Perhaps the most difficult aspect of the Matthew Stafford saga has already been solved.
Detroit veteran defender and Lions management have reached a destructive resolution, agreeing that the club will look for a deal that will give Stafford a fresh start elsewhere after 12 seasons.
General selection no. 1 of the 2009 team suffered too many losses, too many hopes and too many promises of a better tomorrow. It’s time to move on.
But with this initial hurdle removed, he is still waiting: what does an agreement look like for the 32-year-old and how hard will it be to reconcile?
These are open-ended questions, because how often are Stafford-caliber quarterbacks traded? Answer: Rare.
We know this because history tells us so.
A look back at the last two decades of the NFL provides some examples of trades of this magnitude. I removed all …