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VIDEO: Matthew Stafford earning national praise for ridiculous no-look pass vs. Titans

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford earned plenty of praise—both from analysts and teammates—for his gutsy performance on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. At the beginning of the week, no one expected the veteran to take the field due to his painful rib injury. Not only did Stafford fight through the injury and the pain to play on Sunday, but he played a heck of a game, too.

However, merely participating in the game somehow wasn’t Stafford’s best accomplishment in the game. No, his most impressive feat on Sunday came toward the end of the first quarter, when Stafford capped of a 14-play drive with this fantastic, 2-yard touchdown throw to Marvin Jones Jr.