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Matthew Stafford is not a bad quarterback against winning teams

Found June 19, 2013 on WCSN - The Water Cooler Sports Network:
PLAYERS: Matthew Stafford
TEAMS: Detroit Lions
We here at WCSN have spent a great deal of time recently poking fun of Matthew Stafford for this chart, which shows that the Lions have gone 1-23 against teams with a winning record with Stafford as their quarterback.  WCSN Lions beat writer Russ Thomas then responded with a well-intentioned (but perhaps over the top) [...]The post Matthew Stafford is not a bad quarterback against winning teams by Jon Vander Woude appeared first on WCSN - The Water Cooler Sports Network.
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