Absolutely . They ruined more LSU seasons than any other team in the SEC <| sep |> 1 there are lots of good surmisals of the Lions history out there , if you want a quick one exclusive to turkey day this is kind of fun I haven ' t been drinking today so I don ' t really want to look backwards right now but ask me post game and based on the games result I might be willing to oblige lol . 2 Stafford right now is at the absolute least in the 57 range among the leagues QB ' s right now , at his best he ' s top 3 without question . Going forward those guys ahead of him currently Brees , Brady are going to be eyeing retirement as well as guys in his general area Rodgers , Rivers , Rothlesberger . Stafford is still only 28 and has only just hit his prime . Barring injury or regression there will be at least another 5 or so years before his decline , meaning he will be a top 3 top 5 quarterback for years to come . 3 Caldwell is a coin flip . There are a lot of reasonable arguments against him at this point , however he ' s clearly taken strides to make himself a better coach and he has the locker room behind him . If the lions keep winning it would be very difficult to remove him from his position . Barring some sort of set back into robot Jim , this new incarnation of Caldwell should get at least another year . 4 Tough to say because we don ' t get much of a view behind the scenes in this new regime . Stafford is the obvious team leader , Anquan Boldin and Brandon Pettigrew are both seen as vets that the rookies flock to for advise , and Glover Quinn on defence is probably the central veteran locker room figure for the young guns along with in part Ngata . The lions are looking for more veteran support on that side of the ball though after bringing in james lauranitis a couple days ago . 5 many people thought our championship window was 2014 in the dreaded cowboys playoff game miscall season when we still had suh , fairley , megatron etc . In my opinion though a new playoff window is starting to open right now with the rise of Stafford to new heights . With the pieces they already have , the Lions can tweak the offence and rebuild the rest of the defence in the offseason and through the next year , turning them into a perennial contender .