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As the first pick in this past weekend's NFL Draft, former Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford will get $41.7 million guaranteed. The six-year deal with the Detroit Lions could eventually earn him as much as $72 million. Stafford has not thrown a single NFL pass nor taken an NFL snap, meaning there's a chance the Lions just bet the farm on the next Ryan Leaf.
But what if he's not a complete failure? To put things in perspective, Johnny Unitas landed a $7,000 contract in 1956. Two decades later, Notre Dame grad Joe Montana scored $50,000 plus a $50,000 signing bonus. If Stafford has a career even remotely as impressive as those two quarterbacks, the Lions will probably feel as though the comparatively ludicrous paycheck they've signed is money well spent.
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Monday 27 April
By Cecil Jones
Let me see, that's 72 million dollars and he hasn't played a down on the professional level? What can Matt Stafford do to earn 72 million? He could take every snap, every sack, and pop all the popcorn for the Lions for the next 10 years and still owe us. Stafford will not be the starter, he will not be good in the preseason, and he will not win a game this year. It makes the Commissioner's call for keeping the money in the hands of the Veterans much stronger. I'll boldly predict...Matt Stafford will be a larger flop than Ryan Leaf. See me in 3 years?
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Monday 28 December
By Cecil Jones
Well the Lions are in the sweepstakes for the first pick again and Matt Stafford is injured and basically reduced to selling popcorn. Did he earn his 72 million dollars yet? It's endorsement season and Tiger Woods is taking a break. What product would like to have the face of a loser on a bad team represent them? They can get Tiger Wood's wife for pennies on the dollar and she can grab a crowd that is motivated. Lions fans haven't been motivated since Isaiah Thomas left town.
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