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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
You’re right. I was more so referring to the fact that the Chiefs never took that route. We were mediocre for a long time and never bothered to risk the biscuit and take the QB and we suffered for decades. “Well if we play good defense, run the ball and get a couple lucky turnovers we have a shot at beating ______”.
You make a good point, though. The Steelers don’t have to be terrible to find their QBotf.
You’re talking about the 2012 Ravens defense? No chance in hell that was one of the best ever. It’s legit not even the best defense Baltimore has assembled in its own history.
The Ravens GM drafted Lamar. Harbaugh also didn’t revamp the offense, though I’ll give him credit for delegating and promoting Roman in order to do so and maximize Lamar’s abilities.
I feel like you’d have the opposite opinion if the Steelers GM had drafted Lamar instead.
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Actually I think I was thinking about the 2008 defense. But whatever, I didn't mean that the 2012 defense was the best ever, just that during his tenure as HC they had one of the best defenses in the NFL. Even still, in 2012 that was a pretty good defense. Good enough to help that team win a SB anyway. Certainly that offense wasn't going to win a SB by itself.
And that's what I meant about revamping the offense; by bringing in Roman. Obviously Harbaugh wasn't going to do it by himself; he's not an offensive guru. But he understood pretty quickly that Lamar wasn't going to be able to run a traditional NFL offense, and took steps, large and sweeping steps, to change the offense to suit his new and very raw QB, correct?
And no, I probably wouldn't have that opinion if PIT drafted Lamar, because I highly doubt that Tomlin would've done what Harbaugh did. I think Tomlin would've tried to make Lamar operate a traditional offense, and ultimately benched him in favor of someone that could. Basically, what Tomlin has been doing since Rothlisberger's retirement with his merry-go-round approach to his QB room.