North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Sam Howell (Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports)
After 12 seasons of broken bones, defenses, and running games. All while on his way to breaking nearly every Detroit Lions franchise passing record in spite of it all. It’s hard to argue anyone has done more for Lions football than Matthew Stafford.
And when it’s all said and done, it’s possible the most he’ll have ever done for the Detroit Lions is demand a trade and bring in the haul of draft capital he did.
Negotiating with the team he left just weeks before, new Lions’ general manager Brad Holmes and staff netted two first-round picks (2022, 2023), a third-round pick (2021), from the Rams for Stafford.