(01-19-2023, 09:42 AM)JagFan81 Wrote: Was watching Rich Eisen and he made a good point about AFC QB's in the playoffs. He was saying from 2004-2014 the final 4 QB's in the AFC playoffs were usually Brady, Manning and Roethlisberger and the 4th would change. Obviously it wasn't that 3 every year but they were usually up there.

The last 2 years in the AFC playoffs final four QB's has had Mahomes, Allen and Burrow and says he feels this is the new trio that will dominate the last 4 spots. He was saying its Lawrence this year, but it could have been Herbert or Lamar and that 4th spot seems to be the one up for grabs.

I feel Lawrence is going to be as good as Mahomes, Allen or Burrow and can take a team deep in the playoffs, for me the big difference is those other teams have more experience and have had more time to fine tune a roster that's consistently strong. That's our challenge for me, giving Lawrence a roster on both sides of the ball that can compete with any team in the league and that will come. We have the HC to win it all.

I heard that segment too...

The level of competency between these 5 QBs  (Hahomes, Burrow, Allen, Lawrence, Jackson) are so close that it'll come down to how well managed and coached the rest of the teams are that will determine the final 4 grouping of divisional playoff teams for a while.  

Right now, it looks like the Bills and the Bengals may have personel issues that could cause them to stumble from year to year.  And to be honest, untill I see how Baalke does with our cap situation, we may be a tad inconsistent as well.  However, the 5 QBs I mentioned will always be in the playoff picture deep into december for years to come.  It just will be difficult to determine who will beat who in the wildcard rounds from year to year.

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