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Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz has announced Matthew Stafford as the team's starting quarterback.
Detroit selected Stafford with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft this spring after becoming the league's first 0-16 team and is desperately counting on him to end a decades-long search for a star quarterback.
The Lions have only one playoff victory since winning the NFL title in 1957 and not coincidentally, they've had the same number of Pro Bowl quarterbacks in the last half-century.
Stafford seems to have the tools to end the drought.
The Lions are banking on his success after giving him a six-year deal worth as much as $78 million with $41.7 million in guarantees. That's more than the $35 million Eli Manning was guaranteed as part of his contract extension this summer with the New York Giants.
This preseason, he shared snaps with former Pro Bowler Daunte Culpepper until the 10-year veteran cut his foot last week. Culpepper needed stitches to close the wound.
Detroit selected Stafford with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft this spring after becoming the league's first 0-16 team and is desperately counting on him to end a decades-long search for a star quarterback.
The Lions have only one playoff victory since winning the NFL title in 1957 and not coincidentally, they've had the same number of Pro Bowl quarterbacks in the last half-century.
Stafford seems to have the tools to end the drought.
The Lions are banking on his success after giving him a six-year deal worth as much as $78 million with $41.7 million in guarantees. That's more than the $35 million Eli Manning was guaranteed as part of his contract extension this summer with the New York Giants.
This preseason, he shared snaps with former Pro Bowler Daunte Culpepper until the 10-year veteran cut his foot last week. Culpepper needed stitches to close the wound.
