rookie qb

*If we were to grade the Lions receiving corps on potential I think Calvin Johnson would get a very high grade, however with a rookie QB, and the problems their offensive line has in pass protection, the Lions wide out don't get a very fair shot at making an impact.

With that being said let us look at the individual grades for the 2009 Lions wide outs:

On one hand Detroit Lions fans will be happy that Rookie QB Matthew Stafford will sit, and not have to face the Baltimore Ravens defense.

On the other hand it seems that many Lions fans are upset that Daunte Culpepper will get the start over QB Drew Stanton.

What can we say about a one sided loss on national TV? Last Sunday everyone in Detroit was ready to pronounce rookie QB Matthew Stafford as the next John Elway.

Yesterday he looked like the next Jay Cutler more than anything else. The more and more we see Stafford play the more and more we realize that he looks like a QB who is always going to throw as many Interceptions and he does touchdowns.

NFL fans expect rookie QB's to struggle, as they get use to the speed of the NFL game. However most NFL fans also expect an overall number one draft pick to come in and produce for their teams.

For the Detroit Lions who draft Matthew Stafford with the first pick in the 2009 draft, and paid him 41 million dollars guaranteed, that simply is not the case.

In fact Stafford, who skipped his senior year in college, doesn't appear anywhere near ready to lead a NFL offense.

The New York Jets made a strong draft day trade to acquire a potential franchise QB is USC's Mark Sanchez.

One pre-season game into his NFL career, that decision looks to be a very good one. While Sanchez only played one series, it was a very impressive series, and Sanchez looked like he had been an NFL QB for a long time.

In no way did he look like a rookie QB seeing his first NFL action.