Drew Stanton may very well go down as the greatest quarterback in Lions' history - regardless of what transpires Sunday at Ford Field against the Chicago Bears.
Well, at least when it comes to preseason games.
He's played well as a third-stringer against other third-and-fourth stringers in exhibition games. In the regular season, it hasn't gone well. Just two touchdown passes. Seven interceptions. He was awful in his one start in '09 at San Francisco. There was that third-down play with the lead late in the Jets' game.
Here's another chance. Stanton is taking all the snaps with the first team this week. Shaun Hill is out. Matthew Stafford is far from ready. It's Stanton or bust vs. the Bears.
I'd like to see him do well. He is an Oakland County kid from Farmington Harrison High School. Do I expect him to do well? Not based on what I have seen in the regular season, although he has played a little better this season than in the past.
Stanton doesn't go through the progression of his reads quickly and naturally. He still has this tendency to just run at the first sign of trouble in the pocket. His pocket presence has been poor.
It will be interesting to see how the Bears approach Stanton. Rod Marinelli and Mike Martz obviously know all about him.