BillsImpossible
04-23-2017, 03:56 PM
Special thanks to TacklingDummy.
Good teams that consistently make the playoffs (NE,GB,Pitts,Den,Indy,NJG,SS)have one thing in common and bad teams (Buf,Browns,NYJ,Bears,Rams,Tenn) have the same thing in common.
And then there are your average teams (Cincy,Baltimore,Miami, Arizona, Washington, Dallas, Atlanta, KC) who had/have average to slightly above average QBs that have good defenses that may make the playoffs 1 year but don't the next.
Teams are built around the QB. Without one you are the Bills. With a average one, you are the Bengals. With a great one, you are the Steelers/Patriots/Packers.
Ben, Brady, Rodgers, and Brees are great.
They are the last of the remaining "elite," NFL quarterbacks.
What's the NFL going to be like once Roethlisberger, Brady, Brees and Rodgers retire?
Derek Carr has the potential to be great.
http://www.nfl.com/player/derekcarr/2543499/profile
Would you call Andrew Luck an "elite," NFL QB?
http://www.nfl.com/player/andrewluck/2533031/careerstats
He's good, but I wouldn't call Luck elite.
Drew Brees is an elite NFL QB, but the Saints are not perennial playoff contenders.
http://www.nfl.com/player/drewbrees/2504775/careerstats
Those are some gaudy numbers. One would think with that kind of elite level of QB play for the Saints they'd be like the Patriots, Steelers and Packers.
So much emphasis is placed upon the QB in the NFL - "Most important position in all of sports," people say.
Is that really true today in the NFL?
Eli Manning, Russell Wilson, and Joe Flacco aren't elite, but they do have Super Bowl rings.
Good teams that consistently make the playoffs (NE,GB,Pitts,Den,Indy,NJG,SS)have one thing in common and bad teams (Buf,Browns,NYJ,Bears,Rams,Tenn) have the same thing in common.
And then there are your average teams (Cincy,Baltimore,Miami, Arizona, Washington, Dallas, Atlanta, KC) who had/have average to slightly above average QBs that have good defenses that may make the playoffs 1 year but don't the next.
Teams are built around the QB. Without one you are the Bills. With a average one, you are the Bengals. With a great one, you are the Steelers/Patriots/Packers.
Ben, Brady, Rodgers, and Brees are great.
They are the last of the remaining "elite," NFL quarterbacks.
What's the NFL going to be like once Roethlisberger, Brady, Brees and Rodgers retire?
Derek Carr has the potential to be great.
http://www.nfl.com/player/derekcarr/2543499/profile
Would you call Andrew Luck an "elite," NFL QB?
http://www.nfl.com/player/andrewluck/2533031/careerstats
He's good, but I wouldn't call Luck elite.
Drew Brees is an elite NFL QB, but the Saints are not perennial playoff contenders.
http://www.nfl.com/player/drewbrees/2504775/careerstats
Those are some gaudy numbers. One would think with that kind of elite level of QB play for the Saints they'd be like the Patriots, Steelers and Packers.
So much emphasis is placed upon the QB in the NFL - "Most important position in all of sports," people say.
Is that really true today in the NFL?
Eli Manning, Russell Wilson, and Joe Flacco aren't elite, but they do have Super Bowl rings.