Matthew Stafford is taking his leadership to a new level in 2017.
Matthew Stafford appears to have taken his leadership to a new level.
MMQB?s Albert Breer made an interesting observation in his Tuesday column.
It appears the Detroit Lions have entrusted Matthew Stafford to teach the offense to his players.
Here?s a snippet: During the ?16 season, the coordinator and quarterback held Tuesday game-planning sessions (like Manning used to) designed to give the triggerman ownership of the plan for Sunday. And now, as I understand it, the coaches are actually teaching the offense through Stafford. What does that mean? Stafford gets coached, and he coaches his teammates through that coaching, which would seem to be that process coming full-circle.
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5. I think Matthew Stafford has a big year coming, and it?s a culmination of the process coordinator Jim Bob Cooter put in motion after being elevated from quarterbacks coach in the middle of the 2015 season. The idea was to make it Stafford?s show, the same way the Colts and Broncos offenses were Peyton Manning?s show during Cooter?s stops in Indy and Denver. Down the stretch in ?15, Cooter cut back the verbiage and ramped up one- and two-word calls to allow Stafford more flexibility at the line. Last offseason, the Lions emphasized putting Stafford out in front of his teammates. During the ?16 season, the coordinator and quarterback held Tuesday game-planning sessions (like Manning used to) designed to give the triggerman ownership of the plan for Sunday. And now, as I understand it, the coaches are actually teaching the offense through Stafford. What does that mean? Stafford gets coached, and he coaches his teammates through that coaching, which would seem to be that process coming full-circle.
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