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Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford determined to play in finale: 'I want to be out there'

As Matthew Stafford hopped on one leg to the locker room with a sprained ankle in the first quarter of Saturday's loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it never crossed his mind that he might have just played his final snap as a Detroit Lion.

Stafford said Monday that he made the unusual exit so he did not have to leave the field on a cart; more importantly, the quarterback is holding out hope that he can play in this week's season finale against the Minnesota Vikings.

"If the rest of me, if I’m good, I want to be out there," Stafford said.