Quote:Rodgers, Eli, and Ben have all won rings recently with below average offensive lines, and Peyton's line went to hell after Glenn retired. It is obviously preferable to have the '90s Cowboys fronts if you're trying to build a Super Bowl contender, but elite quarterbacks can thrive without a lot to work with.

 

Now, if you have a Drew Bledsoe or a Carson Palmer back there, then you definitely need some Grade A protection if you want to be consistently successful.

 

Also, quarterbacks can singlehandedly earn Pro Bowl invites and fat contracts for mediocre lineman. See: Brees, Drew and Bushrod, Jermon.

 

LOL... quarterbacks certainly do NOT singlehandedly earn any lineman a Pro Bowl.  Wow...

 

Eli has an outstanding line, the others not so much... Rodgers line isn't chopped liver, but Ben has certainly lost years off his career compliments of his line.  Yeah, that's what you want to do to your franchise QB for sure.  That's asinine.  When you find your franchise QB, you better protect him, or you might as well not have one... you're going to lose him due to injury.

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