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How Matthew Stafford rose to meet the playoff moment he asked for his whole career

This was the moment Matthew Stafford always wanted. This was the moment he’d always worked toward.

Final minute of an NFL playoff game, on the road, crowd going wild, momentum against you, some legend on the other side, heck, let’s make it Tom Brady no less, and everyone needs you to make a play, needs Stafford to go do something to win the game, a game that truly matters.

This was all Stafford had wanted in his career, to be in the mix. And maybe it was partially his fault that he never could get the Detroit Lions there.