plyka
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theENGLISHseahawk":5w5egx2t said:plyka":5w5egx2t said:Again you're selectively picking olines from 2 teams that won "in recent times." That's not an argument. I can say you can win the Superbowl with a below average QB because Dilfer and that QB from Tampa who sucks so much I don't even remember his name, won rings. Just because you can find an exception to a rule doesn't mean the rule does not exist. This is one reason statisticians rely on blind test cases.
What exactly is wrong with me selectively picking those examples? All my argument has to do is prove that it isn't necessarily a Super Bowl killer to tolerate a bad line. I've done that by listing Green Bay and Pittsburgh.
It's a water tight argument. It doesn't mean any team with a crappy line can win it. It does mean that it's proven if you have enough quality in other areas (which we undoubtedly do) it's no guarantee the world will collapse because you're fielding a bad line.
And again, if people want to say the sky is falling because JJ Watt and (according to Bedard's stats) the best pass rushing defense in the NFL abused a line containing only one player (Sweezy) starting in his intended position, you can do that. I'd argue when Unger, Breno and eventually Okung get back, we won't be having this debate.
What's wrong is that you don't have an argument. No one is saying it is impossible to win the Superbowl with a bad line, just like no one is saying it is impossible to win the superbowl with a god awful QB as Dilfer and the best defense I've ever seen in my life proved (for those kids that think this Seahawk defense can compare with that Ravens defense, you just don't know football). But it is very unlikely to win the superbowl with a god awful QB. I'm not even saying it's impossible to win the lotto, as I know a few people have won in the past --it's just a bad bet to make because the odds are not in your favor.
If you have a point of view and you selectively pick 2 examples out of a large number, this in no way proves your point. Unless of course your point is "it's not impossible" in which case you didn't have to selectively pick those 2, as it is technically NOT impossible for anything to happen (outside of the mathematical or logical). It's technically not impossible for the Hawks to pick me up next week, pick you up as the RB, and we win the superbowl together. Unfortunately, I wouldn't bet on it.