The Detroit Lions success is very heavily tied to how Matthew Stafford plays. This isn’t groundbreaking news because the same can be said of almost every team in the NFL.
Despite all the talk in the media or even among some fans that Darrell Bevell was hired to de-emphasize Matthew, that’s simply not the case and in most close ballgames the outcome will still come down to Matthew’s right arm.
The importance of having a quarterback that a team can rely upon was magnified this past weekend when Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck decided to abruptly retire.