re: Matt Stafford Agrees to 5 year contract with Lions

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You keep saying this as if prolonging the inevitable with the current QBs is any better.

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What is "the inevitable"?

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There's going to come a time when Cousins and Stafford will no longer be on the team and you'll probably go into rebuild mode, right?

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Yeah, plenty of years in the future. Walking away from a top 10ish QB with the hope of finding someone better in the draft is silly.

What if Stafford played for the Patriots? You think its Staffords fault the Lions dont make the playoffs every yr? When you have a solid roster (which the Lions do - playoff team last yr), you lock up your veteran QB through the rest of his prime and build through the draft and add a key free agent here or there. That is the best you can hope for to try and have a playoff stretch over a few seasons. You give yourself a window to compete in. The Lions are only a few solid players away from being the best roster in that division. But you think they should let Stafford walk and either draft a rookie (yea, how does that work out?) or sign another backup vet to lead the team and that somehow will make them more of a playoff contender? In the NFL, if you have a window then you set yourself up to go for it. Not every team is NE where they are in it every yr. And while we're on that, NE's winning formula is exactly what the Lions are trying to do. Lock up your vet top 10 QB, build through the draft and add a piece here or there. Honestly if the lions played in the AFC east they would be a perennial playoff team.