Lions coach Jim Schwartz has yet to decide who will start at quarterback for the team this season. "We're going to do what's best for our club," Schwartz told the Associated Press on Friday. "We're going to do what's best for the guy that we drafted, not what somebody outside of the building says and not what worked best for another player. Every player is different." Daunte Culpepper is starting over rookie Matt Stafford in Friday night's preseason game, but Schwartz insists that the battle is still "wide open."

Quarterbacks Daunte Culpepper and Matthew Stafford are still battling it out in Detroit. Lions coach Jim Schwartz hasn't decided who will start in the team's crucial preseason game against the Colts on Saturday. "I haven't decided yet," Schwartz told the Detroit News. "We'll decide that when we have time to digest this one. There's going to be a lot of work that goes into this one." Many in Detroit believe that Culpepper holds a slight lead over Stafford at this point in time.

Matt Stafford was the first overall pick in April's NFL Draft, but he isn't a lock to start for the Lions. "He's played one preseason game," coach Jim Schwartz told the Detroit Free-Press. "He's played a few snaps. We have a long way to go to decide if anybody's ready or not." Stafford started Saturday's preseason game against the Browns, but Daunte Culpepper and Drew Stanton were expected to get significant snaps as well. "It's not what you've done in one practice," Schwartz said. "It's not what you've done in one preseason game. It's going to be a body of work."

Matthew Stafford will start for the Lions in their preseason game against the Browns on Saturday. Stafford backed up Daunte Culpepper in Detroit's first preseason game last week. Lions coach Jim Schwartz wouldn't use the word "start" in terms of Stafford. He told the media that the rookie quarterback will "begin the game."

Matthew Stafford is ready to start in Week 1, according to one scout. ?His mechanics, ball placement, arm strength, accuracy," said the scout when asked to name what he likes about the 2009 number one overall pick. "The way he went through his route progressions. He?s the total package.? The scout compared Stafford's skills to Matt Ryan, who had a hugely successful season as a rookie in 2008.

Daunte Culpepper is determined to outplay rookie Matthew Stafford and be named Detroit's starting quarterback. Culpepper, however, knows that the decision isn't his. "The decision is for the coaching staff," Culpepper told the Detroit Free-Press. "That's not my decision. But I'm very determined." He has participated in a full offseason program for the first time since 2005, and feels both prepared and confident. "Definitely, I feel stronger," Culpepper said. "My feet, my legs, I feel I've finally gotten them back to be the player I want to be, and I feel comfortable."

Lions receiver Calvin Johnson believes that rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford is already way ahead of the learning curve. "He's definitely learning play by play," Johnson told the Detroit Free Press. "Every time he throws me the ball, he's learning the places where he can put it that I can get to it." Johnson, one of the NFL's best receivers, has endured a carousel at the quarterback position in Detroit. "He makes throws you don't see an everyday rookie make," Johnson said. "He's way ahead of the curve. ... It seems like the kid came in here and he knew what he was doing right off the bat."

The Detroit Lions held their first team meeting of training camp on Saturday morning and it was a long session as head coach Jim Schwartz went over a variety of topics. According to someone who was in the room, Schwartz said that it had been about six weeks since he had seen the players and he wanted them to know more about their head coach as a person. Schwartz then had a PowerPoint presentation on what he did on his summer vacation, showing pictures of he and his family enjoying their time off. At the end, Schwartz said, "I thought I had a fun vacation - until I saw this.'' Schwartz then went back to the PowerPoint to show several now infamous pictures of Matthew Stafford partying with multiple young women. "Yeah, that was pretty funny," said Stafford, who knew something was up. "I knew he was going to do it. As soon as he put up the "Schwartz Family Photos'' I knew it was coming."