Stafford re-injures shoulder, could sit against Ravens

Here we go again. Stafford re-injured his left shoulder in the game against the Bengals this week, which means we can all look forward to a week of speculation as to whether he will play against the Ravens next Sunday. As far as I'm concerned, I have seen what I needed to see out of Stafford this season; there were the expected rookie mistakes, but there have been flashes of brilliance as well. In my eyes Matt Stafford has nothing left to prove to Lion's fans this season, except that he can heal up and return even better next season.
I'm not saying I want Stafford to sit out the last four games this year and that I want to cradle him into the 2010 season, but I think its time we accept this one fact, these games mean nothing. The entire 2009 season has been a preseason for 2010, we needed to focus on identifying holes in the team and we did that, we needed to get these young guys some playing time and we did that to. I don't want to see Stafford out there risking serious injury on a shoulder that has given him trouble on multiple occasions this season. I guess what I'm saying is I want the Lions to do everything they can to be competitive and potentially win another game this year, but I don't want to see them make a mistake that could forfeit future victories.

You can read more about Stafford's injury at www.freep.com and www.detnews.com.

I also recommend reading Jaime Samuelson's on Stafford's injury at freep.com. It takes a similar viewpoint as mine, but has some additional information that I found interesting.
http://www.freep.com/article/20091207/SPORTS01/91207040/1049/No-way-should-Matthew-Stafford-play-through-pain