Matthew Stafford could absolutely be the best quarterback in the NFC and only the season before last, he was a Super Bowler coming off of 41 touchdown passes. My position on Stafford going into the 2021 season was that he was a huge upgrade from Jared Goff and being under-appreciated by most around the league.
Even last season, despite worse statistics and missing half of the season, Stafford displayed the arm talent and yes, decision making that sets him apart from most players at his position who have simply proven to be worse than he is.
But there’s a very important part of that sentence that can’t be overlooked: “Quarterbacks who have proven to be worse than Matthew Stafford.