The Lions and Stafford reached agreement on a five-year contract extension Monday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Stafford's deal surpasses Derek Carr's five-year, $125 million extension from June, with an annual price tag of $27 million per year, per Kyle Meinke of MLive.com. In a sense, Stafford's contract is justified, as he ranks second all-time in passing yards per game (278). Moreover, he's coming off the second- and third-best quarterback ratings of his career, mostly under the tutelage of offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter. Now that he's set financially, Stafford can focus on notching his first playoff win.