Posted by Dave as Detroit Lions, NFL at 8:15 PM CDT on April 22nd, 2009
It’ll be a UGA guy throwing to a GT guy, as NFL.com is reporting. The deal could happen as early as Wednesday night.
If the deal doesn’t happen, the Lions apparently have a backup plan, having come to a verbal agreement with Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry, who will be the No. 1 pick should Stafford not like the deal presented to him.
My guess is Stafford takes the deal. It isn’t as if he’ll get more money as the second, third, or fourth pick than he will as the first pick. Beyond that, as bad as Detroit sounds, a strong arm throwing to a 240 pound, 6′5″ receiver doesn’t sound too bad, and will probably earn the guy a nice little contract extension six years from now.