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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: November 22, 2009
But on Sunday, both young quarterbacks displayed their potential.
Though Cleveland and Detroit have two of the worst defenses in the league, these quarterbacks gave their coaches exactly what they needed to see: leadership.
With eight seconds left in the game and the Lions down by six, Matthew Stafford stepped on the field and stepped up his performance. The former SEC quarterback ran around the field, dodging many Cleveland defenders, and threw the ball deep into the end zone.
The pass was incomplete.
However, Cleveland was flagged for pass interference, and the Lions took the ball at the one-yard line with no time left on the clock. Stafford had one play to redeem himself.
Then, Stafford hiked the ball and threw a one-yard pass to a fellow rookie, tight end Brandon Pettigrew, to win the game.
Stafford finished the day 26-for-43 for 422 yards passi...
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