(11-26-2019, 06:45 PM)rfc17 Wrote: The league has been ruined in the sense that the only thing that matters is your QB.  If you cant find a good QB, you just can't build a consistent winner in the NFL.  You have to give Dave some credit for building a team that was a quarter away from the Super Bowl without having a quality QB behind center.  You have to put together a lot of talent across the board to pull that off.  What Dave ultimately should be criticized for is not being able to find a good QB.  The rest doesnt really matter.  We're hoping Foles is that guy.  Early returns arent great.  He may have stumbled into Minshew but hard to know if he is more than a middle of the pack guy.  Bortles was obviously a miss.  Dave just hasn't found that guy.  Admittedly it's a somewhat hard test to grade GM's on because a big element to finding a QB is luck of the draw.  Some years you get a Bortles, Manziel, Bridgewater draft.  Other years you get a Mahomes, Watson draft.  Our new GM wanted a QB in a year that our best available was Leftwich, Boller, and Grossman.  If only they waited a year, we could have had Eli, Rivers, or Roethlisberger.  A lot of luck in play.

I respectfully disagree. The problem is QBs get lauded when their teammates are playing great and helping to elevate their abilities.

Look at Goff. As soon as the oline stinks he looks horrendous. Same with Foles. Our 2017 offence was underated and highly efficient. Then the oline injuries set in 2018 and every QB since has looked horrendous except minshew and most of his best play is pure playmaking on broken plays.

Brissett is as mediocre as it gets and now he is getting wins, why? A great oline.

Unless you have a brady, manning or Brees you want to spend money on a great oline/D. Phillip Rivers has got nowhere near a championship for example.

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