Tom Kowalski made the point that Stafford's godawful wildness on Sunday may have been related to his knee injury. Let's hope so, because some of those throws are incomprehensible otherwise.
In Stafford's favor, many of his receivers have played like tackling dummies for large stretches this season. I've only seen a few games, but it seems like he's been battling through 6-8 drops in some games. For the sake of argument, say his receivers had only been guilty of three drops per game. With 24 extra completions over the season, his completion percentage would be 65%. Granted, other teams' WRs drop balls, too, so drops are embedded into other QBs' stats as well, but it does seem like the WRs have really let Stafford down.
I don't think there is anything we can conclude but that the QB position has been a weakness. It's reasonable to expect it will get better as Stafford matures and as some stiffs at WR are replaced by more sure-handed players.
Still, even though the receivers have left a lot of yards on the field, and have let a lot of drives die, and have failed to make several big plays when they had the chance, the Lions have been within striking distance at the end of most games. There are just no offensive playmakers other than CJ, and maybe Pettigrew, and there is nobody on defense who can disrupt the other team.
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