Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia fields questions from reporters during the NFL meetings in Orlando on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Video by Dave Birkett/DFP
ORLANDO — For all of the hand-wringing some people did over Matthew Stafford’s contract last summer, here’s something amazing to consider: By the time the 2018 NFL seasons begins, Stafford might only be the third-highest paid quarterback in his own division.
“I could have predicted that, honestly,” Lions general manager Bob Quinn said this week at the NFL’s annual meeting. “That’s just how it is."
Stafford signed a record five-year, $135 million extension last August that made him the highest-paid player in NFL history.