Detroit Lions biggest question to answer is about Matthew Stafford

Between the Senior Bowl, Matthew Stafford’s back, free agency, and the draft, the Detroit Lions’ Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia better have the right answers.

It’s time for the Detroit Lions to use the information they have to map out their offseason strategy. They’ve had the benefit of getting the inside hands-on scoop of the players at the Senior Bowl and they also are the only ones who know the truth about Matthew Stafford‘s back.

That information, if used properly, could help the Lions do what needs to be done. If improperly used or squandered, well, we’ll be right back here at square one next year.

This week has given the Lions some insight into many draft prospects that no other team outside of the Cincinnati Bengals have. Now they have to prove they know how to use it.

This is where smart teams are able to find bargains that could help them bring in a draft class capable of building a franchise around. It’s about getting quality players at a value because the Lions are the insiders that should know better than anyone else what those commodities’ true values are.

General manager Bob Quinn and head coach Matt Patricia both want to keep their jobs, but if they make offseason moves for that very purpose, chances are very good it will blow up in all of our faces. They need to figure out where they have gone wrong so far, use this offseason to make quality corrections, and then those corrections better show up on the field.

But the biggest question they have to get right is what they will do with the third pick in the draft. Trade it for top value compensation or use it to select the player they most covet.

It’s really as simple as that, but to get it right they have to be honest with themselves about the key issue facing them; is Matthew Stafford’s back really going to be fine or are there lingering concerns?