Matthew Stafford

I really like what I am seeing from the Detroit Lion's first round pick. His name is Matthew Stafford and he has quite an arm. I have watched quite a few qb's enter the game and not have half the arm that Stafford possesses. When I look at his strength and compare it to other qb's I think not of Peyton Manning, but of Jay Cutler and Michael Vick. Now let the prison term on Vick's resume be banished from this blog; I think he has a wonderful arm.
Back to Stafford. I have not seen too much from this young qb, and I really shouldn't at this point. When I think of Stafford and Culpepper together I remember the Cutler Plummer days. Plummer was named the starting qb for the beginning of the season and midway through, Cutler got the nod to finish out the rest of the year. This in my mind, was a gamble of gargantuan proportions. Cutler being a rookie could have done something to tarnish his name or lose his grip similar to fellow draft mate Vince Young. Instead, the gamble paid off and Cutler was the seasons gun slinger. Now, with this in mind I return back to Stafford.
Mr. Stafford did pretty well at Georgia. I am not going to post his stats on here because you can dig them up on Yahoo! if you really want to. What I am going to say is that his arm is decent for his tim in the NFL. To bench him for Culpepper is a very, very smart move. I think he needs to sit a year or two behind a good qb like Culpepper and "marinate" similar to the way Aaron Rodgers did under Brett Favre and Phillip Rivers did under Drew Brees. When the media hype is gone, he will be able to come back out and play harder. This makes things easier for Stafford(who would puke at the sight of this blog because of it's truth) while he becomes a better player. Just my thoughts, check out Michael Silver on Yahoo! for more.