Quote:Do we have a franchise QB? You can build around a great RB and franchise QB if you can draft good enough

It goes back to my question a while back about if we are wanting to be good, or just not be bad. If you build your offense around a 1st round RB, and it's not one of the many highly picked RB busts, then you can create a not bad team. You're just not going to get better than that unless you become a lucky outlier. Building with the hopes of becoming an outlier is not good policy. 

 

Build as if you're building around a franchise QB, and then if/when you get one you will be good to go. If you don't get one then it doesn't matter either way. 

 

And certainly no one is saying don't build the defense. I'm simply saying don't spend a highly valuable pick and an entire offensive identity around the position with the shortest life span, the shortest peak years, the most injuries, and the longest injuries. A position with those traits needs to be the last piece of the puzzle not the one of the first and certainly not one of the biggest. 

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