Playing alongside the NFL’s MVP is apparently not as glamorous as it seems.

Eric Ebron revealed on the “Raw Room” podcast this week that Matthew Stafford caused him some gnarly injuries when the two were Lions teammates over a decade ago.

“I was struggling,” the ex-Detroit tight end said during a candid interview. “I wasn’t catching the ball. Stafford throw hard as hell. I ain’t never seen no s—t like this. He done dislocated four of my fingers.”

Ebron explained to the show’s hosts that he had no ill-will toward Stafford over the matter —
“He’s still good. That’s my job to catch the f—king ball, right?” he said. But he did disclose things got so tough for him in his rookie year, he actually had to say some words to the quarterback about it all.

“I’m trying to figure this n—a out,” Ebron said. “I’m telling him. I’m like, ‘Cuz. You ain’t gotta throw that s—t that hard, bro. I’m five yards in front of you, n—a. Chill.’”

Ebron, the Lions’ first-round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, then divulged that Calvin Johnson was the one who helped him solve his problem with the 2009 draft’s top overall selection.

Johnson showed him how to tape his fingers because Stafford “also f—ked up Megatron’s s—t,” Ebron said.

“He was like, ‘I’ma teach you my ways of just dealing with s—t,” Ebron added.

Ebron said he and Johnson ended up getting close, and after they spent significant periods of time together, he was able to turn his career around.

Ebron caught just 25 balls for 248 yards and one touchdown in his first year with the Lions and Stafford, but in years two and three, he totaled 108 receptions for 1,248 yards and six touchdowns.

He ultimately played four seasons with Stafford in Detroit, before he finished his career with the Colts and Steelers.

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