The Lions placed Stafford on injured reserve today, three days after the quarterback visited Dr. James Andrews for a check-up on his second separated right shoulder of the season. Lions coach Jim Schwartz confirmed the announcement at his news conference today. Stafford suffered his most recent injury when he was tripped from behind with 5:19 to play in the fourth quarter of a Nov. 7 loss to the New York Jets. He has played in parts of just three games this year, completing 57 of 96 passes (59.4%) for 535 yards with six touchdowns and one interception. Stafford also finished his rookie season on injured reserve, with knee and left shoulder injuries.
I'm not devastated by this news cause I certainly didn't want him to start another game this season. There is really no point in risking further injury but for moral I also didn't want the Lions to rap up the news of him going on IR and put it under the Christmas tree for all of us to unwrap tomorrow morning. Just another classic Merry Christmas from the Ford family.
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