Detroit Lions |
Height: 6-3 Weight: 220 Age: 30
Born: 2/7/1988 Tampa, FL
College: Georgia
Experience: 10th season
High School: Highland Park HS [Dallas, TX]
The Perception: Entering his 10th NFL season, Matthew Stafford somehow nevertheless has stigma attached to him which has Blue Planet watch perceiving him inwards a negative light. That stigma ascertains the notion that Matthew isn’t a audio quarterback as well as shouldn’t live discussed inwards the same conversation equally the other elite marker talents inwards the league. ADF volition concede inwards this illustration equally nosotros likewise direct hold been guilty yesteryear association allowing the masses to convince us that Matthew Stafford is nada to a greater extent than than your average to inwards a higher house average franchise pivot. While that idea procedure may direct hold had justification for the 2012 as well as 2014 campaigns, the overall volume on Stafford is rather impressive when you lot human face at the consistency over his lastly 7 seasons.
When Matthew entered the NFL, non bad hype followed him equally the Detroit Lions fan base of operations finally believed they had their answer to the most of import pose inwards football. His 2009 as well as 2010 seasons were riddled amongst injury as well as underachieving which helped Blue Planet house that thought upon him equally overrated as well as non possessing toughness needed to play the position. Fast forwarding 8 years later, Matthew has been the poster man child for consistency spell generating top flying numbers on almost a yearly footing though nevertheless non existence able to milk tremble the perception given early on inwards his career. While some tried to elevator Stafford out of the average quarterback bucket inwards providing audio argue for the sell, their arguments seemed to autumn yesteryear the wayside chop-chop whenever Calvin Johnson was brought into the conversation. If became hard to struggle the concept that “Megatron” (aka Calvin Johnson) was alone responsible for elevating Matthew’s play, roofing upwardly inefficiencies as well as inadequacies inwards his game. While ADF ever seemed to give into the argument, nosotros weren’t lonely inwards the matter.
With something within screaming for us to human face at Matthew Stafford inwards a dissimilar light, the fourth dimension came for our endorsement to rise, equally nosotros did as well as hence inwards our 2016 & 2017 draft kits making claims that Matthew Stafford was a credible/reliable quarterback amongst non bad upside. The interesting aspect well-nigh our afterwards evaluations on Stafford was that nosotros liked the upside to a greater extent than when Calvin Johnson decided to hang upwardly the cleats, foreign I know. Our declaration was based on how much Matthew was forcing the number trying to arrange the uber-talented give off catching mightiness of Johnson, rather than spreading the ball or as well as hence to his other capable receivers. While others estimated a drib off inwards production shipping service Calvin retiring, nosotros felt this was the chance to sing the praises of the savvy veteran, as well as he didn’t disappoint. In our eyes, Matthew Stafford has removed the average thespian persona making us describe solid believers inwards his abilities for the upcoming season.
The Reality:
Since Calvin Johnson departed, Stafford has seen equal to meliorate production spell having his best statistical performances amongst career depression interceptions thrown, as well as interception charge per unit of measurement falling nether 2% for this get-go fourth dimension inwards his tenure, equally nosotros predicted in 1 lawsuit Calvin was out of the picture. Entering his 3rd flavour without Calvin catching passes, the Lions direct hold created an criminal offence that has popular off multidimensional inwards the give off game Pb yesteryear Golden Tate as well as Marvin Jones. Rounding out the depth at receiver, the Lions are expecting big things from minute twelvemonth thespian Kenny Golladay, creating the summit mismatch left behind when Johnson moved on from football.
Continuing downward the path of change, the Detroit Lions hired old Patriots defensive coordinator (Matt Patricia) to remake this guild using the winner prowess obtained from his days nether Bill Belichick. Even though Patricia has focus to the defensive side of the ball, (much similar his mentor), the overall agreement inwards how to cook a winning formula should live ingrained as well as applied inwards this novel Lions system. The agenda was clear early on this offseason to supply assistance for Matthew Stafford yesteryear securing ii novel running backs, 1 from complimentary means as well as 1 from the NFL draft. What yesteryear regimes failed to empathise inwards Detroit was the importance of a solid run gear upwardly on to create misdirection ultimately improving the give off game, something Stafford hasn’t enjoyed inwards his career. Signing underappreciated high volume runner LeGarrette Blount to the crimp gives the Lions a formidable hard olfactory organ punishing type of dorsum to aid inwards brusk yardage as well as goal describe situations. Not existence fully satisfied, the Lions encephalon trust went line-fishing inwards the draft securing the services of the dynamic running mightiness of Kerryon Johnson. With both these backs added to the mix, it’s clear the Patriot way of assembling a running dorsum room filled amongst talent was the primary objective.
Like a fine vino getting meliorate amongst age, Matthew Stafford should discovery non bad success inwards his 10th flavour as well as beyond finally existence teamed amongst a jitney that understands how to appropriately back upwardly as well as extract the talent from a truthful franchise quarterback. Inheriting a feasible trio of give off catchers spell creating a productive run gear upwardly on volition popular off a long way inwards the offensive success of the Lions inwards 2018.
The Outlook:
Since the 2011 season, the numbers Stafford has been able to generate consistently has been rather astonishing to say the least. Never seeing a twelvemonth throwing nether 4200 yards topping out at a career best of merely over 5000 yards, it’s clear what Matthew is able to produce. Stafford also is no stranger to finding his targets inwards the endzone seeing an average of 28.1 touchdowns over his lastly vii seasons amongst a career best of 41 touchdown passes inwards 2011. As mentioned above, the most impressive maturation of his game has been the reduction of interceptions thrown. In this novel offensive organisation where the focus could live geared toward a shorter give off gear upwardly on leveraging the talent inwards Theo Riddick as well as Ameer Abdullah, spell nevertheless taking deep shots exploiting defenses forced to remain closed to the describe of scrimmage, Stafford should run across high-end numbers in 1 lawsuit once again this season. Adding to that point, the Lions direct hold never enjoyed the fruits of a truthful play activity give off where the opposition would accept notice providing Matthew amongst greater looks downward the field; this should come upwardly to fruition inwards 2018.
From the fantasy football game perspective, it’s baffling to witness Matthew Stafford as well as hence neglected equally he currently holds an ADP of 84, spell seeing his worst number sideslip to an ADP of 130. These numbers propose Stafford remains a lower goal commodity existence passed over for lesser producing talent that concur some marker of potential. What makes this surprising is that Matthew was the 7th ranked quarterback inwards fantasy lastly flavour racking upwardly 273.8 fantasy points giving him an average of 17.1 points per contest. Though some volition struggle this placement is correct, nosotros believe in that location is non bad potential for Stafford to run yesteryear lastly twelvemonth tallies inwards a organisation poised to popular off a high powered unit. ADF finds it tardily to endorse Stafford equally fantastic value given where he could live selected inwards upcoming fantasy drafts. Rounding out your roster as well as finding a way to bag Matthew inwards rounds 8 to 10 could live the ultimate contend this season. We envision numbers hovering or as well as hence 4400-4600 passing yards, throwing 30-35 touchdowns, spell keeping measuring amongst depression interception rates turning it over a mere 8-12 times, fantasy gilt could live had amongst Matthew Stafford this year.
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