blueblood70
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and when did dak and romo get us over the top that the point man ..rivers got as far as where we end up most years at Best..that the point 9-7 8-8 1-3 6-10 it can be done cheaper until you hopefully find another rookie like Prescott or better mahomes, herbert, falls to you when you least expect it..they were out of the top 5 so who knows..just spitballing..or if you build a good offense, with a good QB, then a good defense (right metrics) could also help accomplish success much easier. as to the point you make, its not a single formula, its which is easier to do. in order to win with guys like Smith, Keenum, McCoy, etc. you need to have a very strong defensive support and lots of strong offensive supporting cast. Denver did it when Manning wasn't at his best, but they had a heck of a defense, with the likes of Ware, Malik Jackson, Talib, Ward, Von Miller (at least two HOFers)....only a couple of them were FAs and the rest were drafted.. Ravens did it and they had at least three HOFers on the team, all of whom were drafted. in one season, they had an all time best defense.....it will take a lot of great players to build a defense to over come short comings of an offense being led by players like Mccoy, Smith or Keenum (btw, none of whom have won) or an Older Manning or Flacco who won with extrmely strong defensive support).....
on the other hand, lots of teams win on a hot QB (foles catching lightning in a bottle) or good QB play and a decent defense.....you need that one player, not 4....a QB makes a lot of difference on the offensive performance as for defense, one single player can't lift a whole defense and have as much impact.
and we saw a retread like rivers....had a really good team around him, great coaching and he flamed out. couldn't get over the top....aging veterans are available for a reason....specially QBs.
we have seen more teams fail, flame out with average QB play than the other way around...
so which odds do you prefer?
put Prescott money and draft picks acquired trading him the next 2 years in the defense and sub in some retreads and hope to then get Dak with the defense , st and coaching hit their strides..
again just hypotheticals..