Maybe stop forcing defenders to make lighter hits and less high hits that way they don’t have to hit low on bigger guys

This is a prime example of why the rule is stupid and gets players hurt more often.

Brady said it best. Hold the QB responsible for hospital passes

That type of throw is what shortened Megatron's career. Stafford set him up for a big hit with that throw.

Stafford threw a hospital pass, and he needs to own up to it. Kirby hit was legal thats how they teach you to hit big dudes. He threw another hospital pass to Puka at the end of the 4th. Puka got hit by 2 diffenders. Stafford is known to throw passes that have a high potential to get his receivers hurt. All in all, he is responsible for those kinds of throws.

LA made him soft… Kirby did exactly what he’s coached to do and what is called for by the league.

They did say they would eat kneecaps.

Kerby tried to talk to Stafford after the game. Curious what was said.

These qbs need to take responsibility for taking these receivers off their feet and throw better balls..!

The fact the Joseph is 200 pounds and higgbee is 260 what do you expect he can’t hit high because he’s already been hurt but going high but if he goes low it’s a good tackle but now he’s dirty. People were going for laportas bad knee the whole game so if we’re dirty they’re dirty too

Gronk got his so many times in the knees. What else do you want guys to do when you limit so much of where they can hit and how they can hit someone and have to make that decision in a split second and you have a much smaller guy trying to tackle a large guy that has all the leverage and center of mass. The easiest to tackle someone like that and go for a high percentage tackle and be successful is to take their legs out. Any other spot you’ll either miss, get shrugged off or end up being the one incapacitated.

If Stafford seen it on tape and knew. Then why throw that pass knowing the danger.

Stafford is just as responsible for leaving his receiver out to dry. Can’t hit low, can’t hit high. Eventually NFL will turn into flag football

Saying it was a good hit and then insulting him calling him a dirty player 😂😂😂😂

I wonder if Stafford was this quick to call out Ndamukong Suh when he was stomping on fools heads back in the day? That was actually dirty. This is the product of too many rules restricting how a defender should tackle. Too many times have they made a clean tackle and it got flagged and they get fined because it looked violent. So they start going low. Also DB’s have notoriously gone low against TE’s. I don’t think some folks realize the small amount of time a defender has to size up his target and make the hit and the speed both players are going. So when he’s already low making a diving shoulder pad tackle on the legs he’s usually aiming for the lower part of the thigh and when he went to make the tackle he can’t account for the defender having to stay up to catch a ball that was high, which this one was, so then it throws of the timing of the tackle and only the defender is held accountable and it’s just not right. My team is sitting at home watching the playoffs. This is just coming from a longtime fan of the game getting tired of folks not understanding the game they claim to love and just want to argue instead of appreciate the game. I’m 29 by the way. Kids younger than me don’t know the history but claim their students if the game but can’t even tell me what cover 1 means

Dirty hit went straight for knees , an the shit they seen on tape was a similar type hit that put another TE out for the season too, but I forgot who

Well Stafford should know more than anyone how to play dirty! Look at what he DIDN'T do for Detroit. He screwed Detroit and Jared. There's no crying in nfl football!

The game where Hockenson got hurt, Kerby hit JJ shoulder to shoulder and got penalized. Hits Hockenson low and shreds his knee. It's a lose lose situation

Brady said it best! Quarterbacks get rewarded for making offensive mistakes. Stafford threw a terrible football and got his guy hurt because of it. End of story.

Up to QB not to throw the ball high before he threw the ball he seen the hard charging safety coming towards his tight end...

Was all cordial and wasn’t talking shit until that ref arrived 😂

Hit wasn’t dirty what the hell is the defender supposed to do

They should make a formed wrapped tackle mandatory. Just like in rugby. That's why they don't have season ending injuries as often. They actually know how to tackle

That hit was text book.

How you call someone dirty on a legal hit . They tell you don’t hit players high so he hit him low , it was just unfortunate that the guy got hurt.

Not a Lions fan but if anyone thinks that hit is dirty, sorry. File your complaints with Mike Webster, Aaron Hernandez, Dave Duerson, Andre Waters, Justin Strzelczyk, Jovan Belcher and many others. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Hey stafford admitted he was wrong🤷‍♂️😂😭

this is called "THROWING YOUR WIDEOUT INTO THE LINE OF FIRE" if you dont give your wideout enough time to brace for impact or turn his head to see the tackle coming, congrats youve thrown what you young folk call a hospital pass.

Honestly the technique of tackling has declined significantly nobody wraps up and drives thru

Stafford has become too cocky. I hope we take him down in Detroit.

Hitting low is now considered dirty?.. I get if you’re intentionally going for injury but throwing your body at a ball carriers knees is dirty… The NFL is making it impossible for defenses to tackle let alone have a hard hitting defense…

It’s football 🏈 kinda sad not even a full contact sport anymore, Brady even said it himself Ray Lewis wouldn’t be able to play in this era

Throw the football in an area of the field to where the WR’s doesn’t get hung out to dry like Higbee did FRFR👊🏾💯

Asking defenders what part of the body is easiest to hit, A. Head area B. Chest/mid torso C. Lower abdomen/upper thigh D. Lower leg Just wondering?

Stafford known for throwing those type of passes its football

Didn’t lead w his head, didn’t hit higbee in the head, it’s a clean hit as far as the rules go

I love stafford, but he threw hospital passes for 12 years in detroit and never took responsibility for it then and he wont now 😮‍💨

I wise man once said “you can pay for school but you can’t buy class “

That hit wasn’t dirty Higbee bobbled the ball which prevented him from being able to protect himself from the hit.

Shouldn’t have thrown a hospital ball then 🤷🏼‍♂️ As clean as any hit could be. Exactly how the NFL wants players to tackle a defenseless player…

Mathew does not tolerate his teammates getting treated with dirty tackles. He got upset at the super bowl too when Kupp was roughed up with a head hit.

Stafford is setting up these hits to be big. He’s been doing that for years

Blame the crybaby players who all complained of their head injuries to get some money and ruined the sport in the process

Throw the ball lower and don’t expose your players

As a Lions fan who grew up watching Stafford since he was drafted, he's thrown WAY too many of those passes to start calling those hits dirty.

The throw was the throw can’t change that, what could be changed is where to hit and definitely not at the knee cap. What happened to hitting at the waste why ruin someone’s career for a selfish move. I vote for the NFL to change the policy to suspend and forfeit pay if a hit is made at the knees and above the shoulders.

It's not clean. It's within the rules and can't be penalized but it's not the most ethical thing to do. Then again it's hard to wrap a guy up that has 30lbs on you and perhaps they get the first down if you don't throw your momentum into them.

I’m a Stanford fan but you threw the ball and to come up and touch him then back up saying you’re dirty was pretty cringe like prime example of sneak dissing . Not a fan of the crowd booing him tho! Come on y’all he made the lions worth watching for 12 seasons im happy for him and I’m sure he was happy for us before he got bood all game like he never did any thing for this city inside and outside of football

It’s apart of the game. Next

How about when Suh was on Stafford’s team… stfu Stafford, you got beat son

Staff was starting to feel that pressure in ford field💀

Legal and dirty are 2 different things. Sure it wasn't against the rules. But when you straight for someone's knee with your helmet, thats trying to injury them on purpose. Its fucked up at the very least

😂😂😂 crybaby stafford. Dont throw your recievers into danger and then blame it on a "dirty" player making a clean tackle, exactly how the league wants him to tackle

Stop leading players into harm's way. Stafford stop doing that. That's been on tape and you know it

Before I say anything I think that the hit was fair, but while are people getting mad at Stafford 😭, bro wasn’t tryna get his man’s legs blow out (pause) he just threw it a lil to high

It’s why Brady said he didn’t throw a pass that would injure his receivers. It’s on the qb

Some bullshit as a rams pissed me off with no call

that hit was nasty. need grass fields or thay DB gotta put his body on the line🤷‍♂️

You put the guy in the dangerous position yet its his fault....? Gotta love current era Football🤦‍♂️

Hospital pass. Tom Brady would be disappointed

It was a dirty hit.

Bro staffords right the defender did the same thing a few weeks ago to Tj hockenson

Stafford is whiny as hell.

Would have loved this interaction more if Stafford said “questionable hit, but bad ball placement.” NFL is the reason this hit exists.

Clean hit

lol, "that's a good hit".......Buuuuuuut "your dirty"......Oxymoron much?

Stafford threw it high and put his teammate in harms way, yet he wants to blame Kirby? Smh. Stafford is a Marc. I done lost all love I had left for Stafford. Go Lions

He can't go high. What is he supposed to do? Let him catch the ball and go by? Stafford has to be aware when he puts his receivers in this position. He did it with Megatron.

Yes it's technically a good hit but that was a dirty hit, why go that low? Can't go above the belly so go at the waist. He injured another TE. Say what you want Stafford wasn't lying it's definitely on tape. Joseph is a punk.

I don't like Stafford, but I'm a Bengals fan. 😂

Stafford just doesn’t want to take responsibility for throwing his guy into that hit. Brady just said something along these lines of the QB needing to take responsibility for some of these hits/injuries.

Maybe Stafford doesn't throw a hospital pass to a receiver and this doesn't happen... Megatron probably won't comment on that.

What Matt is really saying is “the rule should be changed where you can’t touch him until he has control of the ball and runs 5 yards, then you can hit him. But that rule is only for our offense.” Maybe stop hanging your receivers and TE out to dry.

Bad throw. Stafford still couldn't win a playoff game in Detroit

Just following the NFL RULES

Stafford: your going to here from my WIFE

Don’t throw hospital passes then Matthew

That wasn't dirty at all. Stafford threw the ball between 50 defenders what did he expect to happen. That's why Calvin Johnson retired early...

Yall make it sound so easy to “throw a better ball”

Show a qb taking accountability for a bad decision?

Crazy thing is, staffords been getting his receivers killed his entire career.

I’m happy that the Lions won against Matt Stafford

Why is it dirty when a defensive player makes a hit like that but not dirty when an offensive player makes a hit like that

Stafford is out of line..he throws a high ball and hangs his TE out to dry over the middle.

Build the feud!

Not lion fans protecting dirty hits i swear they shouldnt never let losing teams into playoffs mf forget how to act when they become contenders not even champs 30 YEARSSSSS😭😭 humble yall self yall know yall got some dirty hitters

LA is full of Pre Madonna's. Pretty sure that's why Lebron went there. It's a perfect fit!

This is the rules fault not the players

Stafford throw a better ball and this doesn't happen.

Maybe don’t throw high over the middle? It’s football-

I the 80s he would have just got crushed up top, possibly helmet to helmet and guess what ??? No flags

Hold up. Are we complaining about the sport being too soft or too hard. Make ya mind u, Maddy.

Can't believe the amount of people defending Kerby's hit. In football, you're taught to WRAP UP when tackling. Diving helmet first into people's knees is something that NEVER needs to happen when playing football.

Clean it Stafford just mad

Stafford puts receiver in a bad spot and expects db not to make.the hit he has to to.stop the play.. Male better throws to.protect your wr

Where else you supposed to tackle a guy, especially a big tight end like that?

Yal are crazy dude is tackling head dwn aiming straight at the knee, could it been a betting thrw yea damn near every thrw could be better , same dude injured two players mcl/acl on knee cap tackles

I thought he was happy for the players though? 😅 gtfoh Stafford. Your time was up a couple years ago.

Stafford is so salty

people saying it was a hospital pass, fucking how? it wasnt high, it wasnt out in front of him so wtf are you smoking?