The good: After Jim Bob Cooter took over as offensive coordinator midway through the season, Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said he and Cooter saw football the same way.
It’s hard to argue with the results Stafford and Cooter had together the second half of the season.
Stafford completed 205 of his 293 passes (75 percent) over the final eight games for 2,179 yards with 19 touchdowns and just two interceptions.
His 110.1 passer rating was the fourth highest in the NFL over that stretch behind only Russell Wilson (124.