re: Lions and Stafford parting ways

Bruh you already have $172 million committed for 2022 and you only have 26 players under contract.

Your best case scenario is to trade off a bunch of high cost players (Thomas, Armstead, Ramcyzk, Jenkins, etc.) for draft picks and hope you don't frick it up. If you try to restock the next offseason or two, it will only prolong the inevitable and make it much worse when you finally do rebuild.

Strip it down now. Atlanta is going to go through a rebuild when Ryan retires, Carolina is still building, and Tampa will lose Brady after 2021. Take your 4-12/5-11 the next two seasons and come out with a new core of young players in 2023 and learn from your mistakes.