After today, everyone should understand

[Mr. Scot]

58 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It blows my mind how bad Tepper got duped. He's supposed to be so smart and analytical. He said himself that QB is the only must have position on the roster. Yet he goes out and hires mid-level college coach with minimal NFL experience who had previously won with good defense and decent offense and gives him full control in an increasingly offensive driven league.

Tepper may be brilliant in the world of finance, but damn he's a dumbass in the world of football. 

One of the worst football situations you can be in is having a decision maker who thinks he knows what he's doing when he really doesn't.

What they inevitably end up doing is making "gut" decisions based on what they think they know. Where a wiser person would pause, they push forward because they "feel it".

Unfortunately for us, that's Tepper to a T.

[BrianS]

29 minutes ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

We had a franchise QB. He couldn't get it done. But ask yourself why Joe, Kyler, and Josh can.

To be completely fair, Cam was never going to be enough in that game.

Cam was denied a SB victory by the refs and by an offensive coordinator with no ability to make a simple adjustment.

After 2016, I'm not sure Cam was ever the same guy.  Injuries took their toll and he just didn't ever seem like he got himself back on track.  I think mentally, Cam is a far, far better player now than he was in 2015 but without the physical tools to capitalize on that knowledge, it just doesn't matter.

And since we're talking about great QB's who didn't get it done, are you also saying Dan Marino wasn't good enough?  For those of us who saw Marino play, there's an argument there that he might be the best passer to ever play the game.

A franchise QB is critical.  Yes, 100%.  But it's not everything.  You need other pieces.  You need a good staff.

44 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Yeah, I agree that franchise QB trumps everything. Of course you try to identify one if they exist, but if they don't you have to improve other areas of the team.

This is exactly correct.  If you identify a guy who your scouts believe is a franchise QB, and he's available at your pick, you draft him.  FULL STOP.  Get the guy.  Half the time, your scouts will be wrong, but you cannot let that get in the way of making the pick.

It's when that condition is not true that you draft to assemble a good team.

[frankw]

1 hour ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

We had a franchise QB. He couldn't get it done. But ask yourself why Joe, Kyler, and Josh can.

Mental illness on display again.

[Brooklyn 3.0]

51 minutes ago, frankw said:

Mental illness on display again.

So you're saying Cam wasn't a franchise QB? You're an odd one, Franklin.

[glenwo2]

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[mc52beast]

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