Matthew Stafford is having a big day against the Minnesota Vikings.
Not only has he connected with Marvin Jones for three touchdowns before the half, during the process Stafford has become the fastest NFL quarterback to eclipse 40,000 yards breaking Matt Ryan’s record.
According to the Lions’ public relations staff, Stafford reached 40,000 career passing yards in is his 147th career game played, which is the fewest games needed in NFL history to accomplish the feat. Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan previously held the record for quickest to 40,000 career passing yards, and it took him just four more games than it did StaffordÂ
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Going into Sunday, Stafford had passed for 39,913 yards, 246 touchdowns and 131 interceptions in 146 career games. Stafford holds several other NFL records, including youngest quarterback to throw five or more touchdowns in a single game, first player in NFL history to complete 60% or more of all passes in each game in a season and most fourth-quarter comebacks in a single season, with eight in 2016. He also owns many franchise records, including most career pass completions made by a Lions quarterback and most career games with 400 passing yards.Â
Think what you want about Matthew Stafford, what seems pretty clear though is the Lions’ inconsistencies and lack of overall success over the course of well, forever shouldn’t be attributed to No. 9.