Oh really? Rattle off the list of elite RBs that have won Super Bowls without any reaches like “RAY RICE THO” - revisionist history is dumb.
Show me the elite WRs that have won Super Bowls recently
I can give you a list of elite pass rushers
Every RB with an elite season since Emmitt in 1995:
Terrell Davis had over 4000 yard from scrimmage in back to back Super Bowl seasons.
Marshall Faulk had 1300 rushing and 1000 receiving in the rams super bowl year.
Jamal Lewis had over 1600 scrimmage yards in only 13 starts in 2000. Mindboggling for a rookie. Remember they had no passing game, teams would line up 8 in the box and he would steamroll them. Arguably nearly as impressive as his 2k yard season.
Corey Dillon had 1635 rushing yards(!) in 2004 and a won the ring
Marshawn Lynch had a combined 3200 yards from scrimmage in 2013&2014 and came 1 horrible playcall away from winning back to back rings. Not winning doesn’t count, but I’m listing it because the irony is they would have won if they DID use their elite back.
It doesn’t have to happen every year to debunk the concept that it can’t happen.
Obviously Holt and Bruce in 1999.
Keyshawn by 2002 had 1000 yards in 4 of the last 5 seasons including that one.
The Giants basically won in 2007 because Plaxico was destroying everyone. They don’t get close without him, which was proven in 2008 when they Started hot, he shot himself and then they bottomed out. Dline had a lot to do with that ring, but they still had Tuck and Osi and couldn’t save the season. Plaxico made them go on O.
They did the same thing again in 2011 when Victor Cruz had 1500 yards and Hakeem Nicks had 1200. Cruz wasn’t top of the nfl for long, but he absolutely was that year.
Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne are both going to the hall of fame, they combined for 2700 receiving yards and 21 tds in 2006.
Gronk is basically used as a WR for NE as he’s not the world greatest blocker, but if you don’t count him then he adds 2 rings to the elite TE list.
Elite implies top performer at your position, and absolutely every one of these examples were in contention for that in their super bowl years.