Let’s take a trip down memory lane....shall we. The Lions had receivers Brett Perriman and Herman Moore, but no quarterback to get them the ball. At one time there was the defense of Chris Spielman, Jerry Ball, Benny Blades, and Robert Porcher, but no offense to balance their attack. Need I mention Barry Sanders lining up behind Rodney Pete, Andre Ware, and Scott Mitchell for no reason at all because everyone knew that the hand-off was inevitable since none of these guys were a threat? If history truly repeats itself, Mathew Stafford is right on target.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Stafford Is the Perfect Lions QB
All of my life I have watched the Lions folly around with quarterbacks. From the days of Scott Mitchell to the modern day Stafford...so what else is new. I find it unbelievable that have I heard conversations about over paid NFL busts, and Stafford's name has not been on those lists. I hope for the sake of my hometown citizens that he actually plays 8 games this year. It would not be typical Lions if I did not bring up the age old question about this clubs choice to pay a non-achieving college quarterback a ton of money to play behind a lack luster offensive line that cannot protect him. Now that he is officially damaged goods, the Lions will have to figure out how to compete without having all of the pieces to build a winning team.
Let’s take a trip down memory lane....shall we. The Lions had receivers Brett Perriman and Herman Moore, but no quarterback to get them the ball. At one time there was the defense of Chris Spielman, Jerry Ball, Benny Blades, and Robert Porcher, but no offense to balance their attack. Need I mention Barry Sanders lining up behind Rodney Pete, Andre Ware, and Scott Mitchell for no reason at all because everyone knew that the hand-off was inevitable since none of these guys were a threat? If history truly repeats itself, Mathew Stafford is right on target.
Let’s take a trip down memory lane....shall we. The Lions had receivers Brett Perriman and Herman Moore, but no quarterback to get them the ball. At one time there was the defense of Chris Spielman, Jerry Ball, Benny Blades, and Robert Porcher, but no offense to balance their attack. Need I mention Barry Sanders lining up behind Rodney Pete, Andre Ware, and Scott Mitchell for no reason at all because everyone knew that the hand-off was inevitable since none of these guys were a threat? If history truly repeats itself, Mathew Stafford is right on target.
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You would know better than I would T4, but if the offensive line is as terrible as the Loins', no quarterback would have the chance to look decent. In your look down memory lane, you spoke of big Jerry Ball and the rest of the defense which was formidable back in the day, but one thing remained the same, there was NO offensive line.
If there were an offensive then Barry Sanders wouldn't have retired at the height of his career, and Herman Moore would have lived by the numbers instead of by the words of fans who saw him at Virginia and the hometown folks in Detroit.
Let's not be so hard on Matthew Stafford because he didn't get hurt being reckless, but either running for his life or taking a hit because of the less than lackluster line. It's hard for a QB to be considered a bust when there is no protection for your multi-million dollar investment.
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