I’ve come to peace with the Lions’ selection of Matthew Stafford as the top pick in the NFL Draft last weekend. For one thing, I can’t really argue against him, because as much as I might like to pretend otherwise, I am not a skilled evaluator of elite QB prospects. My reservations had to do [...]

Today’s High Five (or, “Please, Lions, don’t draft a QB with the top pick”):

Projecting good QBs is a crapshoot. Don’t take my word for it; don’t take any sportswriter’s word for it. Take it from Malcolm Gladwell, of “Tipping Point” fame, writing in this week’s New Yorker.
Next, look for Matthew Stafford and Sam Bradford on [...]