This article marks the beginning of a new series called “Next Man Up.” The series will examine the depth of each position on the team in the event that the best player were out for the season—for injury, suspension, or anything else. Knock on wood.
We begin with the quarterback position, something Lions fans took for granted during the Jim Schwartz era (a.k.a. Shaun Hill’s golden years). If anything, fans should have learned to appreciate it after last year’s preseason fiasco in which the Matt Cassel and Jake Rudock battled to be the lesser of two evils interception machines.