Proof that Teams Are Wasting Their Players Prime Years and Windows

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http://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2016/8/17/12527906/nfl-teams-are-wasting-all-of-their-top-players-primes

The list:

Rodgers, Brady, Manning, Big Ben, Joe Thomas, Matt Ryan, Drew Brees, Cam Newton, Phillip Rivers, Tony Romo, Eli Manning, Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas, OBJ, Andrew Luck, Russell Wilson, Derek Carr.

[run pMc]

They can't all be winners.

[beveaux1]

I like this. A little tongue in cheek, but true for fans everywhere.

[smuggler]

I mean, this is actually true of Andre Johnson, Barry Sanders. Hah

[texaspackerbacker]

They can't all be winners.

hahahahaha They aren't all Aaron Rodgers either. In fact, with the possible exception of Brady - whose prime years have been supported pretty well, none of the guys mentioned come close (well, I suppose Peyton does/did, but arguably he got a lot more talent around him too.

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hahahahaha They aren't all Aaron Rodgers either. In fact, with the possible exception of Brady - whose prime years have been supported pretty well, none of the guys mentioned come close (well, I suppose Peyton does/did, but arguably he got a lot more talent around him too.

Brady went more than a decade between Super Bowl wins, as the quotes in the article mercilessly complain about.

[Fritz]

They can't all be winners.

Everyone's a winner, baby, that's no lie!

[Cheesehead Craig]

Everyone's a winner, baby, that's no lie!

[Bretsky]

hahahahaha They aren't all Aaron Rodgers either. In fact, with the possible exception of Brady - whose prime years have been supported pretty well, none of the guys mentioned come close (well, I suppose Peyton does/did, but arguably he got a lot more talent around him too.

THIS

[Bretsky]

Brady went more than a decade between Super Bowl wins, as the quotes in the article mercilessly complain about.

and Eli has two wins and he's not near elite
Does that go back to the GM ?

[beveaux1]

and Eli has two wins and he's not near elite
Does that go back to the GM ?

Well, in both wins for Eli, they went through Green Bay in games the Packers were heavily favored. The Giants failed to do anything in the years following those wins. The personnel for the Packers did not appear to be the problem, as they reached the playoffs in 8 of the 9 years and won a super bowl. Sometimes it's just the team that has the hottest hand on a given day. Maybe we'll have the hottest hand this year.

[beveaux1]

Having top notch personnel will get you into the playoffs because the peculiar bounces of the oblong ball will be somewhat normalized over the course of a 16 game season. The playoffs are a one and done. A tipped ball interception or a fumble that we fail to recover or an injury to a key player can be the difference in a win or a loss.

I don't buy the argument that this team consists of Rodgers and that we have almost no talent anywhere else, any more than I buy the argument that with Rodgers playing, it doesn't matter who the coaches are, we would still get into the playoffs. A superstar quarterback doesn't guarantee a ticket to the playoffs. Favre had years he didn't make the playoffs. Brees has had years he didn't make the playoffs. Big Ben has had years he didn't make the playoffs. In all cases, either personnel was lacking due to injury, age, or GM failure, or coaching had a hand in their poor season.

It's remarkable that we have made the playoffs 8 consecutive years. In some of those years, we have been favored to get to the Super Bowl. In five of those years, we lost on the last play of the game to be eliminated. This has been an amazing run, and I, for one, am not wanting to see either GM or head coach replaced.

[Upnorth]

Having top notch personnel will get you into the playoffs because the peculiar bounces of the oblong ball will be somewhat normalized over the course of a 16 game season. The playoffs are a one and done. A tipped ball interception or a fumble that we fail to recover or an injury to a key player can be the difference in a win or a loss.

I don't buy the argument that this team consists of Rodgers and that we have almost no talent anywhere else, any more than I buy the argument that with Rodgers playing, it doesn't matter who the coaches are, we would still get into the playoffs. A superstar quarterback doesn't guarantee a ticket to the playoffs. Favre had years he didn't make the playoffs. Brees has had years he didn't make the playoffs. Big Ben has had years he didn't make the playoffs. In all cases, either personnel was lacking due to injury, age, or GM failure, or coaching had a hand in their poor season.

It's remarkable that we have made the playoffs 8 consecutive years. In some of those years, we have been favored to get to the Super Bowl. In five of those years, we lost on the last play of the game to be eliminated. This has been an amazing run, and I, for one, am not wanting to see either GM or head coach replaced.

Very well said. I firmly agree with most of this statement!

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and Eli has two wins and he's not near elite
Does that go back to the GM ?

Nope, goes back to a coach who has been snookered 4 times in the playoffs. I give him a pass on 2007 because his QB decided he was too cold.

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Anyone who thinks a superstar QB automatically gets you to the playoffs on a regular basis needs to reckon with Dan Fouts and Phillip Rivers.