How the Lions & the Bengals were built in the last ten years? If you have a franchise quarterback, then your team is set for regular season success and to win multiple playoff games for five to ten years. Both the Detriot Lions and Cincinnati Bengals have franchise quarterbacks. The Lions have Mattew Stafford, who they drafted number one overall in the 2009 draft. The Bengals have Andy Dalton, who they drafted in the second round of the loaded 2011 draft. Besides having quarterbacks, both teams have and had talent around their signal callers in the last six to seven years. Mattew Stafford had an all-time talented receiver in Calvin Johnson to throw the ball too, while Andy Dalton has AJ Green to throw passes to since the day he became the team's starting quarterback. Both teams have had solid running backs, with a decent O-line. The two teams have also had defenses with star players. Lions have had players like Ndamukong Suh, Ezekiel Ansah, Darius Slay, Glover Quinn, De...