Matthew Stafford has shoulder surgery

[News Bot]

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford will spend the next four months recovering after surgery on his throwing shoulder today. Tom Kowalski of MLive.com reports that the Lions are optimistic that Stafford can be ready by the team’s minicamp in May, if NFL teams are having minicamps in May. Dr. James Andrew performed the surgery, which included…

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Source: ProFootballTalk.com

 

[ivo610]

he hasnt played since october and they do the surgery now? weird.

 

[brett2520]

If they could get a QB and a defense, they will be our biggest competition in the future.

 

[SyX]

I'd like to see the Lions return to relevance enough to make their annual Thanksgiving debacle watchable. It's torture enough to have to spend the day with my in-laws, I'd appreciate a decent game.

Beyond that, I agree with brett2520. Years of sucking are staring to pay off, a couple more solid pickups and the Lions will leapfrog the Bears. They may be on par with the Vikings already, depending on what they do at QB in the offseason.