Detroit Lions quarterback Matt Stafford could miss as many as six games with a spine injury, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter and NFL.com's Ian Rapoport:
Ian RapoportComing up on @NFLGameDay: My report on #Lions QB Matthew Stafford, who could be out as much as 6 weeks because of tiny, non-displaced fractures in the upper thoracic spine.
Per Schefter, "Doctors recently told [Stafford] that the fractured bones in his back are a six-week injury, league sources told ESPN."
Stafford has endured an up-and-down career since the Lions selected him out of the University of Georgia with the first overall pick in the 2009 NFL draft.