Starting Matthew Stafford in 2009 Would be a Colossal Mistake for the Lions

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Published: May 27, 2009

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... his divorce.

In fact, Batch wears two Super Bowl rings, collected as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Life as a Lions “ex” often ends up being pretty good, after all.

Batch was gutting it out, leaving it all on the field in Detroit, gamely trying to lead a talent-challenged team to prosperity, when Matt Millen bounded into town as the Lions’ new president.

Then, in the time it took Millen to utter a gauche comment, Charlie Batch knew his days were numbered as a Lion.

“We’re married to Charlie Batch,” Millen said, speaking of the Lions’ quarterbacking situation shortly after being introduced as team president in January 2001.

It wasn’t meant as a compliment.

Millen may as well have substituted the word married with "saddled."

Batch, despite that clumsy description of the state of his career from Millen, nonetheless went out in 2001 and worked his tail off, as he alway...

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