Detroit Lions Quarterback Matt Stafford Has Left-Hand Injury

August 26, 2012   ·   Scott Carasik   ·   Jump to comments

Matthew Stafford left the preseason game versus the Oakland Raiders with a left-hand injury.
Update: August 25 at 11:05 PM
Anwar Richardson of Mlive.com is reporting via his twitter feed that Stafford could have gone back into the game. 
#Lions QB Matthew Stafford said he is fine and could have finished the game #NFL
— Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) August 26, 2012 Stafford's injury is not as serious as it could have been. Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press had more on the situation:
Xrays on stafford negative
— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) August 26, 2012 This is good news for the Lions as losing Stafford for any length of time will hurt their chances at the division.
Keeping him out of the game could have been a preventative measure by head coach Jim Schwartz to make sure that his quarterback was ready for the start of the year.
 
 
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