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Matthew Stafford has drawn even more heat for his play Sunday morning, with former MVP Kurt Warner calling him the league's most undisciplined quarterback. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)

DETROIT -- Is Matthew Stafford the most undisciplined quarterback in the NFL?

Kurt Warner, whose resume includes two-time league MVP and four-time Pro Bowler, believes he is.

"I don't think there's a team in this league that has a quarterback that takes as many chances, that feels like he can make every throw, and he's going to throw it into coverage, he's going to not take a sack, not throw it away," Warner said Sunday morning on NFL Network. "He's going to believe he can get it in there. He disregards his reads sometimes, you see his footwork. His footwork is all over the place.

"(He is) by far, I believe, the most undisciplined quarterback in the National Football League. Makes a lot of plays, but we also see what he does on the other side of things."

Stafford has taken heat locally and nationally for an awful five-game stretch that includes 10 picks and two fumbles. He has 17 picks on the season, which is third in the NFL, and his 58-percent completion percentage ranks 30th.

He has drawn criticism throughout the past couple years for inconsistent mechanics and taking too many chances, and it has intensified in the past month as Stafford's risky play has contributed to Detroit's fall from grace.

The Lions, once 6-3, are 7-7 after losing four of their past five games.

Warner took specific issue with Stafford's footwork.

"It's hard for me to believe that the coaches haven't talked to Matthew Stafford about cleaning up your feet, making sure your feet go where you're going to throw it," Warner said. "It's just hard for me to believe that the coaches haven't addressed that."

Fellow panelist -- and noted Stafford critic -- Warren Sapp called Stafford a "trick-shot artist," and questioned his leadership.

"I have to go back to this," Sapp said. "A players meeting. They asked for a players meeting. Reggie Bush, the only Detroit Lion with a championship ring, said we need a players-only meeting and Matthew Stafford stopped it. Matthew Stafford is the problem.

"When you talk about quarterbacks in this league, you need consistency from them. They're always throwing the ball (with good mechanics). Matthew Stafford is a trick-shot artist. He tries to throw it from every angle. What's wrong with the conventional way of driving your team down the field?

"This is what I want to know from Matthew Stafford: If there's no team meeting needed and he comes out and plays like he played, oh my goodness, are you kidding me at this point? Team meeting didn't happen, now their quarterback is driving them right outside the playoffs because he's a trick-shot artist."

Bush said in the aftermath of the loss against Tampa Bay that the Lions "definitely need to have a players-only meeting and really dig deep inside and find out what we're made of." Asked about Bush's comments, though, Stafford said a meeting wasn't "necessary."

Stafford won out, as Detroit elected to have its leadership council convene instead. The veterans in that meeting then took that message to the rest of the roster.

Another panelist, former Lions coach Steve Mariucci, placed more blame on the coaches for Detroit's collapse.

"To me, it's a coaching staff's responsibility to have your guys peak and play their best football toward the end of the year," Mariucci said during the segment. "After 6-3 and in control of this division, they lose four of their next five games. Remember, last year they lost their last eight. So you got to be able to finish strong.

"They can still win this division, however."

Check out the full segment here.