Re: Satruday Down South: Cable not dying. It's dead.
You do need a QB who can win you those games and it's much easier with a great QB. I think we need to look at some context though. Brady is paired with arguably the greatest HC of all time and is on an incredible stretch that is probably the best in history. Peyton was terrible when he won his 2nd super bowl. I still don't think you can put Wilson in the Brady, Brees, Rodgers category. And you can't just look at the winners you also have to look at who made it there. Matt Ryan and Cam Newton are great and had MVP seasons but both have had sub par years and are in no way on Brady level. Colin Kaepernick isn't even on a team anymore. Also, one of those Wilson super bowls they completely shut down Manning who was having arguably his best statistical season.
I get that you need a QB but couldn't you make a similar argument for College? Most teams that win championships have an elite QB, incredible recruiting or both. Look at the QBs who have won championships. Who has won a title with just an average QB besides us?
I looked up the numbers and Alabama ranked 16th in points per game at 38.8 and Falcons led the NFL with 33.8 and Saints were 2nd at 29.3Well Alabama is Alabama -- the talent discrepancy is obviously going to lead to bigger PPG totals when you're dealing with the preeminent team in a sport where recruiting is how players are acquired with 120 FBS programs... Obviously in a draft/FA/salary cap sport like the NFL with only 32 teams you'd expect a far more balanced sport. I guess I'm talking in more relative terms here. Even if elite NFL teams don't bulldoze most of their competition the way Alabama, Ohio State, etc. do they continue to dominate the sport in relative terms.
I mean, since 2003 these QBs have won the 14 Super Bowls:
Brady x5
Roethlsiberger x2
Peyton Manning x2
Eli Manning x2
Drew Brees
Aaron Rodgers
Joe Flacco
Russell Wilson
That's probably 11 of the 14 won by future Hall of Famers. Only Eli Manning (who might get into the HOF anyway) and Joe Flacco have won SBs as "average" QBs. Heck, from 2001 to 2016 three QBs (Manning, Brady, Roethlisberger) represented the AFC in 14 out of 16 SBs. Sure, these teams have lots of talent but the QB is the driving force. You put Peyton Manning on some other decent team during that span and they're absolutely making the same runs the Colts made IMO.
You do need a QB who can win you those games and it's much easier with a great QB. I think we need to look at some context though. Brady is paired with arguably the greatest HC of all time and is on an incredible stretch that is probably the best in history. Peyton was terrible when he won his 2nd super bowl. I still don't think you can put Wilson in the Brady, Brees, Rodgers category. And you can't just look at the winners you also have to look at who made it there. Matt Ryan and Cam Newton are great and had MVP seasons but both have had sub par years and are in no way on Brady level. Colin Kaepernick isn't even on a team anymore. Also, one of those Wilson super bowls they completely shut down Manning who was having arguably his best statistical season.
I get that you need a QB but couldn't you make a similar argument for College? Most teams that win championships have an elite QB, incredible recruiting or both. Look at the QBs who have won championships. Who has won a title with just an average QB besides us?
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