Matthew Stafford is coming off his worst season in years. He struggled in the Detroit Lions’ opener against the Jets. Things didn’t get much better from there.
It’s tempting to look at his performance this fall and say this is who Stafford is. But then he has shown in plenty of other seasons that this is who he isn’t.
He tantalizes. He disappoints. He throws an impossible parabola down the sideline off his back foot.
What he doesn’t do is win. At least not consistently enough. The question is: How much of this is his fault?