21-year old Matt Stafford had his ups and downs as a rookie but I saw signs that he will be a impact player in the near future for the Lions.  He actually has a lot of the same skills as John Elway showed off as a youngster as he has a big arm and good mobility in the pocked and when running the ball.  Of course, it took a while for Elway to really gets things going in Denver and the Lions will need to get some offensive help for Stafford to reach his full potential.  He played in 10 games for the Lions this season and he completed 201 of 377 passes (53.3%) for 2,267 yards with 13 TD passes and 20 INTs (61.0 QB Rating).  Stafford also carried the ball 20 times for 108 yards (5.4 ypc) with 2 TD runs this year.  Look for the Lions to get more weapons at WR and RB for Stafford this off-season.

32-year old Daunte Culpepper wants to come back to the Lions next year but they should just say no.  Culpepper played in 8 games for the Lions this season and he completed 89 of 157 passes (56.7%) for 945 yards with 3 TD passes and 6 INTs (64.8 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 18 times for 91 yards (5.1 ypc) this year.  Culpepper has now played in 105 games in his NFL career and he has completed 2,016 of 3,199 passes (63%) for 24,153 yards with 149 TD passes and 106 INTs (87.8 QB Rating).  Culpepper has also carried the ball 514 times for 2,652 yards (5.2 ypc) with 34 TD runs in his career.  Culpepper has proven to be a very below average QB without him having Randy Moss to catch all of his bad passes.

25-year old Drew Stanton proved with little doubt this year that he is not a NFL QB.  He played in 4 games for the Lions this season and he completed 26 of 51 passes (51%) for 259 yards with 0 TD passes and 6 INTs (26.1 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 9 times for 33 yards (3.7 ypc) with 1 TD run this year.  Stanton has now played in 7 games in his career with the Lions and he has completed 35 of 68 passes (51.5%) for 378 yards with 1 TD pass and 6 INTs (36.3 QB Rating).  Stanton has also carried the ball 12 times for 53 yards (4.4 ypc) with 1 TD run.  Stanton was a local pick out of Michigan State but that doesn’t mean the Lions have to keep him around and watch him play like crap.