Why the Lions move was the right move.

After reading hundreds (literally) of ridiculous thoughts on the new Stafford contract, here is our take. 1. In today's NFL, that's the market for QB's. Carr got very similar money for one year. If you have a QB near the top 10, you keep him and pay him. QB's that are up for new deals in the next 3 years will fly by him. It sounds like he will be the 7-9 highest paid QB in 3 years, which I think is fair. 2. 99% of the people who mention the salary cap don't understand the cap. A few things there. First, he counts for 16% of the total cap. The same number at Ryan, Luck, and Carr. That's the going rate. In addition, the Lions will have $40 million plus next year in free agency. That is plenty. Quinn wants to build through the draft so he is unlikely to want to spend more anyway. Keep in mind, the cap will continue to go up. That number and contract will look better and better each year. 3. Please be a more educated sports fan than "he hasn't won a playoff game." Please tell me your level of football analysis isn't tied to a single stat. Please tell me you can watch and analyze a game, strengths and weaknesses of players and teams, with more than one player's ability to win in week 18. He has taken a mediocre roster to the playoffs in 2/3 years and 3/6. He is the main reason you got there. The 30th ranked sack issue, the 30th ranked run game, and giving up the highest completion percentage in NFL history are the issues, not Matt Stafford. He's the reason that despite all that ineptness, you were there. 4. Matt Ryan was 18-30 over a 3 year strech. At one point he was 1-4 in playoff games. But atlanta didn't bail on him because he had to not won one playoff game. They knew what they had in him and it paid off. Examples like that are endless. 5. Record against winning teams. Have some level of understanding of where this team was when he got there. The worst team in the history of the NFL. A laughable roster. He's never played behind a top 10 line or had a serviceable RB. The defense has been bad, special teams not so good either. With the roster Quinn is building, let's evaluate that stat moving forward on what is now becoming an NFL roster. 6. When building a team, that still has plenty of unknowns, you aren't getting closer by getting rid of one of your knowns. That's pretty simple I think. 7. I think the days of winning the super bowl with Trent Dilfer are over. It's a pass first, QB league. If you let him go, you will end up with Mike Glennon or Sam Darnold. One makes you further away and the other is likely not good enough to take you very far while the roster is still being built. We've been rebuilding for 60 years. This is the exact time to go all in, invest in a guy and build the roster around him.