SEATTLE -- Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford played with a glove on his throwing hand during the last five games of his 2016 season and now that it’s over, he said he doesn’t believe he’ll need surgery to fix his right middle finger.
“I think it’s going to heal with rest,” Stafford said. “I think, that’s my plan right now.”
Stafford injured the finger when his hand clapped hands with Chicago’s Leonard Floyd in Week 14 on Dec. 11. He played the remainder of that game with a full glove on his hand, and then the next week against the New York Giants with a black glove with the middle finger covered and the rest of his fingers exposed.