Despite his team’s varying degrees of success over the years, Matthew Stafford has not permitted anything to keep him off the field. Not even a broken back.
On the most recent edition of his podcast with WJR sponsor Ken Brown, Detroit Lions reporter Mike O’Hara shown some details about the obscure injury the quarterback sustained toward the end of the 2018 campaign.
“He is durable but does perform with injuries. As it happens, he had broken bones in his back,” O’Hara told Brown. After being asked by Brown when he was likely to say that, O’Hara replied,”It’s been reported”
O’Hara’s report has been confirmed by NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, who provided more remark on the situation.Up to this stage, the only information the public had to go off of regarding Stafford’s ailment was that he suffered the injury after being tackled 11 times against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 13. Before this, he suffered a chest injury in Week 1 against the New York Jets and a pinky accident against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 8.
Stafford was able to remain in the lineup for the last four games, finishing 75 of his own 116 pass attempts for 691 yards and three touchdowns, to expand his consecutive start streak to 128 in a row, the sixth-longest streak in NFL history.
Overall, 2018 was a down year for its 10-year veteran. Besides the Lions (6-10) missing the playoffs for the seventh time during his stint, he ended with a career-low 3,777 total passing yards, 21 TDs — the second-fewest of his livelihood — and ranked 25th in passer rating (89.9).

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