Quote:Providing a QB balance doesn't necessarily make him a game manager.  It helps to make him successful.

 

I doubt Polian envisioned Peyton Manning to be a game manager when he drafted Edgerrin James the next year,

John Elway didn't win anything until he had a stud rushing attack behind him.

Brett Favre wasn't a game manager, either, but he didn't win anything until Dorsey Levens established himself as a legit rushing threat.

Big Ben can throw the ball all over the place, but that did not stop the Steelers from adding a guy like LeVeon Bell.

While he never won a Super Bowl, Phillip Rivers is hardly considered a game manager, and he had LaDanian Tomlinson behind him for much of his career.