they are getting even reps in practice (per Killer on MLive). That doesn’t point one way or the other. This Daunte starting thing is all based on assumptions gathered from everyone talking about it so much. Truth be told… NONE of us have any clue as to what Schwartz is going to do. He’s not talking, nor should he be.

If I had to “guess”, I’d say Daunte too. But that’s not based on any inside information. That’s a simple guess. And that guess is based on the fact that he’s the veteran and is still currently number one on the unofficial depth chart. We can all speculate that Schwartz looked at the game film and saw that Culpepper has played pretty well, but we don’t know that. For all you or I or anyone else here knows, he has already chosen Stafford for week 1.

If ANYONE on here can tell me I’m wrong about that, please do. I’d love to hear it.

staff starts we all know we are not going anywhere this year so why not let him learn now if we wait till next year that will set us back at least a year becues he will be learng the on the feald traing then insted of now i would like to think if he starts this year we upgrade the line and cb in next years draft/FA we will have a chance to go some where

the point i am makeing is start him.. why the on the job traning cant hert us

Do you think all the talk of tempered expectations and the reiteration at ever chance given by the front office and Schwartz that this team is building and making decisions based on being a winner year in and year out for each year to come and not just this year is to prepare the fans for what they are going to see?

What they are going to see being; a rookie QB, a so so D that doesn’t have the personal to pull off the schemes and playing style the coach has in mind, and overall a team full of growing pains.

I have no idea who is going to start week 1 but if I had to read between the lines, look at all the “evidence”, and going off of how the front office and Jim prepared the fans for the drafting of Staff I would say they are preparing us for his immediate arrival into the starting lineup.

I shouldn’t assume that we aren’t going to the playoffs. The chance of it may be slim, but it’s still there just as much for the Lions as anyone else. I like to think the Lions and the Pats finished equally last year because they both missed the playoffs;)

Drew I swear I said “I think” at least a half dozen times. I have no smoking gun that’s for sure. But Sanchez is the starter this year and didn’t ATL name Ryan the starter this time a year ago? Flacco doesn’t count because he started due to injury and Freeman doesn’t count because everyone knew he was a project. I think if Matt was going to start he would be getting all the reps. i really could have summed up the fanpost w/ that last sentence, but it’s more fun explaining myself, albeit poorly most of the time.

PS Drew I REALLY

anyway, that was supposed to be

PS Drew I REALLY liked your last fanpost. Read it multiple times.

Wow… I didnt’ know that 3pts was enough to win the starting job.

I’ll put a hundred bucks on cpep. I don’t want him to start, but he will. You can all say I was right at a later date.