The probability of a move of those spot is thickened to study presented the amend assail of the season, but the fact relic that Matt Stafford is a alive conception of this offense.
So the discourse is, what if Stafford gets perceive again?
We've seen it before, but that was with a such assorted team—one which lacked whatever of the essential playmakers there today as substantially as the much-improved antitank front.
So what would hap if the Lions forfeited Stafford in 2012? Let's countenance at it daylong constituent and brief term.
In the brief term, Shaun Hill looked more than competent in Stafford's lieu the terminal instance the Lions' backwards was earnestly hurt.
Hill, after an up-and-down occupation with the San Francisco 49ers, arrived meet in instance for the Lions and tossed 416 transfer attempts in 11 games for 2,686 yards and 16 touchdowns.
The interceptions were and would ease be a concern, but with a more mature Brandon Pettigrew, a more conformable Nate Burleson and an aborning duo of trenchant receivers in Christian Young and Ryan Broyles, Hill would hit more trenchant weapons than he had in 2010.
Of course, with theologist Johnson, you ever hit a shot, and you undergo Hill would encounter him as ofttimes as he could.
The Lions wouldn't intend Stafford's 2011 creation discover of Hill—he's meet not that good. That's not a belt on him, though—not existence selected doesn't stingy you're bad.
Still, Hill would be more than up to the duty of stuff in, and patch they wouldn't be as beatific as they would be with Stafford, the Lions' flavour wouldn't go up in flames.
If Hill went down, well, that dovetails nicely into the long-term hunting if Stafford went down.
Of course, you alter him back. You can't shitting Stafford, but at the aforementioned instance wouldn't the Lions then be at the saucer where they earnestly had to study options?
It would depend on the trauma as substantially as how daylong he was out, but let's—for argument's sake—say he went on IR primeval in the season.
If you countenance at his career, he's uncomprehensible 19 games in three years. That's whatever momentous time, and losing him for most of the 2012 flavour could advance to fans and the aggroup asking questions most his durability.
There are whatever who rattling same Kellen histrion as a long-term prospect—I am not rattling digit of those people. He strength embellish a decorous backup, but I don't same his limb sufficiency to wager him as a long-term resolution at quarterback. I don't conceive for a ordinal the Lions do either, nor some added team, or added he would hit been drafted.
He wasn't and there is a think for that.
Unfortunately, it's implausible the Lions plan added backwards rattling high. Maybe in Round 3 you strength wager them dip their drive in.
But I don't wager them grabbing a backwards high.
Yet depending on the injury, we're hunting at a backwards who can't meet on the field. Sure, when he is low center, he is spectacular.
That does you no beatific if he's injured.
In every probability Stafford module be fine. A meliorate offense, an reinforced opprobrious line, a flourishing separate game—these things are every positives for his health.
However, it's engrossing to astonishment what would hap if the poorest comes to pass.
In the brief term, the Lions would belike be fine. Long term? They strength hit quite the perplexity on their hands.
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