Stafford -$78M (NFL-record $41.7M guaranteed)

#4
#4
This has bust written all over it. Maybe he'll symbolize the ultimate demise of the city as a whole.
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#5
#5
BigPapaVol said:
This has bust written all over it. Maybe he'll symbolize the ultimate demise of the city as a whole.
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I couldn't agree more.

If the Lions want to build a team, they should take a lineman. History has shown that those are the safest picks, with the exception of Mandarich in 1989-1990, and Robert Gallery in 2004, who has shown himself of late to be a pretty serviceable guard.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
This has bust written all over it. Maybe he'll symbolize the ultimate demise of the city as a whole.
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Yep. It's rather fitting. I'm sure he can start a union and keep his healthcare after they let him go.
 
#9
#9
If I'm the Lions, I let the clock expire on the #1 pick...then I slide back in at #4, #5, maybe #7 or #8 and get myself a left tackle. I'd like to get Monroe, but I'd take Smith and save myself a ton of coin in guaranteed contract money that I can then go use to build the rest of my team.

Or, they could just dump 41mil in guaranteed green on an overhyped junior quarterback.
 
#10
#10
Jaytrain5 said:
If I'm the Lions, I let the clock expire on the #1 pick...then I slide back in at #4, #5, maybe #7 or #8 and get myself a left tackle. I'd like to get Monroe, but I'd take Smith and save myself a ton of coin in guaranteed contract money that I can then go use to build the rest of my team.

Or, they could just dump 41mil in guaranteed green on an overhyped junior quarterback.
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Then, I hope to grab Maualuga at #20.
 
#11
#11
I suppose he won't fall for an email from an "African government". :naughty:
 
#13
#13
This is what happens when you draft nothing but WR when you have no one to throw to them...
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#14
#14
These rookie contract's are getting out of hand. The NFL really need's to look into this.
 
#15
#15
Jaytrain5 said:
If I'm the Lions, I let the clock expire on the #1 pick...then I slide back in at #4, #5, maybe #7 or #8 and get myself a left tackle. I'd like to get Monroe, but I'd take Smith and save myself a ton of coin in guaranteed contract money that I can then go use to build the rest of my team.

Or, they could just dump 41mil in guaranteed green on an overhyped junior quarterback.
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Is that what happens if you let the clock expire? You slide back 3 spots? Never thought about it.
 
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#16
Spens said:
Is that what happens if you let the clock expire? You slide back 3 spots? Never thought about it.
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I'm pretty sure that, if the clock expires on your selection, the next team is up and the draft just continues on schedule....you can then run your pick out any time thereafter. So you could make the 3rd overall pick, 6th overall pick, 10th overall, whatever you decide.
 
#17
#17
Complete waste of money...maybe it's just me, but Stafford never separated himself from any other qb I saw...
 
#19
#19
I still don't understand all the Stafford hype. He's never looked overly impressive to me.
 
#20
#20
jjay2518 said:
I still don't understand all the Stafford hype. He's never looked overly impressive to me.
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The crowd at the draft wasn't impressed with him either. There were a lot more boos than cheers when they announced his name.
 
#21
#21
jjay2518 said:
I still don't understand all the Stafford hype. He's never looked overly impressive to me.
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He's tall and he has a big arm. Never mind he's a rockhead.

Jeff George was the same way back in the day. He found some desperate, stupid team to draft him No. 1, too.
 
#22
#22
jsc1973 said:
He's tall and he has a big arm. Never mind he's a rockhead.

Jeff George was the same way back in the day. He found some desperate, stupid team to draft him No. 1, too.
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I was actually watching something about that on the NFLN yesterday.

Basically, Ron Meyer, the Colts coach at that time, saw his arm, and said that's the guy.

To get the #1 pick, he traded off Andre Rison, another player who's name I can't remember right now(o-lineman). They got George, but it came at the expense of some of their main cogs. Atlanta took that trade, and made the playoffs that year.

After he was traded, he didn't really gel that well in Atlanta, culminating in a yelling match with Falcons offensive coordinator June Jones.
 
#23
#23
George was a much better QB than Stafford. Better arm and very accurate. Much better thinker. Had he not bee a complete jackass, he could have been a great.
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