Matthew Stafford will have offensive continuity this season. He’ll also have to adjust to something entirely different.
It will be an interesting offseason for the Detroit Lions quarterback, now entering season No. 7. He has an offensive coordinator, Jim Bob Cooter, who he feels completely comfortable with and has a strong belief in. That’s a positive.
He’ll also be learning some more nuances of what Cooter wants to do schematically, with an entire offseason to implement his own philosophies. Lions coach Jim Caldwell said he expects the offense to look different – and the hiring of quarterbacks coach Brian Callahan from Denver reinforces more of a shift to an offense similar to what Peyton Manning ran when he was in Denver and Indianapolis.