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It was 20% more than Matthew Stafford was guaranteed the previous year as the top pick.
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This bodes well for Matthew Stafford, the 25 year old quarterback of the Detroit Lions, who is currently negotiating a new deal.
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Five QBs New Orleans's Drew Brees, New England's Tom Brady, Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers, Detroit's Matthew Stafford and New York's Eli Manning charged after Dan Marino's 27-year-old season passing mark of 5, 084 yards.
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In fact, just 10 rookie quarterbacks have started in Week 1 over the last 10 years: Cam Newton and Andy Dalton in 2011, Sam Bradford in 2010, Matthew Stafford and Mark Sanchez in 2009, Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan in 2008, Kyle Orton in 2005, Kyle Boller in 2003 and David Carr in 2002.
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