Matthew Stafford Comments on Detroit Lions’ Success on Wife’s Podcast
Matthew Stafford was a Detroit Lion for more than a decade. But, he’s of course moved on and is serving as quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams. So, what does Stafford think of the Detroit Lions’ success and playoff run?
Stafford went on his wife’s podcast, “The Morning After,” this week and talked about the Detroit Lions’ playoff success. He also discussed his thoughts on head coach Dan Campbell. Here’s what he had to say.
All in all, Stafford says he wasn’t at all surprised by the Lions’ success this season. “No, I thought they were built for it,” he said on the podcast, with Kelly co-hosts with Hank Winchester. “No. You never know how far they’re gonna go but the fact that they were a good team, that didn’t surprise me at all.” He added, “Their offensive line is really talented, when they’ve got both the backs going, Jared was playing at a really good clip and it takes some emergence, right? That rookie class that they had was really good. I’d put it up against, I mean ours was great as well. Two of the teams that had success in the league had a bunch of rookies that were playing at a high clip. Those guys showed up for their team for sure.”
Stafford also commented on Campbell. “He’s, from afar, seems like a players coach. Guys love playing for him, he’s aggressive as it gets,” Stafford said. “You feel like your coach is putting the ball in your hand. I got a chance to talk to him before I left. He just wanted to talk to me a little bit, pick my brain about some of the stuff around there and I spent an hour, maybe an hour and a half talking to him. I came away, I was like, man, I don’t know what the team will look like or whatever, but he’s an engaging guy to talk to. I think he does a great job with the media and then obviously does a great job in his locker room. Cares a lot.” Do you agree with Stafford? Reach out to me and let me know here.