Five lessons the Bears can learn from the Matthew Stafford trade

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford throws the ball against the Bears in December.The Lions started the Week of the Quarterback one day early.

As the NFL was set to turn to a Super Bowl matchup pitting the best young quarterback of his generation, Patrick Mahomes, and the most accomplished passer of all-time, Tom Brady, the Lions agreed to trade their own signal-caller late Saturday night.

They sent Matthew Stafford, who’d asked for a trade, to the Rams for first-round picks in 2022 and 2023, a third-round pick this year and quarterback Jared Goff. The inclusion of Goff, who fell out of favor with the Rams, got the Lions more in return. His contract — worth $43 million over the next two years…