As the Lions undergo a dramatic culture change
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Jersey , it makes sense to wonder whether the new approach to football in
Detroit eventually will result in a new quarterback.New coach Matt Patricia
repeatedly has expressed support for quarterback Matthew Stafford, saying
earlier this month that the Lions are “blessed” to have Stafford. The numbers
paint a somewhat different picture.MDS recently pointed out that Patriots
quarterback Tom Brady‘s performance relative to other quarterbacks has suffered
this year, because so many other quarterbacks have been playing at unprecedented
levels. The same can be said of Stafford, who unlike Brady isn’t in a ski-booted
footrace with Father Time.Stafford’s contract may say “franchise quarterback,”
but his numbers this year don’t. He’s tied for 15th in touchdown passes, with
17. He’s 14th among all current starting quarterbacks in completion
percentage
Ty Johnson
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current starters in yards per attempt, 21st in passer rating among all current
starters.And then there’s the final 6:09 of Thursday’s game against the Bears.
With the score tied at 16 and the Lions starting a drive on their own 41,
Stafford made a first-read quick throw that was intercepted and returned for a
touchdown. But the 23-16 outcome wasn’t finalized until Stafford threw another
interception, in the end zone as the Lions tried to force overtime.For now, the
Lions have no real choice but to keep Stafford. Beyond the $50 million signing
bonus he received in
2017
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2019 , Stafford’s $19 million compensation package for 2019 became fully
guaranteed in March 2018. Another $6 million due in 2020 becomes fully
guaranteed in March 2019.So the best they could hope to do for the next year or
two is trade Stafford, if it would ever get to the point where Patricia and G.M.
Bob Quinn decide to go cheaper, younger, and perhaps better at the position. The
next question becomes whether anyone would trade for Stafford and his contract
that averages $27 million per year, if the Lions decide to go that route. Based
on what could fairly be described as a regression, it could be hard to get
significant value for him.The best play for the
Lions
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Johnson Jersey , at least for 2019 and perhaps 2020, could be to continue
to love the one they’re with — and to find an offensive coordinator who would be
charged with getting the most out of the guy who was supposed to end the curse
of Bobby Layne, but who still hasn’t won a playoff game in 10 years on the job.
At the same time, the Lions (with their New England DNA) should be scouring the
later rounds of the draft in search of a guy who could do to Stafford what Brady
once did to Drew Bledsoe. The former Lions receiving is heading to the Big
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AgencyNFL NewsDetroit Lions Free AgencyReport: Golden Tate signing 4-year, $37.5
million deal with the New York GiantsNew,79commentsThe former Lions receiving is
heading to the Big Apple.EDTShareTweetShareShareReport: Golden Tate signing
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Penner-USA TODAY SportsIt turns out Golden Tate is not going to the New England
Patriots, like we all assumed he would. Instead, ESPN’s Adam Schefter is
reporting that the former Detroit Lions receiver is joining the New York
Giants.Schefter is reporting that the deal is for four years and $37.5 million
with $23 million fully guaranteed. While that’s not quite the $10-11 million a
year we were all predicting a year ago, it did turn out to be a pretty good
number in this year’s market. Adam Humphries, who is just 25 years old to Tate’s
30, signed a
four-year
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got four years and $29 million. So Tate will join the Giants, who obviously had
a massive hole at wide receiver after sending Odell Beckham Jr. to the Browns
earlier in the week. Tate won’t be expected to take the same role as Beckham,
but you just know he’s going to glow in that New York spotlight. It’s worth
noting that the Detroit Lions will host the New York Giants for a regular season
game in 2019. We’ll see what Tate has left in him when he makes his return to
Ford Field in the not-too-distant future.
