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Detroit Lions - Team Notes

Happy 32nd Birthday Matt Stafford!

https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2020/2/7/21127908/matthew-stafford-greatest-moments-32-birthday-video
Celebrate Matthew Stafford?s 32nd birthday by reliving his greatest moments. This is great!
Let?s take a moment to appreciate the Lions? franchise quarterback.
POD

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StafMa00.htm
Matthew Stafford.
ProFootballReference

John Matthew Stafford
Position: QB Throws: Right
6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)
Team: Detroit Lions
Born: February 7, 1988 (Age: 32-000d, Happy Birthday!) in Tampa, FL
College: Georgia (College Stats)
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 95 (184th overall since 1960)
High School: Highland Park (TX)
Draft: Detroit Lions in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft.
Current salary: 13,500,000

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2020...-heres-how-he-ranks-historically-at-that-age/
Matthew Stafford turns 32: Here's how he ranks historically at that age.
LionsWire

Happy birthday to Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford! The Lions longtime QB turns 32 today (Feb. 7th).

Stafford has already played 11 NFL seasons at his relatively young age. He ranks very high in a plethora of historical categories for NFL players through age 31.

Here are a few examples of Stafford?s historical rankings:

Passing yards ? 41,205, second (Peyton Manning 41,626)

Worth noting that Stafford has played in 149 career games, 11 fewer than Manning did on his 32nd birthday.

Passing TDs ? 256, third (Manning 306 and Dan Marino 290)

Completions ? 3,559, first (Manning 3,468 is next)

Attempts ? 5,696, first (Drew Bledsoe 5,599 is 2nd)

Interceptions ? 138, 17th

Marino and Bledsoe top the INT list with 165 apiece. Most of the other QBs above Stafford here played in the less passer-friendly era before Marino, a list that includes five Pro Football Hall of Famers. Stafford?s INT rate of 2.35 (INTs thrown per 100 throws) is 16th-best all-time for his age. Aaron Rodgers is the best at 1.64.

Sacked ? 347, 6th

Randall Cunningham was sacked 439 times in just 103 career starts by his 32nd birthday. Stafford has been sacked the exact same amount of times as Russell Wilson, who turns 32 in November. Stafford has the same career sack rate (5.7 sacks per 100 dropbacks) as Brett Favre, Dan Fouts and Troy Aikman when those Hall of Famers all turned 32.

Pick-sixes ? 20, 1st (Marino, 16)

Not a category Stafford wants to lead?

Game-winning drives ? 34, 1st (Matt Ryan and Marino, 32)

4th quarter comebacks ? 28, 1st (Ryan, 24)

No quarterback has ever created more late-game victories prior to age 32 than Matthew Stafford.
 
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https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2020/2/7/21127779/detroit-lions-best-free-agent-targets-2020
Pride Of Detroit Lions Podcast: Listing the best free agent targets for the Detroit Lions. 43 minutes.
The PODcast crew breaks down their favorite free agents in the 2020 class.

Free agency is just over a month away, and it?s time for the Detroit Lions to go on the prowl. With as many holes as they have and the amount of resources at their disposal, this could be a monumental offseason for Detroit, and it all starts with free agency.

While we await the Lions? decisions with their own free agents, it?s time to look forward at the free agency class from other teams. There are plenty of players out there that could help Detroit make the necessary jump this offseason, and the Lions have the money to go get them.

So this week on First Byte?our midweek PODcast?Ryan and I discuss the our favorite free agent targets and the ones most likely to get a call from the Detroit Lions when the tampering period begins in mid-March.

This week on First Byte:
Given the Lions? resources and the free agents available, what positions are they most likely to go after.

Will the Lions finally land a big-time cornerback this offseason after trying last two years?

How the Cory Undlin hiring may help Detroit reign in a top free agent cornerback or two.

Ryan lists off a couple skill players that the Lions should target in free agency.

Jeremy goes over the top FA candidates at the Lions? biggest need: Defensive tackle.

The one defensive tackle that Jeremy would go all-in for in free agency... and it?s not Chris Jones.

Time to get a linebacker? Ryan has a guy in mind.
 
https://www.detroitlionspodcast.com...roit-lions-podcast-lions-blueprinting-begins/
Detroit Lions Podcast Episode 252: Lions Blueprinting Begins. 92 minutes.

In this episode of The Detroit Lions Podcast, Chris and Case get together to bring you the latest Detroit Lions news and to share our insights on what the near future might hold. We recap the Super Bowl as well as discuss ESPN?s prediction of a MVP year for Matthew Stafford in 2020. We also lament the fact that Dan Miller hasn?t been given the national looks he deserves. Steve Mariucci weighs in on the Lions front office and the ?revolving door? they?ve had ? and we agree with him! Oh yeah, and that guy Jeff Risdon joins us to dive in on draft prospects and Lions potential moves. Lastly, we take your calls again, which is becoming one of the most fun parts of the show for us.

Detroit Lions Podcast About To Open The Senior Bowl Flood Gates.
The boys discuss releasing four more hours of content released this coming week. Senior Bowl coverage that used to be strictly available on YouTube will now be available for our ?audio only? podcast listeners. Don?t fret when the podcast feed lights up this week. We?re delivering content that a bunch of you have asked for.. We?ll make this clearly identifiable with ?Senior Bowl? being in the title.
 
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