Matthew Stafford had the most efficient season of his seven-year NFL career last fall, completing 67.2% of his passes while playing demonstratively better football after a midseason change at offensive coordinator.
But while the Detroit Lions’ new offense stresses quick passes and taking care of the football, coordinator Jim Bob Cooter said he doesn’t want to completely take the gunslinger out of his strong-armed quarterback.
“We’re not going to bury that guy yet,” Cooter told reporters after the Lions wrapped up Organized Team Activities on Thursday. “We had to do what we had to do last year with certain instances, kind of where we were in the season, and some of that showed up in the game tape.