Jared Goff

The NFC North wasn't always the best division in football. Most years in recent memory, the Lions or Bears (or both) stunk to the point where the division from top to bottom was rarely in the conversation as the league's best.

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Teddy Bridgewater recently indicated that he would like to make a return to the National Football League. That wish turned to reality on Thursday, as the former Vikings signal caller signed with the Detroit Lions.

The Detroit Lions firmly positioned themselves to repeat as back-to-back champions of the NFC North with a gutsy 34-31 win over the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field on Thursday night.

The deal makes the 2016 No. 1 pick the highest-paid player in franchise history.

That future is now as Matthew Stafford is being traded to the Los Angels Rams in exchange for Jared Goff according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.