Last week’s front office purge left two of the Lions’ most prominent players in football limbo, but neither Matthew Stafford nor Calvin Johnson said they’re worried about what the upheaval means for their future.
“I don’t think too much about it, honestly,” Stafford said. “My job is to play as well as I can on Sundays. If I’m sitting here worrying about something else, I’m doing a disservice to the other 50 guys in that locker room getting ready to play on Sunday. So I just put my nose to the grindstone and go.”
Stafford, the first overall pick of the 2009 draft, and Johnson, the second overall selection in 2007, have been cornerstone players for the Lions since their arrivals in Detroit.