Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford (back) played all 16 games in 2018 to run his consecutive-starts streak to 128 despite reportedly finishing the season with broken bones in his back, according to Mike O’Hara of the team’s website.’He had a broken back last year. Broken bones in his back. … It’s been reported. I read that. Word gets out in the NFL,’ O’Hara said during a recent episode of his weekly podcast with WJR’s Ken Brown.