 All right, we're here with Dr. Pomerance of MRI Online, breaking down the Matthew Stafford injury. And Doc, this was a big surprise. Sunday morning, Matthew Stafford declared out for the Lions game. Was this a pre-existing injury? How long has he had this? What was actually going on with Stafford and his back? Well, it's hard for me to know how long he's had this, but when they talk about a back fracture, they usually referring to a specific kind of fracture because your back is made up of building blocks, kind of like the blocks you play with when you were a kid, and those are called vertebrae. There's no way those are fractured, because if they were, he wouldn't be playing, he wouldn't have played, that's a rather serious injury that also restricts your capabilities. On the other hand, there are some back fractures that occur where you can function against pain. So it's basically a fight, you against the pain. And one of those fractures is called the transverse process fracture. So off your back coming out to the side are these little bones called the transverse processes. And when you fracture them, they are extremely painful. Now, sometimes the fragments can actually displace a bit and your kidneys are right there by your backs. You've got to be a little bit careful when you've got bone fractures and bone shards and fragments near those kidneys. So my guess is it was a fight between his ability to function and pain and this fracture versus his desire to play. A little higher up in the back in the thoracic region, in other words, closer to the chest region, the ribs articulate back there. Most people don't realize that. It's called the costovertible junction, a real fancy word. But what that means is the ribs attach back there. And you can also displace those. That is uber, painful, super painful, very difficult to deal with and sometimes can really impair function. So I suspect that is what he's dealing with. And this is a pretty tough guy. Yeah, 136 consecutive starts for Stafford. That streak was broken on Sunday. So if it's pain management and if it is, what you suspect is this something that is gonna take multiple weeks? Is it a long-term type of injury or are we just talking about a one week type of injuries? What can Lions fans expect here going forward? Well, this is one, you know, usually I prognosticate for a living for you guys and that's a lot of fun and very interesting and I'm usually able to do a decent job of it. I don't have a lot of information in this particular case, but if this is the kind of injury that he has, the recovery time is pretty variable. It depends on how quick the pain goes away. But on the average, you're talking about two or three weeks for the pain to subside enough so that the player can function at the level to which they're accustomed. And I suspect that's the case here. All right, so there you have it. It's a great breakdown by Dr. Paul Morance of MRI Online, all about the Matthew Stafford back injury.