Matthew Stafford to the Washington Football Team Just Became a Very Real Possibility

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The Washington Soccer Staff has tapped Martin Mayhew to grow to be its new normal supervisor, reporting to Ron Rivera and Ron Rivera solely. This duo might be tasked with determining what to do with a roster that managed to go 7-9 and limp into the playoffs regardless of a rotating and never all the time dependable carousel on the quarterback place. Fixing that’s job one.

Dwayne Haskins was dumped unceremoniously after a spectacular spinout. Constructing a future on the muse of Alex Smith’s proper leg is wrought with danger. Taylor Heinicke performed admirably in his postseason check however is essentially an unknown. If solely there was a extra secure, confirmed entity accessible to play the place at a median degree for 3 quarters and an elite degree within the fourth. Somebody with whom Mayhew has an present relationship.

Like, say, Matthew Stafford. He’d certain be a pleasant choice to captain the Washingtonians as they attempt to repeat in an NFC East that most likely will not be all that rather more aggressive subsequent yr. And it certain appears as if Mayhew could be fully on-board with shifting belongings to deliver the veteran into our nation’s capital. In truth, he’d most likely want they make the whole team out of Staffords.

Stafford is without doubt one of the most polarizing quarterbacks in soccer, primarily as a result of non-Lions followers can’t actually perceive him and admire simply how a lot expertise the franchise wasted. He’s not a man who’s going to guide any workforce to a 14- or 13-win season, however he’s one who might believably win a number of playoff video games, even powerful ones on the street, if given a reliable working sport and first rate protection.

He’s not a long-term reply but by way of short-term ones, Washington might certain do worse. There is a good likelihood the bidding battle that will deliver a king’s return to Detroit by no means materializes and the asking worth settles at a really cheap benchmark. Dan Campbell might be bench-pressing his method via a years-long rebuild and accumulating younger expertise can solely assist.

On paper, this appears to make plenty of sense. After all, with Rivera atop the masthead, the chances are much less clear. After a disastrous Haskins saga, he was fairly keen on Smith—and nonetheless is—solely for bringing some degree of competence and steadiness. Stafford outshines Smith in nearly all departments.