That salary is madness. For essentially a system QB. Although to be fair, he seems to run their system very well and the grass isn’t always greener looking for a replacement.
What more does he have to do to get rid of that label? Post more winning seasons and win playoff games than he's already done with two different franchises? We could somewhat reasonably assume that McVay elevated his profile in LA but to do it in Detroit under a rookie OC, however brilliant he might turn out to be, is a completely different animal. At the very, very least, even his biggest critics need to admit that, even if he is a system QB, he executes it very well.
Never threw for less than 4.400 yards in a season he started all games in (which are four seasons). Three of that four seasons: 32:12, 29:7 and 30:12 TD:INT ratio. Shown that he can win playoff games and compete at the highest level. The Lions are in win now mode with a great group of players on offense, they couldn't have just let him walk and risk all of that just to save $10-20m a year, only to replace him with (very likely) an inferior QB. His last two seasons in Detroit, his QB rating has been higher than someone like Justin Herbert has ever gotten to in his entire career. He has actually won playoff games, made a SB appearance, been in an MVP conversation, ... while Herbert's (who is on similar money while he has proven a lot less)
only playoff appearance in four year was a 27-point blown lead meltdown against the Jags of all teams.
Of course you can't place him in the Lamar, Burrow et al tier, let alone Mahomes, but I won't stand for the Jared Goff disrespect
