Game manager. What is that exactly?

[BossChief]

As far as elevating the level of play of those around him...he had almost the same stats with his backups as he did when he had really good perimeter weapons, so I'd say its pretty clear he absolutely did raise the level of play of those around him.

He was working with replacement players at nearly all the crucial spots on offense (both WRs, both OTs, and the RB) and kept the offense moving the ball and scoring points at the same level they did with premier talent at those spots.

The defense, however...