Tical21":3t0kts3b said:
Every year, if you take the top 12 or 13 QB's for that season, 10 of them make the playoffs, sometimes more. Every year.
Like I said, there are bad teams with tons of cap room that would throw 25 million per year on a 6 year deal for a young QB with the talent level and leadership of Russell. Therefore, any thought of us getting him for much less than 20, are absurd. I'm thinking the number is around 22 per. The dude won a Super Bowl in his second season. CHING CHING.
Sure, but what metric are we using for the best QBs? Obviously winning and getting to the playoffs elevates their status. I mean, if you say that ten of the best make the playoffs, I have a hard time arguing that, because they made the playoffs.
-Flacco made the playoffs last year. All though his post season run was great, his season play was horrible.
Now onto this year...
-Dalton? Decent season this year, yet again horrendous playoffs.
-Andrew luck still carries the status of super star best franchise QB ever, and yet for two seasons, his stats are of the mediocre variety. But he made the playoffs both years. I wouldn't consider him top ten in the league though until he proves he can limit turnovers and not throw games away.
-kaep? The one trick, one read pony? Top ten? I guess if you want to argue that, but it's possible to argue the reverse as well.
-Alex smith? Didn't turn the ball over, which is good. That's all he did. Half his TDs were on screen plays for god sake.
-Rivers finally had a decent season in forever. I'd pit him in top ten from last year. But let's see a second year of similar production.
I guess it comes down to the same 4 guys that do make it. Peyton. Brady. Bree's. Rodgers.
Those 4 are not the norm, and if you pay any QB like they are before they have a proven history, you are selling the farm.
I mean, honestly, all 4 of them didn't even get there major pay days until later into there careers.
Back to the original point. Chicken and the egg. Besides those 4' the top ten QBs that make it to the Playoffs every year changes all the time. But it's easy to say that in that season, the top ten made it. Well of course they did.