Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford meets the media three days after he was pulled from a loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Video by Dave Birkett / DFP
Instead of "fixing" Matthew Stafford, the objective now for the remainder of the 2015 season is salvaging pieces of the wounded, weary Lions' quarterback. The final 11 games are a recovery mission. Is there anything that surfaces amid the inevitable debris spray of a calamitous season that justifies bringing Stafford back in 2016?
The Lions have coddled him for more than seven years, surrounding him with shiny baubles and reassuring him that his star was especially bright.