"I heard timeout over the loudspeaker and knew that was probably my only chance to get back in," said Stafford, an NFL rookie who apparently knows a rule that an NFL head coach does not. "It was my left shoulder and I don't really need it to throw."
Armed with such rock-solid logic, he raced over to offensive coordinator Scott Linehan and told him, "I can throw." Stunned, Linehan sent him back onto the field for the final play, which was a touchdown pass to Brandon Pettigrew. The extra point won the game.
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I liked Stafford coming out of Georgia
Before Pioli traded for Cassel, I was pushing hard for the Chiefs to draft Stafford. Really like the kid.
He’s going through typical growing pains in Detroit, but had a good game yesterday, 5 TDs, 422 yds passing.
He got creamed on a hail mary pass at the end and injured his left shoulder. He went out of the game and was laying on a table on the sideline when he found out the Browns called timeout with the Lions having the ball on the 1 yard line.
Stafford went back in with a dislocated left shoulder and threw the 1 yd TD to the TE to win the game.
Love to see a rookie gut it out like that.
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