Norm, come on, don't do this man. You're taking this to a level of fanaticism and it's just not substantiated by what we've seen to date. I've already said that your franchise as a whole as spectacular potential but you labeling them as elite when they don't have anything to show for it aside from potential is borderline crazy.
Matt Stafford is not elite and I don't know what film you're looking at that raises him to that level when he's yet to do anything of the sort for a full season. This idea that he's simply elite and the world needs to recognize it, nevermind the product on the field is just baseless. Take any elite QB from Steve Young to Peyton Manning, and you'll see they had to earn the title on the field through continued success.
Not only that, they had to grow into that title. It's tough seasons, rough games, & experience that produces coupled with their natural talent that ended up making them Elite.
As of right now, all Matt has is that raw talent, that potential and we've seen flashes of brilliance but that's not an automatic qualifier for 'Elite'. We've seen these same flashes from a long list of QBs that ended up being everything from total busts to mediocre to pretty good through bad coaching, mismanagement from the front office, injury, etc.
I understand you want to put the weight of the world on the kid as a Lions fan but you're doing him a disservice trying to catapult him into the same class as Rodgers, Manning, or Brady. He's damn good, don't demean that with these overly high expectations.
Condolescences to Urlacher and his family.
