There's no bad blood between these NFL WAGs.
Kelly Stafford, the wife of Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, was booed while watching Detroit's 24-23 wild-card victory with their four young daughters, and then the Lions' quarterback. , texted model Kristen Harper, who is engaged to Jared Goff. Sunday in Los Angeles.
“I was actually emailing Kristen Harper this morning,” Kelly said in the latest installment of the series. Podcast “The Morning After”.
“And this is what I said, 'I want my fans to be that passionate. That's what you want. I don't want to be on the other side, but if they're your fans, Of course! Let's go!”
Kelly was talking about fan behavior at Ford Field, where Stafford played home games during his 12 seasons with the Lions, where he was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft.
Kelly was booed by some Lions fans as she walked along the sideline with her daughters, 3-year-old Tyler, 5-year-old Hunter, and 6-year-old twins Sawyer and Chandler. Hunter added that he started crying when he remembered that.
She also recalled Stafford being booed when he ran onto the field in Detroit. took a big hit in the third quarterAs a result, he was taken to a medical tent.
'Listen, did you expect Matthew to get a standing ovation when we walked in there?' Absolutely not,'' Kelly said. “There's no chance.
“I think you'll hear the boos in this scenario. They're louder than anything. But this is a playoff football game. We come in as the enemy…You're going to hear the boos, especially when my husband runs down the field.” But that's okay. That's okay. I don't want to make excuses.
“Neither my daughters nor I play the game,” she added. “My daughters haven't been booed, and I've been booed, and I can live with it. But when my daughters are next to me, I don't think that maybe it's okay. I have to say it.”
Kelly explained that he was booed when he went to the Lions' sideline to talk to team owner Martha Ford.
“Hunter was in tears,” she said. “I say, 'Guys, they're not booing you, they're booing mom…They want the Lions to win.'”
“… Sawyer looked at me and said, 'Well, we're not in that sport,' and I said, 'That's really Sawyer, but Mommy's here for a lot of things.' Get involved and that’s what they’re booing.”
Kelly also expressed dissatisfaction with Stafford's postgame press conference. When asked what he thought about the city of Detroit; Considering his resume after the Lions won the playoffs for the first time in 32 years.
“I'm happy for our players,” Stafford said. “I’m happy for those guys.”
Some believed Stafford's answer was a dig at the city of Detroit, but Kelly disagreed.
“My husband is a human being,” she said, speaking about the situation. “His team just got eliminated in the playoffs. He had five minutes to figure it out, and you'd think he wouldn't have heard any boos or cheers when he went down because he didn't.” I know he did that.
“He's also a competitor and he's upset at this point that the other guy didn't win that game — do you give him five minutes to figure that out and ask that question?”
“No other quarterback gets asked, 'Are you happy with that one city?' And I don't think that's a fair question. Whether my husband wants that for the city or not. is not a problem.
“The question is, do you want to give him a little time to understand what happened and then allow him to answer the question…I thought that was a very good answer. Jump on him right now. Do you want the people of the city to support you? I couldn’t imagine it.”
Stafford finished 25 of 36 for 367 yards and two touchdowns, despite playing with a bandaged hand after a collision with a defender's helmet.
The Rams finished the regular season with a 10-7 record before losing to the Lions.
Detroit, which hasn't won in the playoffs since 1992, will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the divisional round on January 21st.
The Bucks defeated the Eagles 32-9 in the wild-card round on Monday.
