11-13-2018, 12:13 AM
(11-13-2018, 12:08 AM)Whatever Wrote: The starting QB's run the gamut. You have first ballot HoF'ers like Brady, Peyton, Brees, and Rodgers. You have journeyman scrubs like Trent Dilfer, Brad Johnson, and Nick Foles. You have good, but not great QB's that can play at a high level with elite talent around them and/or win when supported by a great defense like Eli, Flacco, and Warner. By the numbers, you have a much better chance of winning with what would be considered an elite QB. That can be a tad misleading, as most would consider Ben Roethlisberger in the elite category, but he hasn't won a SB without an elite defense. He certainly wasn't elite when he won his first ring. Similarly, Peyton Manning was totally washed up and nowhere close to elite when he won his second ring with the Broncos.
Searching the GM's would take a lot of time. I can tell you there's no owner/GM's in there.
Scouting departments are pretty much impossible to determine. They are basically validated by team results, and even that can be misleading. The scouts may do a great job of grading and ranking prospects and the GM reaches on need or panicks and trades the farm when there's a run on QB's.
Team building philosophy also varies. Some teams focused on offense, others on defense, and others struck a balance.
Every team values OL, but the importance varies. The Eagles last year are the first SB winner since the 2010 Saints to have multiple OL make the Pro Bowl.
The journeyman QB's are few and far between and they're generally on teams with insanely good defenses and that was in an era where offenses didn't dominate like today.
Exactly on the Owner/GM point. Those teams generally aren't very good.
Our scouting dept is much smaller than the Steelers/Ravens/Patriots. I can tell you that.
The Bengals don't value offensive line positions outside of Tackle. That's interesting on the Pro Bowl statistic.
