Lions coordinator: Stafford will be one of the best quarterbacks ever

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is having a fine year, with 4,006 yards through 13 games, but his numbers are down from his breakout 2011 season, and the Lions have taken a big step backward as a team. So does that make Stafford’s 2012 a disappointment? Not according to Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan, who says…