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Originally Posted by splatbass
And I said who gives a shit? QB numbers mean very little as far as being a playoff team, and I PROVED IT. The best teams in the league have QBs with mediocre numbers.
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It's not about stats. However it is about making plays. QB's will in all likelihood have to step up and be a big part of a win to get through the playoffs. Even in the years where QBs who aren't elite won it happened. Flacco played the best football of his life when the Ravens won and they needed him to. They also needed luck. Same thing with the Giants. Eli made some incredible throws in those SB's to beat NE twice. He also had that luck.
If KC expects to get past NE, and possibly beat a SEA, they will need Smith to really step up in those games. No matter how SEA is playing now, I expect them and NE to be incredibly tough to beat in the playoffs. You aren't beating them by just playing not to lose, which is absolutely how I thought we played against NE last year. I hated how that game played out and the game plan the coaches had.
Also, while your post on QB yards bears out your point well, listing Brady as 27th and implying that as part of your support is a little disingenuous. I would have thrown an asterisk on that one.