I haven’t read everything on the Matthew Stafford contract extension, but I’ve read enough to know that there are a lot of you who think: That is an insane contract for a guy who’s never won a playoff game. But it isn’t. Not at all.
The deal Detroit paid its franchise passer this week is five years of new money, at $135 million. Or, if you take this current season into consideration, a total of six years and $151.5 million, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. I’ll use the Florio number because it takes into account what Stafford is going to be paid over the life of his contract, the six years from 2017 to 2022.