Hampton's Playoff Game Impact & League Injury Updates

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00:00Doc, in the night game, a lot of people have been focused on Amari and Hampton throughout the week.

00:06I know you and the team at Sixscore.com have kind of been giving everybody a heads up on what to expect around Hampton.

00:12Where are you guys at now with kickoff later tonight?

00:16Well, I think Hampton's going to try and play. It's the playoffs.

00:20The good news is it's not his left ankle where he was on engine reserve earlier this season.

00:25It is his right ankle. It is a new inversion basketball-type ankle spring.

00:30Tape it up, spat it up, go. He's going to be effective straight ahead, perhaps less effective in cutting.

00:36And Vidal may take some of his snaps, too.

00:40So the prop play there is intriguing, although his number is somewhat depressed already.

00:45Doc, the one last thing I want to ask you before we let you go, and we really appreciate it.

00:48Yesterday, they showed a number of replays of Matthew Stafford's hand hitting a defensive lineman on the Carolina Panthers.

00:55Did you guys make much of anything about that play?

00:57Yeah, we tweeted on it.

01:00Jammed and injured his index finger, obviously no fracture.

01:03The reason why we didn't make such a big deal about it is the type of quarterback grip.

01:08Matthew Stafford has a middle finger-dominant grip, not index finger-dominant grip.

01:14It's, you know, if you really look at it, it's a 1-4-1 versus a 2-5-2.

01:18Not trying to get too technical.

01:21But the middle finger is the more important finger on his grip.

01:24Of course, the thumb for every quarterback.

01:26Index finger, less so for Matthew Stafford.

01:29And that's why, you know, he was able to make that final drive and play very well.

01:33There was a stretch there.

01:34We didn't play that well.

01:35And Greg Olson made a big deal about it.

01:36But he came back and won that game.

01:38He came back and won that game.