Quote:Now the Lions may not have won any titles under Stafford even if his mechanics and footwork were flawless and even if he weren't rushed.

 

But fortunately, he's been good enough for the Lions to at least have had some success with him as their passer.  He's been good enough where they are not ready to pull the plug on his tenure there.

 

He has a career completion % under 60% despite feeding targets to one of the greatest catch radius receivers in the history of the game.  Any "success" they've had through the passing game have come through accumulation rather than efficiency, mainly from having a generational freak  talent at WR and a former OC in Scott Linehan who is one of the founding fathers of the spread offense and would throw the ball 70 times a game if he could.

 

The Lions have had other problems, but Stafford's mechanics, and thus accuracy, have been a major issue with the team's ability to sustain drives when they can't hit the homerun with CJ.  Which is why Detroit brought almost an entire staff of highly regarded, famed QB coaches to help fix him ... Caldwell, Lombardi and Jim Bob Cooter.    And they all made Stafford's mechanics an A1 priority this offseason.  

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