Who is Kirk Cousins?

[NoCalHail]

My worry is that in the modern day NFL it is harder to not only build, but maintain a "super" team. This isn't the 80's or even early 90's where you can just hoard talent continually. You draft for 3-4 seasons, need to hit on most picks and then you have that 2-3 year window before the bills come in and you better have replenished the roster with new and equally as good draft picks. That is the only way to do it without an elite QB.

The Patriots have been the most consistent team in the last decade and more, because of their QB. With that said finding a Tom Brady is probably more unlikely than building a contender the other way, but most teams that win consistently it is because the QB is at that elite level and suddenly other pieces on the team become extremely inter-changeable.

I'd rather not be in the situation where you need the rest of the team to be so good everywhere so the margin of error with the QB can be bigger. Look at the Seahawks right now, how quickly they fell from grace. Their defense just got a few steps slower/older and suddenly Russell Wilson's margin for error is tiny, unlike his first few years in the league when he was able to make a fair number of mistakes in games and the team would still win. What is he going to be long term? Who knows. Colin Kapernick? Do people remember that scrub took a team to the Superbowl? Then the roster around him became average and he is probably done forever as a starter.

There are different routes to making a contender, but I still think the most proven way starts with an elite QB.

[DYoungJelly]

Originally Posted by NoCalHail

There are different routes to making a contender, but I still think the most proven way starts with an elite QB.

If we aren't one of the 3 or 4 teams that gets one in a given generation, I could settle for a winning team built the other way.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by NoCalHail

There are different routes to making a contender, but I still think the most proven way starts with an elite QB.

No shit, Sherlock! Do you happen to know where we can get one prior to the start of the 2016 season?