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The days of North Queensland being a one man band are over, but it seems someone forgot to tell Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy.Cowboys mentor Paul Green insists the reigning NRL premiers are no longer reliant on injured playmaker Johnathan Thurston ahead of Saturday nights top three clash with the Storm in Townsville.I firmly believe we have moved past that, Green said.Bellamy is unconvinced by that argument, but also expects Thurston to play this weekend.Thurston has been ruled out for two weeks with a hamstring injury but Green has been coy on his availability despite not naming the Test half this week.I am not sure if anyone is 100 per cent sure whether he is playing or not, Bellamy said.By all reports Paul Green was a little bit coy on how long or what the injury actually is. We are preparing he might play.Asked if North Queensland no longer relied on the four-time Dally M medallist, Bellamy said: Its hard to say.I cant remember the last time he was injured.Hes not out often enough to know whether they rely on him or not.But Bellamy believed North Queensland would be determined to prove him wrong if Thurston doesnt play.He would be a tremendous loss but they have a lot of good players in that team who can take up the slack and will be determined to show they can do it without him, he said.Thurston may face a sideline stint but there is no rest in sight for Queensland teammates Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk ahead of the finals, according to Bellamy.You want to be sensible. 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"I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from.ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Some quarterbacks are good in the two-minute drill.Matthew Stafford doesnt even need that long.Stafford is having one the best seasons of his career, statistically, and the numbers dont even tell the whole story. Every game the Detroit Lions have played has been decided by seven points or fewer, so their quarterback has constantly been under pressure with time running down. That was the case last weekend, when Stafford and the Lions went 35 yards in 23 seconds to set up a tying field goal on the final play of regulation. Detroit beat Minnesota in overtime .We would like to score earlier in the game and have a lead, but it did not work out that way, Stafford said. Our guys did a good job of sticking together.Stafford has completed 67.3 percent of his passes this season, throwing for 18 touchdowns and five interceptions. His passer rating of 101.6 would be the highest of his eight-year career if he maintains it.Hes doing this without his top receiver Calvin Johnson, who retired in the offseason. The Lions (5-4) have this weekend off, and they are by no means a lock for the playoffs, but whatever their flaws, theyve been able to count on their quarterback.Stafford has had difficulty at times living up to his promise as the No. 1 pick in the 2009 draft. He threw for 5,038 yards and 41 touchdowns in his third season, but that year soon began to look like an outlier. Even when Detroit reached the playoffs in 2014, the Lions were led by their defense.A 1-7 start last season cost Detroits general manager and team president their jobs, and it was fair to wonder about Staffords future as well.Stafford and the Lions played better down the stretch, and Detroits hope was that Jim Bob Cooter had figured out how to get more out of the teams quarterback. Cooter was promoted to offensive coordinator in the middle of last season.In their opener this season, the Lions trailed Indianapolis by one with the ball on Indys 25-yard line and 37 seconds left. Stafford completed three straight passes, and Detroit was in range for Matt Praters winning field ggoal.dddddddddddd.(Stafford) appears to make it a little bit easier than what it actually is, coach Jim Caldwell said. Number one, he prepares extremely hard. Number two, he has great confidence that he doesnt back down and doesnt shrink away from those moments, and the guys that are around him can sense that, and I think it gives them a little bit more confidence.Last month, the Lions trailed Philadelphia by two in the fourth quarter. On third down, Stafford and Golden Tate connected for 27 yards, setting up the field goal that put Detroit ahead to stay. The following weekend, it was a 44-yard drive that set up the winning field goal with 1:29 remaining against Los Angeles.The Lions were down by four against Washington with 1:05 remaining Oct. 23, and they went 75 yards for the winning touchdown.Last weekends drive at the end of the fourth quarter came with no timeouts left. Stafford threw an 8-yard pass to Tate, who went out of bounds. Then Stafford completed a 27-yard throw to Andre Roberts in the middle of the field. Detroit was able to rush up and spike the ball, giving Prater a chance at the 58-yard field goal that tied it.We practice those situations all the time. You might not believe it, but we actually go through situations where we need a field goal with 23 seconds left, safety Glover Quin said. When we completed that pass down the middle, we knew we had enough time to get to the ball and execute it perfectly. We didnt have anybody lining up wrong or guys covered up that would have resulted in the end of the game. We were able to hustle to the ball, snap it and spike it.Time was certainly against the Lions in that game, but Stafford has proven he can beat the clock.What else can you ask for but an opportunity? Tate said. We went out there and executed fairly well and found a way.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister ' ' '