bossFALCON™ Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Glazer: Lions will take Stafford with No. 1 pickby Jay GlazerJay Glazer is a Senior NFL Writer for FOXSports.com on MSN and also appears every week on FOX NFL Sunday as the network's NFL Insider.add this RSS blog email printUpdated: April 24, 2009, 9:55 PM EST Comment The first pick of the NFL draft is no longer a mystery.The Lions have agreed to contract terms with Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford, FOXSports.com has learned.It is a six-year, $78 million deal, with $41.7 million guaranteed.The two sides have been working on a deal diligently for the past 72 hours.The team had been negotiating with Stafford and Baylor offensive tackle Jason Smith before ultimately deciding on Stafford as the target.Stafford has been consistently mentioned as a possible No. 1 overall pick since he announced after the season that he would be leaving Athens a year early to enter the draft."I am a competitive guy; I don't think the Lions are that far off," Stafford said in an interview earlier this month with Scout.com. "Yeah, it would be a heck of a challenge to be able to go in there and make something special happen."At 6-foot-3, Stafford has the size needed to be a franchise NFL quarterback, and the arm strength to go with it. He threw for 3,459 yards and 25 touchdowns in his junior year at Georgia, ending his career with 250 yards and 3 TDs in winning the Capital One Bowl MVP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jb aka johnnybuc Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Why do I feel like this guy is going to be a KING SIZE bust simply because he'll be playing for the Lions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe horn Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 You know how many people said that about Matt Ryan? Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthspeaker Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Why do I feel like this guy is going to be a KING SIZE bust simply because he'll be playing for the Lions?I was thinking the same thing. Tim Couch is who came to mind for methe odds are certainly against Stafford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquietguy Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I just hope they don't take eight or so minutes to anounce the selection like what happened when the Texians signed Williams. They should just go to the #2 pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtybirdn@tion Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Wow that's a ton of money to never step on the field. Time will tell my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolafan33 Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 That's just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolafan33 Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Makes Ryan look like a discount bargain at the #3 spot...Goes to show how pathetic Staffords contract really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolafan33 Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I can't argue that his contract is pathetic and the $41 Mil guaranteed?I'd sign that thing and retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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