"Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is a finalist for the NFL's comeback player of the year award and he's not entirely sure how to feel about that.

"If I win it, great, if I don't, I am not going to be all torn up about it," he said Friday, as he made some 30 stops along radio row at the site of Sunday's Super Bowl. "Hopefully, I don't have a chance to win it ever again. I hope I am not coming back from anything."

The NFL awards show is Saturday night, but if he had his druthers, Stafford would rather trade places with Tom Brady or 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. "But we took a good step forward this year and learned a lot about our team. Hopefully we can take that into next year and be better for it."

And how close might the Lions be to playing in a Super Bowl?

"We're close," Stafford said. "We have some steps to make. But there are teams year in and year out that make it to the playoffs and don't go back for a couple more years. Hopefully we can avoid that. Hopefully we can be smart enough and tough enough to go out and make it back to the playoffs. From there, anything can happen.""