There’s nothing left to prove for #9.

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is genuinely one of the NFL’s toughest players – if not the toughest, and he amply demonstrated his competitive spirit last season by playing despite having broken bones in his back.

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He was forced to miss his second straight game this weekend after last week’s scratch from action was the first time since 2011 he wasn’t under center for the team. News broke today that the back injury that’s ailing him could keep him out for the rest of the year. Of course, given the Lions history of terrible luck, it would happen in the midst of an MVP-worthy