Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez do a deep dive on the Detroit Lions and examine just how much the team has improved from last season. Carlos Monarrez and Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press
The longest huddle of Matthew Stafford’s life took place not on a field but in a hospital waiting area. He was surrounded not by teammates, but by family. He wore no pads nor helmet, only street clothes. And the clock was winding down by hours instead of seconds.
What lay ahead for Stafford was not a distant end zone, but the rest of his wife’s life, and his life, and their children’s lives.