When you pay $78 million to a saviour you expect a heroic figure to ride into town on a white horse and with a track record of saving people. What the Detroit Lions got was a 21 year old fresh faced college kid out of Georgia with potential in Matthew Stafford.
Stafford is no sure thing for the lions as we have seen countless times in the past. College success does not always translate to the pros. The only guarantee that Stafford gives the lions is a chance of a fresh start. They could have gone after NFL proven Quarterbacks’ in the form of Matt Cassel and Jay Cutler but Lion’s management chose not to. Instead they chose to bet it all on red in the form of Stafford a gamble that could have serious impacts on an all ready inept franchise if it goes wrong.
Success for the Lions this year is a win a single win, an improvement over last years remarkable for all the wrong reasons winless season. While Detroit fans don’t expect Stafford to emulate the seasons of last year rookie QB’S Joe Flaco And Matt Ryan, they do expect the man who has just received the largest guarantee of money in NFL History to at least be average out of the starting blocks.
Stafford is now the face of a franchise for a town that is going through some very tough economic times and a team that the people of Detroit will turn to, to escape the harsh realities of being laid off and struggling to pay the mortgage. They may have a short tolerance if a kid who has just hit the lottery and being handed an obscene amount of money because he might be good falters. Matthew Stafford is now on the clock.
Stafford is no sure thing for the lions as we have seen countless times in the past. College success does not always translate to the pros. The only guarantee that Stafford gives the lions is a chance of a fresh start. They could have gone after NFL proven Quarterbacks’ in the form of Matt Cassel and Jay Cutler but Lion’s management chose not to. Instead they chose to bet it all on red in the form of Stafford a gamble that could have serious impacts on an all ready inept franchise if it goes wrong.
Success for the Lions this year is a win a single win, an improvement over last years remarkable for all the wrong reasons winless season. While Detroit fans don’t expect Stafford to emulate the seasons of last year rookie QB’S Joe Flaco And Matt Ryan, they do expect the man who has just received the largest guarantee of money in NFL History to at least be average out of the starting blocks.
Stafford is now the face of a franchise for a town that is going through some very tough economic times and a team that the people of Detroit will turn to, to escape the harsh realities of being laid off and struggling to pay the mortgage. They may have a short tolerance if a kid who has just hit the lottery and being handed an obscene amount of money because he might be good falters. Matthew Stafford is now on the clock.
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