Quarterback Matthew Stafford met with one candidate to be the Lions' head coach, Ravens offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell, and will meet with more, reports the team's website. However, there's no indication Stafford will have a say in the hiring process.
"It’s something, however much they ask me to be a part of it, I’ll be a part of it," Stafford said in a radio interview on the Albom Show. "I’m not knocking on the door. They asked me to sit in on that one, and as more and more interviews happen, whether I’m in town to sit with them and talk or whether we talk on the phone, I’m sure I’ll have some involvement in that process."
Stafford said he and Caldwell did not discuss the quarterback's performance, which declined dramatically toward the end of the year.
"Actually, none of that happened," Stafford said on the show. "Honestly, it was just he and I sitting down and talking. He told me he watched basically every play of our season. He picked my brain about our team, and I picked his about his philosophy in coaching and all that kind of stuff."