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Dylan Hernandez

Dylan Hernandez: Frustrated Lions fans rooting for their beloved warrior Matthew Stafford

The Detroiter Bar stands on a street corner in Detroit's Bricktown neighborhood, within walking distance of Ford Field.

The tavern is known as a Lions' bar, which these days also makes it a Matthew Stafford bar. The establishment's regular patrons still consider the former franchise player of their favorite team as one of their own, many of them watching games there on Sundays in their replica No. 9 Lions jerseys.

"You would be surprised by how many Rams jerseys there are too," bar manager Tyler Tucco said in a phone interview this week.

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