Valenti And Foster: One-On-One With Matt Stafford
DETROIT (97.1 THE TICKET) – Mike Valenti and Terry Foster went head-to-head with Detroit Lions starting quarterback Matthew Stafford on 97.1 The Ticket Tuesday.
Detroit lost another heart-breaker in the fourth quarter - this time to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. A game that Detroit led at half-time and really let loose of the reins in the final minutes losing 24-20.
The Stafford interview started casually - with a reference to the Sunday game possibly being one of his worst ever as a professional quarterback ...
"We've got to take the steps needed to play better this week," Stafford said. "Find a way to get back to that ... it's a team game, it's all about winning and losing."
"When so many games are all about offense ... we are not seeing any explosive rushing play," said Foster.
"We're getting a lot of two-run safety's ... and points? It's really about (the fact that we are) not scoring in the red zone ... in the first seven games it was really about not getting in scoring position in the red zone.
The loss put Detroit at (4-6) going into the annual game for the Lions on Thanksgiving.
As heard on 97.1 The Ticket – history continued to favor the Packers as Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes, including a 22-yarder to Randall Cobb with 1:55 left, and the Green Bay Packers came through with a fourth quarter win over the Lions.
"We really had a good defensive performance for 58 minutes," Head Coach Jim Schwartz said post game.
Stafford threw two interceptions – one of which was returned 72 yards by Green Bay safety M.D. Jennings for a go-ahead score in the third quarter – and lost a fumble.
You can listen to all the action on 97.1 The Ticket as the Detroit Lions take on Houston on Thanksgiving day – kick off 12:30 p.m.
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