Lions Head Coach Jim Schwartz says in the post practice press conference that Stafford is in lots of pain, “Sore. Most of the tests have come back where it shouldn’t be anything that I like to label significant; but he’s sore. I would say if that continued he would be unlikely to play."
Schwartz continues, " There’s a chance that goes away in the next couple of days, but structurally everything is good. I don’t think there is any lasting damage, but he’s extremely sore as you can expect. Like I said, we’ll see; you don’t want to close the door on anybody.”
The was no shortage of whining and complaining from the Cleveland Browns coaching staff.
Schwartz on Mangini's claims the Lions were faking injuries to slow the pace of the game down, “He’s way out of bounds on that. That couldn’t be further from the truth. There was no need to do that to slow the pace down because the officials were doing a really good job of standing over the ball – for us and them."
When asked about the Browns' claim of a no pass foul, Schwartz says, “Well, they don’t know what they’re talking about and you can quote me on that. When the quarterback is still out of the pocket, there can still be pass interference. There can’t be illegal contact but there can be pass interference and when the ball is in the air, you can’t make contact with the receivers. I mean, it was clear – there were more flags thrown than there were officials."
The annual Thanksgiving Day game is sold out and will be televised locally.
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