Quote:Sure there are lots of ways, but you still have to do it.

 

Also it's been more than a decade since Brad Johnson won that Superbowl. I think we can fairly label it a dramatically unusual outlier in an NFL which is continually tilting the field in favor of elite QBs.

 

Also let's not put Dalton on Flacco's level. You can say that Flacco won because he had a great team around him, but he still won. He has never been a 1 and done QB in the playoffs in his career, and that's all Dalton has ever done. It's not like the Bengals don't have a very very strong roster of players around him.

 

The Brad Johnson specific example may be an outlier sure, but what about the Eli Manning two Super Bowls in 2008 and 2012? Or Flacco last season and Wilson this past season? Those teams won with the Quarterbacks that they had and a strong overall roster. If you keep swinging for a Franchise guy and missing, you are depriving yourself of a chance to build a strong roster. By the way, did you notice that Eli's team beat the elite Tom Brady and Wilson beat the elite Peyton Manning?

 

It ain't just the Quarterback. He's a big part and might be the biggest part but he has to have a strong roster around him to win it all.

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