but why is it that this team refuses to take chances? Seriously what do we have to lose? What? We might end up with another road loss? Ohhhhh, I'm so scared...who gives a shit, we've lost 40 of 43 games and we're playing for 3 points instead of 6 because we're worried that Shaun Hill might throw a pick in the endzone. We're better than we've been in 10 years and we still don't have a coach who believes in his offensive coordinator and the pieces he has on the field. Meanwhile every team we play agaisnt gets in their 2 minute offense and we make them look like the 2007 Patriots.
And I understand that it's not Stafford out there, but The Schwartz said he would've made the same call with Stafford or even Joe Montana out there. Really, Joe Montana? Man, The Schwartz's stubbornness is fuckin disgusting sometimes. If Joe Montana was your quarterback he would've ran up there and spiked the ball without even looking in your direction, cause that was the right play in that situation. I'd like to think Stafford has the guts and moxie to do the same thing. I need The Schwartz to stop pretending that he made the right call when obviously he didn't. I have his back for now because I feel like he's fighting out there, but when youre 2-17 in your first 19 games the leash starts to get shorter and shorter until people have a stranglehold on your throat. You better get a grip on things before the Lions faithful starts calling for your head.
But everyone needs to chill for a second and realize the sky isn't falling. Anyone who wants him to get canned now is a straight lunatic. Yeah this team has lost 3 games but they've also been competitive in 3 games. Now that we're at that level The Schwartz has to teach them to pull it out in the end. That's what she said.
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