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"If I win it, great, if I don't, I am not going to be all torn up about it," he said Friday, as made his way around radio row at the Super Bowl. "Hopefully, I don't have a chance to win it ever again. I hope I am not coming back from anything."
The winner will be announced at the NFL awards show tonight from 9-11 p.m. The show is airing simultaneously on NBC and the NFL Network.
If it were up to Stafford, though, he'd exchange a tuxedo for a jersey and would love to trade places with the Patriots' Tom Brady or the Giants' Eli Manning.
"Yeah, you want to be playing in the game and not be busy walking around radio row, that's for sure," he said. "I think we took a great step forward this year and learned a lot about our team and our players and coaching staff and hopefully take that into next year and be that much better for it."
Stafford was already named the Pro Football Writers Association/Pro Football Weekly Comeback Player of the Year last month.
The Sporting News named New York Jets receiver Plaxico Burress it's comeback player of the year.
Stafford is up for his second comeback player award tonight after becoming one of just four quarterbacks in the history of the NFL to throw for more than 5,000 yards and 40 touchdowns in a season.
He's also one of just seven quarterbacks in league history to record at least 4,500 yards, 35 touchdowns and 10 wins in a season.
Stafford's fantastic season came after missing 19 games over his first two seasons because of knee and shoulder injuries. He only played in three games in 2010 because of two separate shoulder injuries.
Starting every game for the Lions this season, Stafford set franchise records for yards, touchdowns, completions and attempts, leading the club to the playoffs for the first time in 12 years and to it's first 10-win season since 1995.
"It was a total team accomplishment," Stafford said. "I can't do that by myself. You have to have great offensive line play and the receivers and tight ends have to get open and make plays for me."
Stafford's biggest competition for the award might be 49ers quarterback Alex Smith.
Nearly run out of San Francisco before the season, Smith led the 49ers to the NFC Championship game, setting career highs for completion percentage (61.3) and yards (3,144), and throwing five interceptions to 17 touchdowns.
