Quote:You can be a good team with a good oline, but you still win Super Bowls with franchise QBs. 

 

You also don't win sustainably with good olines. The salary cap just doesn't allow for it, after only a few years you have to let an Osemele or Sitton go. 

 

If you want to consistently win long term you get a franchise QB. That's still the only way to do it in the salary cap era. 

 

 

I agree with line 1. 

 

I disagree with line 2. Yes, you eventually will lose good O-Linemen to free agency, that's why the best teams are pro-active and consistently draft depth behind those star O-Linemen. That way when they leave, you can replace them with someone of fairly equal value.

 

A good offensive line will always help a franchise QB develop and grow. Part of what has held the Colts back, is that they have a franchise QB in Andrew Luck, but they have a horrendous O-Line. He has to rush his throws and put the ball in very tight windows, just to keep from getting flattened by opposing defenses. The team would go a lot further if they would address the weaknesses at the OT position. 

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