Makes me wonder if Stafford's toughness plays into that because, as you and others have said, he's complained about personal foul hits
(obvious calls) before. In previous seasons, even.
Do refs just assume, "Oh, it's Matthew Stafford. He's a tough SOB so it must've not been that bad."?
Or is it from his long tenure with the Lions that the NFL doesn't look at him as one of their sacred cows?
Both?
I don't know. I know that I'm biased, but the league has installed plenty of new rules because something happened to certain players.
Players the league deems too important.
