Maybe McVay is a great offensive mind but he is abrasive and seems to have a trail of coaches and players he's rubbed the wrong way. But if ten years in Detroit didn't break Stafford down mentally, Sean McVay wasn't going to do it. He needed a player like Stafford as much as Stafford needed a ticket out of football purgatory.
It turns out to have been a win for both teams, it also turns out to have been a win for both players. If Detroit wins on Sunday, it will take a little bit more of the shine off of McVay.