Seattle is LOADED.

The exception is not the rule.

It basically comes down to, if you pay a QB that much, the margins become super thin and it basically makes it so that the QB you pay that much has to play to that level, all the time.

There are very few QB's in history who can do that AND beat great teams while doing that.

So does Elway now hold the record for most SB losses?

I'm curious as to what the Seahawks (and 9ers) do when it comes time to pay up for some of these guys.

Perfect

Good RBs are not hard to find. There is no excuse for teams not to have 2 or 3 RBs on the roster, and most can be found through the draft.

But there is no excuse for the Steelers to surround Big Ben with Jonathan Dwyer. You saw what a huge difference it made when Laveon Bell was finally healthy. The Steelers' struggles were not because Ben got a massive contract. It's because they completely whiffed on the RB. I would bet that one effective RB draft pick would turn the Giants around too.

Cliff notes needed. And cliff notes of those cliff notes are needed also.

A simple RB isn't turning around those teams. They've got alot of problems defensively and depth wise, which is a direct result of the QBs inflated contract.

Good running games would obviously help take some strain off the QB's, but with that contract, the QB is just going to have to do more.

I'd rather pay for pass rushers as they have proven to have more of an effect on winning SB's lately.

I don't understand your numbers... is that from a chart somewhere that is easier to read?

A simple running back turned the Steelers from one of the worst teams in the league, to one of the hottest teams in the second half.

A simple running back, if you look at Eli's last Super Bowl, turned that team from a struggling bubble playoff team to a Super Bowl winner (Ahmad Bradshaw came on really strong late that year).

What was Ray Rice's YPC this year? A lousy 3.1.

The Seahawks don't win like that without pretty exceptional play from Wilson.

It's about building a TEAM, which you can't do when you're paying a QB $125M...

It will be interesting to see what they do when it's contract time with many of these guys. They built a good nucleus quickly and at the right price. The new cap for rookies was played well.

4 yrs at 2.99m is his contract and he's at the halfway mark... wonder what happens next. Safe to say he's earned a bit of a raise.