BobDigital
Pro Bowl Player
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It occured to me we are about to see something nearly absolutely unprecedented. We are about to see a salary cap NFL absent Tom Brady and absent a lot of great QBs. Before Brady came into the league, there was a last gasp of the old guard with Elways and Young (kind of... but I won't get into that) winning some of the first salary cap super bowls. We also saw some future greats like Farve and Warner, who while not all time greats, had HOF level talent. They were mostly able to hold it down, while the one of the all time Ds stole one for one of the worst SB winning QBs of all time in Dilfer. Since that time, while at points the QB field in the middle has been weak, overall the top was very solid. Peyton, Brees, Rodgers, Ben, Wilson... Occasionally the rare non-HOF guys like Eli, Flacco and Foles stole one when things fell their way and they got hot, but overall the top tier of QBs has held it down.
We are about to see what the NFL has truly wanted every since we went to a hard cap. A league where it is more wide open. Where any team truly has a good chance any year. As I look around in this league now, I ask myself, which are the great QBs gate keeping the promised land?
Mahomes? Sure. Wilson? I guess. Allen? Maybe he is at that level? Rodgers? Seems like he already missed his best chances and i doubt he will have as good of ones again. It's clear at the very least that for the first time the top crop of QBs in the NFL looks unable to truly keep the 2nd tier guys out like QBs of the past could. Both Stafford and Burrow getting in (while good, they aren't great) as a sign of this.
I think for a time we are about to see an NFL where HOF QBs don't dominate the big game like they use to. This is what the NFL wanted, but I wonder if it is good or bad for the game. While this last game was competitive, it didn't feel like a super bowl play wise. There were a number of splash plays but it seems like a lack of excellence from either side from the QB spot brought the over all entertainment value down.
We are about to see what the NFL has truly wanted every since we went to a hard cap. A league where it is more wide open. Where any team truly has a good chance any year. As I look around in this league now, I ask myself, which are the great QBs gate keeping the promised land?
Mahomes? Sure. Wilson? I guess. Allen? Maybe he is at that level? Rodgers? Seems like he already missed his best chances and i doubt he will have as good of ones again. It's clear at the very least that for the first time the top crop of QBs in the NFL looks unable to truly keep the 2nd tier guys out like QBs of the past could. Both Stafford and Burrow getting in (while good, they aren't great) as a sign of this.
I think for a time we are about to see an NFL where HOF QBs don't dominate the big game like they use to. This is what the NFL wanted, but I wonder if it is good or bad for the game. While this last game was competitive, it didn't feel like a super bowl play wise. There were a number of splash plays but it seems like a lack of excellence from either side from the QB spot brought the over all entertainment value down.