Rookie QB Deal Window

[Murdock2420]

(01-30-2021, 09:48 PM)PDub80 Wrote: When you have a QB who is truly elite level, you do not have to have a bunch of high paid skill position guys. Maybe 1 or 2, but that kind of QB will make everyone around him better. He's an elevator.

One of the first things I loved about Burrow was when, in an interview, he discussed learning where each guy wants the ball,  learning their strengths,  etc. He sees that it's his job #1 is to put them in the best position to succeed.

So, I'm not worried about paying the Joe Burrow's of the world. They will pay him and find good players to fit under the cap along with strong young players on rookie deals. Burrow's job is to get them to be great.

^ Think about it like this: With a QB who took a tram friendly deal and a bunch of money spent on skill guys, how did that turn out? Not great, IMO.

One player isn't going to fix a team no matter how good he is. If you look at the elite QB's most people mention, Brees, Brady, Rodgers, and Mahomes as the up and coming guy.

What do those guys all have in common outside of talent? Good teams. Not talking about the players around them, I'm talking good Owners, good coaching, good scouting, etc.

You can win with a Brees like or Wilson like contract on the team if you know what you are doing and have talent you develop and find at other positions... have you ever seen that with the Mike Brown owned Bengals??? 

To better show this point... 

Everyone calls Ben a sure fire 1st ballet HoF QB. Meanwhile, people debate if Rivers will be in. Look at every stat and metric out there and you'll see that Rivers is actually a better QB then Ben. Ben just had the luck of being drafted by a team with an owner committed to winning no matter what, and the chin as a coach, and a cleaner from the local sheriff department to clean up messes and etc, etc, etc...  Rivers goes to Pitt and Ben to San Diego, and pig has zero rings.

The rookie QB window here is a real issue, because once we have to pay Burrow the big money there will start being holes everyone else that we are filling with guys like Sims and Tony Brown.