ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- More than any quarterback in the league, more than any quarterback in the history of the NFL, Matthew Stafford has an understanding of what one of the quarterbacks taken in the first round of the NFL draft next Thursday will be going through.
Stafford was the No. 1 overall pick in 2009 out of Georgia, taken by the Detroit Lions -- at the time the only team that went 0-16 in league history. Stafford was expected to be the future of the franchise, the savior for a team that had struggled at the quarterback spot for so long.