SportsAndLady;1784417 wrote:"Ask Brady, Roethlisberger, Brees, Manning, etc,"
I really fucking hate when people say that. THEY ARE ELITE QUARTERBACKS. No fucking shit they can win without 3 pro bowl linemen, an elite defense, an elite WR, etc. They make up for holes in your roster, BECAUSE THEY ARE ELITE QUARTERBACKS.
The intention is to draft that elite QB, correct?
Hell, you can use the bottom tier teams, who seem to have found their franchise guy, as examples. Carr, Winston, Mariota & Bridgewater don't have 3 Pro Bowl lineman but they are doing fine.
And if you put those original QB's behind lines that don't at least have serviceable linemen, they aren't going to be "elite." You don't need the best of the best at every position on the O-Line. You are going to have what are considered weak links.
I don't want Mack & Schwartz to leave either but the Browns shittiness has pretty much sealed the franchise's fate as to whether players want to stay here. Mack and, more importantly (while he's still young), Schwartz probably look at Joe Thomas and think "I don't want to be like that on my last contract (never tasted consistent winning or at least one playoff appearance). Can't say that I blame them.