Matthew Stafford’s 136-game starting streak was snapped in Week 10 when he sat out due to a back injury, and it seems like that injury might cause him to miss even more time.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Detroit Lions quarterback has several small, non-displaced fractures in his upper thoracic spine, which could cause him to miss six weeks. These fractures didn’t happen in Week 9, the last game he started. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Stafford had been playing through this injury for weeks before the Lions’ medical team denied him clearance to play in Week 10.