I'd say there are 10-12 QBs playing right now that are good enough to get into the playoffs and compete. Is it high risk, high reward? Sure.  But "insanely rare" and "you hitting the lottery this week" is a large overstatement. As I have mentioned, why would six NFL teams try to take a QB at the top of the draft if it was so impossible?

But talking about QBs specifically is off subject from the original post.  Building on star players as opposed to above-average ones is what you still need to address.

In terms of the Tinhorns:

QB CJ Stroud
OL Laremy Tunsil
DL Will Anderson
WR Nico Collins
CB Derek Stingley

These are stars (or on their way) and fundamental players that the team is/can be built around, all but Tunsil were drafted.

Are there other players that would be difficult to replace? Sure, but losing any of the above players would hurt the team way, way more.

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