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Classicalwit
I'm not doubting that he had those injuries; I just don't think the injuries are affecting him. Why do I think that? Because Matt Stafford said so. To me that seems like the simplest explanation.
Well, that doesn't really explain anything though, does it? You're saying that Stafford is just going to be randomly underthrowing deep passes that are wide open? Overthrowing receivers 20 feet over their head when he's only 15 yards away? Missing wide open sideline passes?
No, it makes a lot more sense that his thumb isn't 100% yet and he doesn't have full control of every type of pass. Repeated trauma to a recent surgery supports that idea completely.
Like I said, it seems a lot more desirable for Stafford to need to recuperate than it does for him to be perfectly healthy and randomly just launch up scuds that have no chance of completion. An imperfect pass is one thing but we've seen Stafford miss so badly that receivers don't even try for the ball. I certainly hope that that's a physical limitation over an ability limitation.