Matthew Stafford has the best opportunity of his career to win a Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams, but he will always be connected to the Detroit Lions after spending his first 12 years with the team that drafted him with the No. 1 pick in 2009.
That is why Sunday's game against his former team surely came with plenty of emotions.
"Am I happy it's over with? Yeah," he told reporters after the 28-19 victory. "Got a lot of great friends, got a lot of people I care about that are on that team or from that city and just glad to have this one over with.