Matthew Stafford started his career with big expectations when he was taken by the Detroit Lions with first overall pick in the 2009 draft, the latter having earned the selection by being the first team to go 0-16 in the regular season the year prior. The franchise had high hopes for the quarterback out of Georgia, with eyes set on the playoffs and more. Now the Lions are preparing to host their first home playoff game since 1994, and like they pictured back in 2009, Stafford will be playing quarterback in the game. What they most-likely did not imagine, though, was that it would be for the opposing team.
Stafford acknowledges he’s “the bad guy coming to town” in his return to Detroit
