Matt Stafford is the suckiest suck to ever suck

[Masspartan]

Watson won 4 games. Those stats don't mean shit.

[Masspartan]

Watson won 4 games. Those stats don't mean shit.

on top of that if you followed the Texans at all you'd find that almost all of those stats were accumulated after the team was 3 td's behind. The ultimate garbage time stat man this past year.

Having said that he's a really really good player, but he's being paid like it too.

[froot loops]

Being a quarterback for the Lions is much harder than any other team.

[Newbomb Turk]

Being a quarterback for the Lions is much harder than any other team.

Yeah, the expectations of ownership are crushing...............

[JGSpartan]

30th in defense and 31st in rushing in Houston. Perhaps there's a theme of being bad at those things leading to losses despite having a good Quarterback? Nah...couldn't be.

Also until teams get conservative late in games being behind makes it harder to throw, not easier. Teams tee off on the pass rush. We see it every time we are down.

[froot loops]

Yeah, the expectations of ownership are crushing...............

The thing is you know it's true. It will be true for the next quarteback and you will be bitching about him when he fails.

But Kitna was the man.

[Newbomb Turk]

Stafford > Watson....... I think I am still above the curve in this conversation.

[froot loops]

For the record I would trade Stafford for Watson straight up. I'm not sure the Texans would go for it.

[chemiclord]

For the record I would trade Stafford for Watson straight up. I'm not sure the Texans would go for it.

Oh, if I was doing a trade, I'd want something more than a straight up trade. Watson IS younger, and that's a factor.

But the #7, ANOTHER 1st, and think King mentioned other considerations that would make it a stupid as hell trade if you're the Lions.

[Newbomb Turk]

You'd be getting a WORSE QB, putting him in pretty much the exact same situation he left, AND trading away valuable assets that could make your team better.
GOOD JERB!

yeah, that is what you meant........

[Iron Lion]

Why the hell didn't we sign Tom Brady

[chemiclord]

yeah, that is what you meant........

Even if Watson IS the worse QB (people tell me I'm wrong, and I'm willing to trust their judgment on that one), he still young enough that he has the potential to be better. But one way he wouldn't get that opportunity is if you're dumping your best assets out of spite for Stafford.

[Mainevent]

Watson won 4 games, and one was against the Lions. Great player, but he’d actually join what might be one of the few teams in the league that are less talented than Houston. and trading valuable picks for him would leave him in about the same situation he’s in right now, with an organization with limited means of improving.

[Meano.Culpa]

Why the hell didn't we sign Tom Brady

Brady clearly has gas left in the tank. Perfect ball to Baylen at the end last night. Corner of the end zone, catchable ball, right over the defender's fingers.

[TheLondonLion]

Brady would look very average or even below in this Lions team.

There’d be no huge sacks and picks 6’s to help him out like the Bucs D gets. He’d have to score on every drive. And as we saw last night he killed quite a few drives before he got going. In Detroit he’d be 24-0 down by that point with no run game to lean on.