It’s still somewhat easier said than done. The key, noted many guys in the locker room, is to focus more on fundamentals than cutting-edge scheme this week.
“He’s obviously seen everything,” said Scott of his former teammate. “I think, given his tenure and just where we are at this point in the season, it’s just about what you do well and doing your job the best you can.
“He’s a guy that’s extremely smart and, like you said, has probably seen every little curveball and every coverage, but he’s still got to make the throws, and we still got to be in the correct windows and things like that so we’re just going to play our brand of football, make sure we’re not making mistakes.”
“It’s just football,” added corner Mike Jackson, who wanted to note he was 11 years old himself when Stafford was drafted back in 2009. “It ain’t nothing I can do to try to shock him.
“It’s mainly just focusing on the things you’ve been seeing on film and understanding that he likes to look off, so he knows all the tricks of the trade. So at that point it’s kind of just—focus in on your keys and let that tell you where the ball is going.”