Stephen A. on Matthew Stafford: 'Stop acting like a damn Detroit Lion' | First Take

Stephen A. Smith and Michael Irvin debate whether it's on Sean McVay or Matthew Stafford to turn the Los Angeles Rams around this season.

[shemeticdescendant]

Stop blaming Detroit for Stafford’s problems. He was who he was in college..

[CJM]

Stafford never had to play with expectations before.

[sean]

There's a reason Stafford has been in the league for 12 plus years and never won a playoff game or won a division title I have no faith in Stafford because I have a decade of evidence that hasn't given me a reason to

[dhanesshmahendran]

I love watching the Rams lose 3 straight because of how Mcvay was celebrating when they beat the bucs in week 3 like they were on the brink of going 17-0. LOL

[lonestarlion]

He not acting like a Detroit Lion. He's who us Lions fans know him to be. He's not a winner period!!!

[nvag]

Jared Goff would win the hard games and lose to teams he should beat. Stafford is beating the weak teams but when playing the tough teams he’s shrinking.

[bmwracer]

Stafford: three games, three pick sixes. LOL. 😂

[sportsnowwithdariusaiden]

Stafford is inconsistent! We have seen this every single year! The defense is allowing every team in the run game or the passing attack! Rams have to find there true identity on the offensive side of the ball!

[tigerhoods]

Matthew Stafford is showing everyone exactly why Calvin Johnson retired early

[pooman]

As a Lions fan I knew this was coming and I'm not saying he's a bad QB and the Lions organization are good but the truth is he's a slightly above average QB who played for a joke of a organization he's not a top tier QB no matter how much the mainstream media tried to appoint him as the best QB in the NFL

[Soccercrazyigboman]

I blame McVay. The dude is tryna validate it. He's always going for deep throws. Why not run and take more short routes. It's just like the Chiefs. Do what Brady does. Do dink and dunk and go deeper when the Defense gives you the look. There's no reason the Rams shouldn't be in the Superbowl

[dwatsiam]

Lmao 🤣 at Irvin calling pick 6s The Matt Shaub

[Booyaahh]

Stafford is blowing it. He looks like Detroit Stafford!

[elenakhoo]

Did someone or Stafford say that he wanted to have an opportunity to play in a big game and not on the 1 pm Sunday game? Also playing in a team which season isn't over in Nov/Dec.

[kingwani]

It don’t matter where MATT Stafford is he’s been inconsistent

[LoveAllTrustNone]

Stafford never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

[lukata]

As a Detroiter who has watched Staff play every game since his rookie season, I can say that Staff's biggest problem is that as talented as he is he's not a game changing leader. He's somewhat of a motivator and a great teammate but he's not an infectious, tenacious leader with a killer instinct. He doesn't make players or defenses wanna play harder for him and he has a tendency to pace until the game is tight which is bad news when you're up against Aaron Rodgers or Brady who play 4 quarters of winning football

[bishopsteiner]

"you don't get called Boy Genius or get those coaching opportunities by turning around and handing off the rock".... *looks at Kyle Shanahan... says nothing*

[Quisee]

I like how they all talking about the pick 6 and ignoring the fumble too.. it wasn't 30-17 when he fumbled it basically to a td for the packers too... told everybody early on, us lions fans saw this 10 years. He's consistently inconsistent

[michaelmero]

I mean his numbers were pretty good in this last game. How about giving some hate towards the “best defense in the league” Aaron Donald and jalen Ramsey lead defense? Where have they been at all season lol. Pretty sure they are rated bottom half of the league in pretty much every major category…let’s split some of that blame folks.