Matt Stafford needs a psychologist

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The Detroit Lions are willing to hand a boat load of money to Matt Stafford to come and rescue them from being 0 – 16. For his part, Matt Stafford wants to do it. Yes, he wants to.

Now the NFL is famous for the different tests the potential draft picks have to go through, but this just seems like a no brainer and a catch 22. We will get to that in a minute.

Matt proves himself crazy. He wants to be a Lion

First it must be mentioned that Stafford got upset at the San Francisco 49ers for questions about his parent’s divorce. He thought, and rightfully so, that they had overstepped their bounds.

“As the money has gone up, the pressure has increased on everybody – not only the player, but the coaches, the GMs and everyone,” he said. “The higher the money goes, the more infallible people think you should be. [People believe] you should never lose a game, you should never throw an interception, and you should never miss a draft pick. And that’s just not going to happen.”

But what constitutes right and wrong continues to be a debatable point. While the 49ers have gotten the most recent attention for having their team psychologist sit in on interviews, it’s not exactly a ground-breaking move. Some NFL teams have employed a written psychological test for decades. The New York Giants have been one of the biggest proponents of it, often giving prospects exams that last up to two hours, asking potential picks what kind of animal they would like to be or what color car they would like to drive.

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Now getting back to the no brainer catch 22. There is no reason for Matt Stafford to take any tests or to talk to any psychologist. He wants to play for my Lions. That makes him crazy. It is that simple.

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