Matthew Stafford was in obvious pain as he threw a few warmup passes in front of the Detroit Lions bench.
He grabbed his left side, went down the tunnel toward the locker room with trainers, then returned a few minutes later and did it again.
Stafford, one of the NFL’s premier ironmen for most of his career, suffered a rib injury on a hit by Kenny Clark that overshadowed another Lions loss, their third in four games, 31-24, to the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field.
Stafford went for X-rays after the game, the results of which were not immediately known, and now everyone awaits the results and what they mean not just for this season but for his future in Detroit.