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[ChiefsCountry]

Now is the perfect time to get the QB. You never know when you will be in the top 5 again to select one. We have the LT, we have the WR, get the QB. A defense can be built easier than an offense, next year is loaded with defense prospects. Its the perfect time, I dont know what is so ****ing hard to understand for you dipshits.

[jeffp12]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Now is the perfect time to get the QB. You never know when you will be in the top 5 again to select one. We have the LT, we have the WR, get the QB. A defense can be built easier than an offense, next year is loaded with defense prospects. Its the perfect time, I dont know what is so ****ing hard to understand for you dipshits.

Again, fast with the insults. There is very little certainty in things like this. Pretending to have all the answers is a clear sign that you don't fully grasp the situation.

Look at super bowl record.

Last year, Eli Manning won, was a top pick, except that the Defense was clearly the best part of the giants, they stopped the patriots, and Eli was a game manager. And don't forget that the Giants had run Kurt Warner out of town in favor of Manning. Had they really given Warner a chance, do you think they still could have won the super bowl? I do. They got him easily in free agency.

Two years ago Peyton and the Colts won the super bowl, here's a good example of a #1 pick paying off.

Then the Steelers, Ben was picked late in the first round, also bumps up the drafting QB idea, though again, Ben was a game manager, completed only 9 passes in the super bowl, they ran the ball well and have a great defense. I'd much rather pick Troy Polamalu than Ben Roethlisberger.

Then we have 2 Tom Brady Patriots, picked up in the 7th round. The patriots until last season were a run first, pass second, play great defense kind of a team, and they won 3 super bowls, including the upset of the high flying rams with an amazing offense.

Between there we have the Brad Johnson led Buccaneers with a great defense, John Lynch, Warren Sapp, Simeon Rice, Derrick Brooks, etc.

Then in 2000 you have the Trent Dilfer led Ravens with an amazing defense.

in 99 you have the Rams amazing offense winning a super bowl, though with undrafted Kurt Warner. People forget how good their defense was too, it wasnt dismal, it was till middle of the pack, and they had, by the way, Orlando Pace at LT

in 98 and 97 you have the John Elway Broncos winning back to back, however, you'll see that they did so with solid running game and solid defense, something the broncos lacked earlier in Elway's career.

in 96 you have the Favre led Packers, Brett was a 2nd round pick and then traded. The packers had a solid defense including Reggie White.

If you go back farther you get lots of Cowboys and 49ers, who had top QB's but also had great Defenses and ran the ball really well.

Sure a great QB helps, but is only a piece of the puzzle. There are many many examples of teams with solid running games and great defenses that do very well without a great qb, but a team with a great qb and a mediocre defense doesn't have a great track record.

Look at the Redskins of the 80's, They won 3 super bowls with different QBs, the Giants won 2 super bowls with 2 different qbs.

The consistent element of great teams are great defenses and solid running games. The great quarterback is much less of a necessity.

Look at the chiefs of the 90's, yeah they didn't win much in the postseason, I'll give you that, but that had a solid defense, they pounded the run and they had the best winning percentage of anyone in the 90's. Look at the Steelers over the past 15 years. A great defense, a solid running game, and a series of game managing quarterbacks and they've gone to 3 super bowls.

I'm looking at this track record and deciding that I'd rather focus on the defense than the offense, and especially the quarterback.