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Detroit Lions - Team Notes

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2018/12/matthew-stafford-press-conference-postponed-by-back-injury.html
Matthew Stafford press conference postponed by back injury..
Mlive

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...ions-matthew-stafford-back-injury/2306362002/
Detroit Lions: Back injury postpones Matthew Stafford's media availability.
Freep

Matthew Stafford had to postpone his regularly-scheduled Thursday media availability until Friday because he was undergoing treatment. Stafford has been dealing with a back injury the past two weeks. He usually does the availability either in the locker room or at the podium during the 45-minute Thursday window or very soon after. Something to keep an eye on as we head to the weekend. He was officially listed as questionable last week.
espn

Matt Patricia says Matthew Stafford, like a lot of players, is a little bit beat up at this time of year. Said he leaves it up to the medical staff for him and that it is about body maintenance to prevent small things from becoming big things. Patricia, when asked if the back has led to having to change things the past couple of weeks for the Lions, said that might be reading too much into it and that a lot of things factor into what the Lions do during a game.
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https://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-top-nfls-mount-rushmore-lists.html
The Top NFL Mount Rushmore Lists.
Pro Football Journal

Mount Rushmore National Memorial features a sculpture of four United States Presidents carved into the granite of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln are the four Presidents depicted on Mount Rushmore. They were chosen because they were arguably the four most famous Presidents. In the sports talk show industry, it is common to hear hosts discuss ?the Mount Rushmore of NBA players? or the ?Mount Rushmore of NFL head coaches.? A theoretical Mount Rushmore of NBA players would consist of the four greatest NBA players or the four most important ones.

It can sometimes be fun to discuss the Mount Rushmore of quarterbacks, running backs, Super Bowl venues, horrible officiating calls, etc. It might also be boring. I don't really know because I am more concerned with silly things like the Mount Rushmore of frog habitats and squirrel interests.

For the longest time, I did not know in which direction to go with this article. A long poem? Too corny. A fictional football story involving 20 or so Mount Rushmores which would mean having to add about 80 players to the story? I would rather just write a novel and not be forced to fit in stuff. A simple list with no prose other than the two prior paragraphs? Now that actually would work. Alas, there will be some other comments.

This is meant to be a fun topic but there are rules. Louis Lipps cannot be on the Mount Rushmore of Body Parts. What are lipps? Why is there a red line appearing under lipps after I write lipps in this Word document? Oh, that is because lipps do not exist. Lips do, however. When somebody with the surname of Lips plays in the NFL, then maybe that guy will make the Mount Rushmore of Body Parts.

The second rule is that the quality of a name is of major importance whereas the quality of the player is not important. As arguably the greatest running back of all-time, Jim Brown would be an obvious choice for the NFL Mount Rushmore of Colors if the quality of the player was a main factor. It is not a factor here. A lesser running back named Ivory Lee Brown is a much better choice for this Mount Rushmore because he has two colors in his name. Similarly, if an NFL player had the last name of California Condor he would be a significantly better fit for the Mount Rushmore of Birds than somebody with the last name of Bird.

The third rule is it is best to not have a player appear on two different Mount Rushmores for no other reason than to get more players listed here. John Woodcock would make sense for both the Mount Rushmore of Birds and the Mount Rushmore of Woodland Creatures but he has only been placed officially on one of those.
 
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