Fact or Fiction: Detroit Lions Offseason Edition

June 20, 2012   ·   Andrew Garda   ·   Jump to comments

There's a lot to discuss when you look at the NFC North teams and a lot of media debate and conjecture rolling about. So we're here to cut the fact from the fiction and make sure we can all tell what's real and what's fantasy.
 
Matthew Stafford is overrated
Before we get into specifics, let's nail down what people mean by "overrated." When people say Matthew Stafford is overrated, they are talking about taking him as a great quarterback off one season.
If that were what everyone was talking about, perhaps this would be fact. In the defense of everybody on both sides, having only been in the league for three years—most of which was spent on injured reserve—well, it can be hard to really point at any one fact or figure definitively.
So let's look at what we do have: a player who, when he is on the field, is tremendously effective.
It's unlikely Stafford will throw the ball 663 times. It's not unlikely he could top 600 again—Drew Brees...

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