Matthew Stafford said he’s excited for his return to Detroit for the wild card game on January 14, but some Lions fans don’t want to see too much love for their former quarterback.
As SI.com’s John Maakaron noted, some fans have launched a campaign to ban Stafford jerseys from Sunday’s game against Stafford’s Los Angeles Rams. The idea didn’t sit well with Kelly Stafford, Matthew’s wife, who shared her disappointment with the campaign this week.
Stafford left the Lions on good terms in 2021, sharing an emotional farewell video after the 2021 trade that shipped him to the Rams in exchange for quarterback Jared Goff and a package of draft picks. But as Maakaron noted, some Lions supporters don’t want to see fellow fans wearing their old Detroit Stafford jerseys for Sunday’s game.
Kelly Stafford shared her disappointment with the campaign, saying it was not in the spirit of goodwill that she and her husband still share with the city and team that drafted him with the first overall pick in 2009.
This weekend’s wild card game will be the first home playoff game for the Lions in three decades, with the team winning its first-ever NFC North title and first division win at all since 1993.
Stafford said this week that he’s excited to be part of the game.
