Matt Stafford Wants to be a Detroit Lion.

[Nukleopatra]

Seems that Ken Lucas is one of few players that do not want to be a Lion.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/02/26/lucas-says-no-thanks-to-lions-trade/

 

[DomePatrol]

Do you think it'll take a year? I can see the guy playing mid season.

I think he could get thrown in the fire from week 1. I dont see why he wouldnt be able to beat out culpepper and orlovsky.

 

[Nukleopatra]

I think he could get thrown in the fire from week 1. I dont see why he wouldnt be able to beat out culpepper and orlovsky.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

It wouldn't surprise me either, but I sure don't see the guy sitting out for an entire year.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Do you think it'll take a year? I can see the guy playing mid season.

Sorry I meant this upcoming season.

Here's a rundown of how the QB position will go after the Lions take Stafford:

Training Camp: We're told Culpepper looks great and so does Stafford, both are in competition to start. Obviously they're lying and are going to throw Daunte out there for 6-8 games at most.

Pre-season: Daunte plays sparingly so we hide his terribleness. Stafford looks ok playing against guys most likely to be cut the following day.

Season: Culpepper starts and looks terrible, throwing to random spots one the field and costing us games. Calvin has suicidal looks on his face at all times. Stafford comes in about halfway and looks ok because we'll keep him on a short leash of 10 yard passes. Eventually we open the offense up and Stafford is Jon Kitna reincarnated. Sometimes he looks good, other times he looks like a high school back up, and sometimes you wonder whether or not he has ever played football.

Eventually Lions fans say fuck it, the economy blows and we're pissed, lets burn this mother down. Lions fans take control of Ford Field and execute Bill Ford Sr at the 50 yard line.

 

[JRoZe410]

Oh, and it also seems that Rex Grossman wants to be a Detroit Lion, as well.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/bears/1449449,bears-blog-grossman-022509.article

Boy! Detroit sure is popular all of a sudden. See what 0-16 will do for a team?

I truly feel sorry for whoever signs Rex Grossman and lets him start!

 

[mgoblue2290]

I truly feel sorry for whoever signs Rex Grossman and lets him start!

Think about the Lions QB situation if Orlovsky doesn't resign.

We'd have Culpepper, Grossman, Stanton and Stafford (assuming we draft him, which knowing the Lions front office, we will). This is possibly the worse collection of quarterbacks ever. Not one of them would even be decent enough to play.

Which is why we need to resign Orlovsky and tell him he's got a chance at starting. Its clear to me that Linehan, Mayhew, and Schwartz didn't watch any Lions games last year, or any film. Orlovsky was the best QB we had on the field, Culpepper managed to lose a game for us by himself.

Orlovsky is the best QB the Lions have or can get at the moment. Yes this includes Matt Stafford, as of right now or after training camp, Orlovsky is the best option for QB that we have. He would be perfectly acceptable as an interim guy until the 2010 draft and deserves a shot at starting.

 

[Buzzman]

Dan O sucks he cant throw a ball past 5 yards and is the slowest 25 yr old QB ive ever seen. I dont like any of our options, but if I had to choose I'd start Kitna.

Reason Stafford didnt throw at combine was that he was already pretty solid to be Top 3 taken and at the combine your throwing to WRs that you dont know there routines. So he decided he wouldnt throw so it couldnt hurt him so at worst hes top 3 pick.

 

[Point Blank]

Maybe he just wants to get picked first overall..lol. :dontknow:

 

[Nukleopatra]

I wouldn't piss on Jon Kitna's shoes.

Why the hell is he even in the NFL?

 

[MRN]

Oh, and it also seems that Rex Grossman wants to be a Detroit Lion, as well.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/bears/1449449,bears-blog-grossman-022509.article

Boy! Detroit sure is popular all of a sudden. See what 0-16 will do for a team?

Why would he go anywhere else, he needs to be somewhere that will allow his shitiness to be overshadowed by the teams shittiness.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Dan O sucks he cant throw a ball past 5 yards and is the slowest 25 yr old QB ive ever seen. I dont like any of our options, but if I had to choose I'd start Kitna.

Reason Stafford didnt throw at combine was that he was already pretty solid to be Top 3 taken and at the combine your throwing to WRs that you dont know there routines. So he decided he wouldnt throw so it couldnt hurt him so at worst hes top 3 pick.

He was the best quarterback on the team last year. He played well enough to start next year too, the little mishap with the Vikes game aside, Dan played pretty decent football. He doesn't suck and although he doesn't have a great arm, he can make the downfield throws when he has to.

Orlovsky doesn't suck, he's acceptable at the moment, like I said earlier he should be our interim QB.

 

[mgoblue2290]

I wouldn't piss on Jon Kitna's shoes.

Why the hell is he even in the NFL?

Honestly in the 2007 season watching him was classic especially in the 4th quarter of a tight game. The moment there were signs of the pocket collapsing, he'd just go into full on panic mode and turn the ball over.

Prime example of Jon Kitna's inability to play QB was the Giants game in the 07 season. Down 16-10 late in the 4th Kitna throws a jump ball to 5'9 shaun McDonald...twice!! Once in the endzone that got batted away and than on 3rd and 10 he threw the jump ball to him and it got picked.

I've been a Kitna hater since we got him. Even when he showed signs of being good I kept saying how terrible he was and he proved me right.

 

[Aso]

Dan Orlovsky sucks, and so does Kitna. Culpepper can play a few games and will be the favorite for Linehan seeing he played in the offense back in Minnesota, but really i don't like any of their quarterbacks. Stanton is the only one i think has a chance to be good in the coming years.

 

[Nukleopatra]

What exactly do you see Drew Stanton becoming good at? Because it sure as hell isn't playing quarterback in the NFL. The kid looks like a steaming pile of horse turd.

This is exactly why Detroit has to draft Stafford, to put an end to all this nonsense.

Daunte Culpepper?
Drew Stanton?
Jon Kitna?

Who the fuck would start Jon Kitna again? Seriously? Does Detroit really need a guy to throw 15 TDs and 23 interceptions? Daunte Culpepper is about as retarded as Corky from ''Life Goes On.'' And Drew Stanton? I wouldn't wipe my ass with a Drew Stanton rookie card.

I actually met Drew Stanton in person once - Why I'm not totally famous yet, is beyond me.

 

[dboy_dc]

Honestly in the 2007 season watching him was classic especially in the 4th quarter of a tight game. The moment there were signs of the pocket collapsing, he'd just go into full on panic mode and turn the ball over.

Prime example of Jon Kitna's inability to play QB was the Giants game in the 07 season. Down 16-10 late in the 4th Kitna throws a jump ball to 5'9 shaun McDonald...twice!! Once in the endzone that got batted away and than on 3rd and 10 he threw the jump ball to him and it got picked.

I've been a Kitna hater since we got him. Even when he showed signs of being good I kept saying how terrible he was and he proved me right.

I'm pretty much convinced that Detroit will take a QB... WHile I dont believe it's the smartest thing to do, they will do it.

Now it would surprise me if they dont give him a stupid-fat contract. They need to be able to jump on some FA's and get somethings done.

(Side note) what city are you from?

 

[mgoblue2290]

Dan Orlovsky sucks, and so does Kitna. Culpepper can play a few games and will be the favorite for Linehan seeing he played in the offense back in Minnesota, but really i don't like any of their quarterbacks. Stanton is the only one i think has a chance to be good in the coming years.

This post shows how little you know about Lions football. First of all Orlovsky did not suck, after getting thrown to the wolves he came out alive. I'm not saying he's the quarterback of the future but he is a solid game manager. He gave this team opportunities to win only the defense couldn't come through.

Stanton sucks, no doubt about it. The coaches last year said they had to work on how he threw the ball, that pretty much means this kid has no hope another Millen bust. I think you need to stop looking at Madden ratings so much and actually make judgements based on performance on the field.

I'm pretty much convinced that Detroit will take a QB... WHile I dont believe it's the smartest thing to do, they will do it.

Now it would surprise me if they dont give him a stupid-fat contract. They need to be able to jump on some FA's and get somethings done.

(Side note) what city are you from?

I'm from Riverview, in the Downriver area.

 

[Apocalypse]

This post shows how little you know about Lions football. First of all Orlovsky did not suck, after getting thrown to the wolves he came out alive. I'm not saying he's the quarterback of the future but he is a solid game manager. He gave this team opportunities to win only the defense couldn't come through.

Stanton sucks, no doubt about it. The coaches last year said they had to work on how he threw the ball, that pretty much means this kid has no hope another Millen bust. I think you need to stop looking at Madden ratings so much and actually make judgements based on performance on the field.





I'm from Riverview, in the Downriver area.

Yeah, Orlovsky wasn't bad last year, i hoped when we drafted him that he'd be able to start, because almost every preseason, he's tearing it up when he gets to play, or at-least managing the game really good.

He got his chance to play last year, and he did fine, he'll do fine on another team, so long as he starts..it's a shame that he won't resign, i've read around that the Lions organization made him mad this whole season and there's no way he's resigning.


And to add, i'm originally from Grand Blanc, MI, but i'm in FL now.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Yeah, Orlovsky wasn't bad last year, i hoped when we drafted him that he'd be able to start, because almost every preseason, he's tearing it up when he gets to play, or at-least managing the game really good.

He got his chance to play last year, and he did fine, he'll do fine on another team, so long as he starts..it's a shame that he won't resign, i've read around that the Lions organization made him mad this whole season and there's no way he's resigning.


And to add, i'm originally from Grand Blanc, MI, but i'm in FL now.

Yeah they gave Dan the run around big time. After he recovered from his injury they still let Daunte start, than I'm pretty sure that game Daunte got benched and Orlovsky took over.

Dan gave us plenty of chances to win, if only our defense could have stepped up just once or Rod Marinelli didn't put our 5th string corner on Reggie Wayne that ended in a td. Tampa Two FTW!!!