Looking down the barrel of 5-11 season, many Detroit Lions fans are likely feeling a similar emotion: disappointment.
The franchise is at its lowest point since their infamous 0-16 season, but at least that failure yielded a reward in the form of the first overall pick. The career of said first overall pick, Matthew Stafford, has had plenty of highs and lows en route to cementing himself as the best quarterback in Lions history, but an achievement remains ever elusive for him: playoff success. This isn’t to say that Stafford is bad—I am, after all, an advocate that Quarterback Wins are not a stat.