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Originally Posted by Oldcolt
There are only three ways we get a decent qb. Free agency (almost unheard of for a qb who is great and has several productive years to hit free agency-we may have a long wait), draft (we are not bad enough to get a highly rated qb and moving up in the draft cost a fortune in most instances-more than a trade for Stafford) or trade (which is rare itself). Even if we give up two firsts it would be less than a probable trade up in the draft to get a top qb. I don't see any other choice, get the guy.
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It all depends on whether Ballard and Reich feel like Stafford is worth what Detroit is going to want. And that’s definitely not a given.
Ballard isn’t averse to giving up a lot if he believes the player is worth it, as we saw with Buckner.
But I agree-if it’s at all feasible, they have to do it.