Derek Carr's new deal means Matthew Stafford is going to get a huge contract

People happiest about Derek Carr’s new richest-in-NFL-history $125 million contract, ranked:

1. Derek Carr and his family
2. Matthew Stafford

Carr’s monstrous new extension raises the ceiling for all NFL quarterback extensions, and next up for a profitable negotiation could well be the Detroit Lions’ signal-caller. With Carr’s contract now setting the market, Stafford and the Washington Redskins’ Kirk Cousins are the next two quarterbacks in line for new deals. Cousins’ contract has a deadline of June 17 because he’s under a franchise tag. But Stafford could use the Carr contract as a baseline, if only because it’s obvious that any starting quarterback with at least one functioning arm is in line for a nine-figure deal.

“It’s a premium position,” Lions president Rod Wood told ESPN, “and you need to have a very, very good player at that position to be credible and competitive, and I think we do have that, and we’re working on getting a deal done.”Latest Air Max 2017 Shoe,Nike Free Run 5 Men,Nike Free 4.0 Flyknit Women On-www.cheapairmax2017.net

Stafford has one of the strongest arms in the NFL, able to throw the ball out of any stadium in the league. He made the Pro Bowl in 2014, and over the course of eight seasons has taken the Lions to three playoff berths. However, over that time the Lions have lost in the wild card round all three times, and the team was apparently in such disarray that the greatest receiver in franchise history decided retirement was a better option than playing for Detroit.

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