Lions QB Stafford is questionable for Sunday game

The Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was held out of practice Thursday with his knee injury. The absence made his status for this Sunday’s game against the Packers at Green Bay questionable.


After suffering a knee injury in the Lions Oct. 4 loss to the Chicago Bears, the No. 1 overall draft pick has missed last weekend’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. And Thursday’s practice was the third practice he has missed in four days. He took part in individual drills Wednesday and said that he would see how the knee feels after the practice. Missing Thursday’s practice may indicate that the quarterback’s knee does not feel enough to play again.

Therefore, quarterback Daunte Culpepper may continue to take over the starting job for Sunday’s game. Culpepper started last weekend’s game against the Steelers and had 282 yards passing with a touchdown and an interception in the Lions’ 28-20 loss.

Lions QB Stafford did not practice Wednesday with knee injury

Although the knee injury has kept the Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford out of practice Wednesday, coach Jim Schwartz still insisted that it was not necessary to rule Stafford out for Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.


When Schwartz was told that the Steelers had said they expected to face Stafford, the coach replied, `We’ll see on Sunday.’ And during the practice, Daunte Culpepper took snaps with the first-string offense, while Stafford was watching in his red No. 9 lions jersey. He looked as good as he was in the preseason.

The No. 1 pick in the NFL draft twisted his right knee on a sack in Sunday’s loss at Chicago. After the game, he told reporters that he hurt the same knee in high school. He won the starting job at quarterback over Culpepper as the latter went to have a surgery on his foot after the team’s third exhibition game.