by Dan Cash
NEW YORK – At this point...it happened. The Detroit Lions used their 1st overall pick on former Georgia Quarterback Matthew Stafford. Like it or not...Stafford is now your franchise quarterback for at least the next 3 seasons. Just over 41-Million-Dollars in guaranteed money assures that.
So where do Detroit Lions fans go from here?
It's an interesting situation with Stafford if you believe in signs of change within the birth of a new franchise. The Lions are exactly that...a new franchise beginning right now. Sure William Clay Ford Sr. is still in charge and Martin Mayhew and Tom Lewand worked under Matt Millen for the last 8 seasons...but how much worse can it possibly get?
When it comes to signs Stafford has several. He graduated from the same Texas High School as the last Quarterback to lead the Detroit Lions to an NFL Championship Bobby Layne. He's become friends with 3-Time-Super Bowl Champion Troy Aikman who lives in Stafford's hometown.
Those points however mean nothing, when it comes to the Lions history of systematically ruining quarterbacks.
Joe Harrington, Andre Ware, Chuck Long and the list goes on and on and on. I don't want to be the guy who says Stafford's career is over before it begins...but as I believe I already said “The Lions systematically ruin quarterbacks that they draft”.
Maybe it's a new time. Maybe it's a new franchise...but Lions fans only hope is that Stafford learned enough from his friend Troy Aikman and his hometown...to tell the Lions...”You know...you were 0-16 and I am undefeated in bowl games...let's try it my way.”
We shall see.
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