Stafford’s agent – money a non-issue

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Matt Stafford is looking forward to playing for the hapless 0 – 16 Lions. Now how can this be? This can be because Matt just signed the richest rookie salary ever with 41.7 guaranteed. That is a whole lot of moola to throw the brown elongated spheroid.

Now is he worth it, is another discussion.

Matt gets over 70 million and still wants to keep the ball.

Matt’s agent says the money should not be such a big deal.

They know, he says, that quarterbacks command a market premium, that in choosing one the team has essentially committed to the player for at least four years to ensure his development and that the guarantee is ultimately absorbed by the salaries paid.

Lions coach Jim Schwartz says getting a quarterback was paramount for a 0-16 club. “We need to be long term at that position,” he says.

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Now without getting into the part of whether the Lions should have picked Matt Stafford or not, because they had to pick a quarterback at some point, why not now. Let us instead take a deeper look at his salary and compare it to Matt Ryan. Lo and behold, and how often do you get to use that phrase, Matt’s contract only averages out to 1 million more than Matt’s contract. Oh, that is Stafford with the bigger contract.

Don’t remember making such a big deal over Ryan’s contract. Maybe because it was not bogged down with so much guaranteed money.

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