Matthew Stafford Has Always Been Capable Of This Success
The Los Angeles Rams must send a thank you package to the Detroit Lions after clinching the opportunity to play in Super Bowl LVI.
Yes, the team in the Motor City got multiple draft picks and Jared Goff in exchange for Matthew Stafford.
However, winning the NFC Championship proves that the former Georgia standout wasn’t the problem in Detroit after all.
12 seasons of suffering prepared him for this opportunity to become a champion finally.
As a result, the gamble paid off for the Rams while the Lions seem to be constantly rebuilding.
Numbers Don’t Lie
Stafford should have made more Pro Bowls if not for the Lions’ organizational dysfunction.
They did draft Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson to give him an extraordinary target.
But beyond “Megatron,” none of their others picks during the Stafford era except Ndamukong Suh and T.J. Hockenson panned out.
That lack of depth led to three playoff losses and a five-year postseason drought.