ALLEN PARK -- Some fans want the Lions to trade Matthew Stafford. Some NFL executives even think it will happen.

But if the Detroit Lions quarterback has his way, he’ll be back next year -- and every year of his career after that.

“I think there’s something special about a guy getting a chance to play his entire career in one place,” Stafford said in front of his locker after Thursday’s practice. “Not many guys get to do that these days. Would love to be one of those guys. It’s not (up to me), but like I just said, I would love to be one of those guys who played in the same place his whole career.”

Stafford is wrapping up his 10th year in Detroit, and it has been a bad one. Unless he finds a way to throw for 746 yards in the season finale against Green Bay, he’s going to finish with his fewest passing yards ever in a full season. He’s averaging 6.7 yards per attempt, his fewest since his injury-shortened 2010. He’s currently sitting on 19 touchdown passes, which would be his fewest since 2010. And his 88.7 passer rating is his worst since 2014.

He’s been especially bad over the last month and a half, as the offense has lost a cavalcade of players like Kerryon Johnson, Marvin Jones, Bruce Ellington, Michael Roberts, Luke Willson and T.J. Lang. Stafford’s averaged just 187.7 passing yards the last six weeks, the worst stretch of his career.

Detroit has scored fewer than 21 points in all those games, the longest active streak in the league, and has fallen all the way to 26th in the league at 19.5 points per game. The club is on pace to finish with its worst offense since Stafford’s injury-shortened rookie season in 2009.

What’s gone wrong this year?

“Just haven’t made as many big plays,” Stafford said. "I think that’s a big part of it. Just haven’t done a good enough job executing in the passing game, for me. So, I can always play better and find ways to be better, for sure.”

That’s certainly true, but offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter is drawing blame as well. He worked so well with Stafford over the last couple years, and got him to play some of the most efficient football of his career. But this year has been a disaster from the jump, opening the season with a four-pick night against the Jets, and things have only occasionally brightened.

Cooter now finds himself on the hot seat heading into Sunday’s finale against Green Bay.

“I have no control over that, nor do I know what’s going on there,” Stafford said. “I know that he and I are still working hand-in-hand right now trying to figure out a way to beat the Packers. That’s the biggest thing on our mind right now. Trying to figure out how to score points and go out there and beat a good Packers team.”

Stafford drew a lot of attention last year for saying he wanted Cooter to return in 2018. Asked that same question again on Thursday, he complimented his coach but stopped short of campaigning for his return.

“I’ve always enjoyed working with Jim Bob,” Stafford said. "I think he’s a smart coach and I’ve had a lot of success under him. We’ve scored a bunch of points and done a lot of really good things under him.”

Stafford said he hasn’t been asked by team brass for his input on the direction of the offense. He put the blame for the offense’s struggles on the players' shoulders, including himself. He said Cooter has done a good job over the years, and said he believed Matt Patricia had done a “good job” as a first-year coach.

“Obviously, being a head coach as a first-year head coach isn’t anything that’s easy,” he said. "It’s tough to win games in this league. I think we as players have to do little bit better job of producing out there on the field, and it will take care of itself.”

Asked for what makes him angry about the season, Stafford said: "I just wish we won more games, that’s the biggest thing. I’m fighting for these guys in this locker room. The guys are working to try and win every Sunday. When you don’t win, everybody feels it. We wish we could and are doing everything we can to try and win, we just haven’t done it enough this season. So, that’s tough to swallow.”