The Facts: Stafford has completed his tenth season with the Lions. There will be an eleventh. In Friday’s 44-minute press conference, GM Bob Quinn said that Stafford won’t be traded. “Matthew Stafford is our quarterback,” Quinn said. “He’ll be our quarterback here.”
Diehards Line:
He’ll definitely be the quarterback for 2019. His $13.5 million base salary for 2019 became fully guaranteed last March, as did his $5.5 million roster bonus. Trading Stafford before June 1 would trigger a $30 million cap charge. Then there’s the question of how the team would replace him. So yes. No changed forthcoming at quarterback in Detroit.