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Lions QB Matthew Stafford: Selling house 'has nothing to do with' wanting out of Detroit

Stunning architecture, stunning site in a house expanded and remodeled by Detroit Lion Matthew Stafford with his wife Kelly. Wochit

When Matthew Stafford put his $6.5 million Bloomfield Township mansion up for sale this spring, it raised the antennas of football fans everywhere.

Tom Brady listed his Massachusetts mansion last fall and left the New England Patriots as a free agent a few months later, and Philip Rivers put his California home up for sale about the same time he and the Los Angeles Chargers made their offseason split official.

But Stafford, in his first media appearance since the day before he listed his house for sale in May, insisted Tuesday that his real estate dealings have no correlation with his desire to stay in Detroit.