Thank You, Detroit | Tribute to Matthew Stafford's time with the Detroit Lions 

You guys don’t deserve stafford, but we do 🤗

Man as a 49ers fan I see now, this guy deserves a ring.

I’m a lions fan

@@ColinLionsFan sorry bud

I bet he wishes he could forget. There's no way deep down he doesn't regret sticking with that dog shit organization as long as he did. One year away and he's instantly an mvp candidate and super bowl champion.

This comment needs to be pinned. This is the best

Facts

Perfectly said

@THE SILENT HAND someone's salty

@@WhiskeyBizzness, AMEN, to your comment, AND to Ze Hermanator's!

Congrats man happy for y’all this video still makes me sad

We stole stafford from Detroit and we ain’t sorry 🥲🥲🥲

Congratulations to Matt and the Ram's. Love from Detroit ❤️

@@187420666es glad you’re not sorry Stafford gave you guys a championship he’s a great guy and a great quarterback

No , no , no. Fuck that, fuck the Lions. Thank Matt, not the place that wasted his talent for over a decade because the owners can't get their head out of their own ass.

He was never a secret, he just played in Detroit.

The secret #1 overall pick pro bowl qb 😅😂😂. How did you ever find him? Must be an nfl insider.

Best kept secret? The guy who has thrown for 5,000 yards and over 4,000 8 times and was drafted number 1 was a secret? To who lol

Y’all idiots completely missed the point smh lol. Literally nobody gave a damn about his numbers in an era where QBs put the same while carrying their teams to deep playoff runs. Before this ring he would have been considered another Phillip Rivers lol. So stop acting like people actually cared about him before the ring

We saw those injuries. We didn't need the news report the next day to know what you played through. We saw it. Your broke yourself for our state. You belong in the HOF

Yes sir bro I’m from Michigan but moved to Cali 3 yrs ago and I support all the teams that represents my home place and always will from college teams and sport teams like nba,Nfl,mlb,and hockey etc. all my full support through ups and downs and. Thank u number #9 glad to have see you play for us Michiganders

We are way too loyal...we'd rather be loyal to players than actually win anything

Lmaoo facts

Love your post from one michigander to another

He truly does deserve it, but the number of Detroit Whine-ons fans that made him the scapegoat of the down times were shockingly, repulsively numerous, unfortunately. Hopefully the football fans in Los Angeles are more knowledgeable and sensible to be able to steer clear, and just watch with your own eyes the throws this guy makes numerous times every game, that maybe two or three other QBs can make. The highlight of him making that throw against Miami on this highlight reel is an excellent example... Running left and throwing right against his body, side armed, to hit a receiver running right, about 3 inches out of the reach of the defender draped all over him for a touchdown. That's YOUR quarterback now, congrats.

Wait for the excuses to come , he is average at best

@@russelllangworthy8855 Russell, do yourself a favor, don't talk about things you have no idea about, it almost always ends badly. I have been a lifelong Lions fan, and have seen all of Stafford's lousy plays too. The only thing about that is, like virtually every national media pundit, and almost everybody outside of the metro Detroit area that can view him objectively, we see infinitely more good and excellent plays than bad, probably the reason why he's a top 15 (statistically speaking) QB of all time. NO ONE attains that from being consistently lousy, and he still has another five years left. Probably why he has humongously elevated the careers of guys like Burleson, Tate, Johnson (yes Johnson, no receiver goes to the Hall of Fame without great QB play), and Marvin. All these guys saw their careers take off immediately upon coming to the Lions. Tate being the best example, the guy who calls Stafford a better quarterback than Russell Wilson, or any he's played with... Average in Seattle, excellent in Detroit, almost non-existent since he left. And since leaving, he had Wentz and Jones, no slouches. I just got through dealing with another one of your buddies, and in the end he even had to acknowledge Stafford as a fringe Hall of Famer, that after running through all the usual rigmarole you all use to try to discredit him. Face it - QB may be the most important position, but football is a game with 52 players, and another 60+ personnel and coaches that determine the outcome of games. And as much as you would love to blame Stafford for the Lions mediocrity, it ain't happening.

@@russelllangworthy8855 I think you're responding to someone else by mistake, none of this has anything to do with what I said...

@@russelllangworthy8855 you fail to see your own stupidity, how about you shut up and learn what you're talking about before you criticize one of the best quarterbacks, who unfortunately got on wrong team. Without the lions, he would be up there with Peyton, Drew, and Tom.

Agreed. I am both happy and sad to see Matthew Stafford go. At the same time.. I am excited about what's ahead of his career. He's such an exciting quarterback to watch. I am so grateful to have witnessed his playing in the Honolulu Blue and Silver. One of the bests.

He set a standard in detroit. Give it all or go play elsewhere.

@@blitheringrando1410, well said. "He set a standard in Detroit." He surely did!!

paid $226,478,969 over his lion years to take a beating.

100th Like!

How did you know?

was about to write this same comment. #onepride

I needed tht laugh while I was crying

I actually teared up man this video tore open my fresh wounds..

you're crying about the playoffs

I hope the same...

Lions best QB for sure, but that's not saying much, since the Lions have had a lot of bad QB's.

Maybe this team becomes a contender in 2 years, and Goff isn’t the guy and they’re a QB away. And a certain someone’s contract is up then. A homecoming could happen

He will go into the HOF as a LION. Yessir

@@chriscordingley8256 Not unless he has some playoff wins.

Billy Yang, Congratulations to the Ram's. Matt finally got the win he so deserved. Love from Detroit ❤️

Don't ever thank Detroit. Please.

He is not Brady and will never be

@@nickstah9184 ratio bozo

@@rishabhsetty3109 ? U think ur funny?

He’s a tier below Rodgers, Brees , and Brady

@@nickstah9184 sure he isn’t Brady but atleast he can do better than most starter quarterbacks

Same

Same

Wow... that's an amazing story. I am a Lions' fan... and this tribute was very moving. Matthew Stafford is without question one of the bests to ever play for the Honolulu Blue and Silver. So exciting to see him play for the Lions. Thank you number 9 for all the years you've put in for Motown!

Stafford is really a good dude, just hasn't been able to win big games here in Detroit. Of Course it's not all his fault, but QB's get a lot of the blame.

I agree

I won't speak for urself

Enough to make a grown cry 😭😔

@@freddychales2406 I dnt see no point of cryin

Dude then why tf r u on here commenting like go to ur teams page sheesh

5th reply

He was really humble, stuck up for his teammates as well. He truly was a good leader.

the number 9 stands for how many times they've been to the playoffs

@@codbus7651 considering he only played for the Lions for 12 years, 9 playoff appearances would be really good. 😂

HE’S IN THE SUPER BOWL!!!!

@@Vader-San LETS GOOOOOOO!!!

You mean, he is on team that use to be a winning team. Now that he is there it will a 8-9 team. SMH.

@@unclejohn6330 I can’t tell if you’re joking? Please tell me you’re joking?

@@TheEuropeanLad you’re joking right? I’m a lions fan and I confirm that we’re not good and the rams are contenders

Rams 2-0 now

@@unclejohn6330 hmm do you want to take this statement back now? We are 3-0 now

And he did

ThE greatest

@@jackbrown5160 Nope. You guys have the Greatest now courtesy of the Rams, that title goes to Jared Goff 👏

Same for me fucking crazy how time flies, I couldn't imagine changing a qb every 4 years this is the best qb I've known and got to watch in my lifetime

Celebrate losing for the everybody gets a trophy 🏆 generation!!!! Who cares !!!!

the only thing you're crying about is missing the playoffs again.

Now he’s going to the Super Bowl!

Same here man I'm 28 now I can't believe I started watching him play in highschool was instantly hooked. Only QB I've ever known the one solid we always had it truly sucks

Not taking anything away from Staff at all. I hate that he's gone but I grew up watching Barry. As far as QBs, Stafford without a doubt though

Very well said. Truth.

Um Larry fitzgerald?

@@whodatnation9816 true they both are legends

Personally I think Larry fits and Phillip rivers deserved it more.

That bum ain't goin to get ring sorry to tell u

I hope he don't get a ring I want the higher firsts

People are Crazy. Go get a ring? You deserve it? Wtf. Go get McVay fired, and finish 6-11 and get us a better pick. That sounds wayyyy better to me.

Don't you guys look stupid.. He's one game away from a Super Bowl

@@arthurdouglas5787 He's in the Super Bowl now 😆

If your team can keep the Packers out of the Super Bowl with Stafford, we're all happy. I think Goff will do just fine here.

Congrats bro. Enjoy the championship!

Stafford is twice the talent of Warner. Matt best years were in Detroit wasted on a garbage team.

Agree on staff but Herman Moore is right there or above megatron. Def as a person and prob woulda had even more insane numbers than he did if played in megatron years diff league. Moore was playing at the very very start of it becoming a passing league.

@@GlennShook Moore is in the top 10 of best lion ever, but let’s not kid ourselves, Megatron was leagues better than any receiver we ever had. He’s a top 5 receiver of all time. And as far as your comment as being a better person, seriously? Megatron was one of the most humble players we’ve ever seen. Never bragged, never had off the field issues, he’s one of the greatest players on and off the field. Not sure where you’re going about Moore being a better person.

@@Rizzy_K just that he’s crying like a baby about having to pay back a fraction of what lions could have made him pay back shows his character. But yes no legal trouble. Not kidding myself he’s not top 5 all time he was highly debatable even making hall cause of short career and no mvp or playoff seasons. You are kidding yourself. Rice, moss, sharpe, monk, largent, Irvin, Harrison, Bruce, Moore, wayne, carter, moulds, reed, the Owens and countless others all have more receptions. Doesn’t make them all better but many were.

@@GlennShook lol dude no

@@Rizzy_K lol. agree to disagree.

mr nostradamus 😮‍💨

Thank you for what you have given to Detroit, for being a leader and for your love and respect for Detroit and it’s people.

So your not a real lions fan? Just a stafford fan?

well said

I think the Lions want this and Matthew does too.

Smart ones have an idea how lucky we got.

oh WE know HOW LUCKY WE ARE DUDE...

As a 9ers fan i wanted him damnit

Rams fan here also a NFL fan let’s get him a ring your lucky to get Goff to

@@russelllangworthy8855 shut up you sf fan he’s a legend Matthew Stanford

He really does❤️

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That bum ain't gettin that

Stop using your own supply salty hater.

@@yayobadazz92 your welcome

@@yayobadazz92 looks like he got the ring. 🤡

@@yayobadazz92 Speaking of bums. Dumbass not badass.

Lions fan here I respect the hell out of you for saying that. Great recognize great.

Same here, Packers as well. Always had the major respect for him, and thought he deserved more attention. Yet here he is. He finally won his Super Bowl, and deservedly so.

No hate for saying what you did. Thank you!!!

not 10 years

Prob not 10 but modern medicine and the way you literally can’t touch a qb anymore not out of the question.

If he wins it’s gonna make me emotional

@Rashod Harris jr ? Are you a future nfl player

@Rashod Harris jr are you from St Clair Shores?

@Rashod Harris jr where you play now

@Rashod Harris jr which school

@Rashod Harris jr best of luck bro