The Myth of The Franchise Quarterback
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 1:00AM Joe Simmons 
According to Wikipedia, a franchise player is an athlete who is not simply the best player on their team, but a player that the team can build their "franchise" (team) around for the foreseeable future. The misunderstanding that a franchise player is only "the best player on a team" disregards the fact that an inordinately bad team will undoubtedly still employ a player with superior skills, relative to his team. However, such a player could be so bad in comparison to players at large that labeling such a player a franchise player would be inappropriate. It is an elite status, but it is not necessarily a singular position; a large team such as an American football team might have a few franchise players at different positions. The term may be used alongside a particular position name to describe a player, such as a "franchise quarterback".
There seems to be a lot of arguing about the impact of a franchise quarterback and their importance to the team along experts and analysts. Everyone seems to think that a franchise quarterback is necessary to win championships. I agree to a certain extent, but lets not get all caught up in this quarterback mystique. Let’s look at who people argue is the best quarterback in the game. Peyton Manning has been without a doubt the most consistent dynamic quarterback of his generation. Manning however only has won one super bowl in his career.
If you look across the league, the quarterback position is important, but good teams have two things in common; they run the ball and they play good defense. No disrespect to the quarterback position, but teams that have won the Super Bowl has all had very good running attacks in the big game. Look at the one Super Bowl that Manning won. It was a game dominated by Dominic Rhodes. Even when you look at some of the elite quarterbacks that won the championship, they were all matched with some great running backs and a great defense.
Let’s take it back a few more years and look at Brett Favre. Favre in all of his greatness didn’t win but one Super Bowl. One… And he got that one because he had a monster in the backfield in Dorsey Levins and a defense that was led by “the minister” Reggie White.
Some would argue that Tom Brady is the exception, but that would also be a misnomer. The one year that the Patriots were dominant and pass happy, they went undefeated during the regular season, but they got beat in the big game due to their lack of ability to run the ball and control the game after they got a lead.
Naturally there are going to be some exceptions to the rule but it’s interesting to watch teams position themselves to get a franchise quarterback. Watching teams like Chicago mortgage a few picks and players to get a guy like Jay Cutler, or even watching a team like Minnesota deface itself and look desperate to bring in a guy like Brett Favre, you can rest assured that teams would love to have themselves a franchise quarterback. You would think that these teams would have figured out that a good defense and a solid running game is enough to get you close. Then you solidify the passing game. Take a look at the Ravens, Steelers, and Jets. They get close or win it year after year and they do it with defense and running the ball. If you think Ben Roethlisberger is a franchise quarterback, then you are a fool. He just doesn’t hurt his team. They put backups in and still get production because Steeler football is smash mouth football, which means we are going to run, and we are going to play defense.
Others have fallen short as Philip Rivers, Carson Palmer, Matt Schaub, Donovan McNabb and others considered to be franchise quarterbacks have yet to make it happen. If you look at each of them, with the exception of Rivers, they have struggled in the running game. Unfortunately for Rivers, his best running back couldn’t stay healthy when it mattered most.
Now as the NFL draft rolls around everyone is looking for the next franchise quarterback. There may or may not be one available but there are some players who can make a difference out there. If I was on the clock, those are the guys I would look at first. Especially if a guy like Trent Dilfer can win a Super Bowl.
Stay Breezy ~ I’m Out!
Reader Comments (8)
stay breezy...........heck we all might be gettn the hot breeze if this shit with 2012 ends up being true...................
.....................................now this myth has surrounded all of earth and the lil lifeforms in it about the date
MAY 21, 2011........................i was diggn for input and it could make sense..or not...............
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EZEKIEL chapters 38-39.............the destruction of DAMASCUS--the 4th and final ending to SYRIA...
.muslims call for new world order to destroy ISRAEL....
"chief of meschech and tubal" ( RUSSIA ) leads invasion with IRAN ( persia ) "kings of muslim world"..along with
LIBYA, TURKEY ( TOGARMAH ), ETC...to invade ISRAEL.
--an alliance of western nations "the merchants of Tarshish with all its young lions " ( USA and Great Britian )
threatens to oppose any nation attempt to invade ISRAEL..."the tribulation" remember its said that ISRAEL would
become " a nation (usa) and a cup of nations (great britain)...............at this point world war 3 starts or
just starting and the antichrist will arrive.............................................................
FIRST HORSEMEN--white/conqueror with crown--( LION ) PRINCE WILLIAM will soon be king of england and
will rule alongside 10 kings of government to bring peace to ISRAEL.......
SECOND HORSEMEN--red--( BEAR ) V. PUTIN or next RUSSIAN LEADER will lead invasion when time is
right ( towards the end of the tribulation )........
THIRD HORSEMEN--black--( LEOPARD ) president Barrack Obama ( USA ) will continue inflation " revelation chapter 6 "..
FOURTH HORSEMEN--pale--( DRAGON ) unknown man who is the false prophet. a second beast. a son
of perdition "revelations chapter 13"..he will go into the rebuilt temple and declare himself god.......................
.................we at least know the starting point........its when SYRIA falls for the last time and is completely
wiped out.....at this point either syria blows up the " DOME OF THE ROCK " because of revenge sending chaos......
or the palestines do it to set up ISRAEL.......or the russian leader "the chief" to set up ISRAEL.....or the IRANIANS to
set up ISRAEL..........the main goal is to wipe out ISRAEL plain and simple..................so whenever it ends when
the return of jesus happens at least we know from the bible the starting point........................................................
......1948.....1967.....1973..... ? .......... the 4th between SYRIA AND ISRAEL.....and they both are fighting as we speak..............
.................iran almost has a nuclear weapon or already does...................what is to become of egypt ?
EZEKIEL does not talk about SYRIA or EGYPT during this conflict.................................................................................
...............but these nations i have just spazd in do play a big role.......who knows.........stay breezy world......and prey..............
u posted at 1 in the morning.............missed u by 30 minutes..........its fun to be a night owl.............well
sometimes........................
Wildcard my man.. Whats been up besides you predicting that the end of the world is coming? Hope you are living right. I would hate for you to be the reason for everything to come to an end.
I think people put too much emphasis on the quarterback because of the players and games that it has made. The Joe Montanas, Steve Youngs, Troy Aikmans, and yes, good ole Tom Brady are pick as franchise Quarterbacks because of their heroics, but without the Roger Craig (which I am still wondering why he is not in the HOF), Ricky Watters, Emmitt Smith, or Laurence Maroney / Kevin Faulks, plus each team defense were off the chain. Offense scores points, Defense win championships.
hey joe...........its fun making predictions about the end.........tribulations........myths........its fun..........
what iz interesting iz some of my opinions have gotten others attention....whopmever it iz ( government ?
or underground whomever ) trying to hack into my computer finding out who i am.....AND IT AINT WORKING !.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA !
WHOMEVER THEY ARE U NOT FINDING ME..IM DA WILDCARD..............AND I WILL SAY AGAIN TO THOSE
EVIL SATANIC ONES WHO WORK FOR THE DEVIL CAN SUCK MY RED WHITE AND BLUE YOU KNOW WHAT.........
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..............if people dont believe i will tell all of you who gets into this site just like i tell others...........................
........logg into-----prince william coat of arms........and study his history...his bloodline.........that royal family for long
and long generations have claimed they are bloodlined to JESUS.......princess diana bloodline was traced back to the
merovingeans...............and ever since i have chatted with others and all of who, they ( ? ) have been trying to hack my shit..
of course they aint never finding me.....i dont stay at the same place when i chat i move all around..........MMMMMMMmmmm
wonder why our government, the royal family, and these evil leaders want to control the internet....makes you wonder...........
the internet does have alot of bullshit......but also alot of the truth and facts...........how much history waz not taught to us
because of politics, and leaders ?...........there is something going on.............now i dont know if its the end times or
new beggining of what, or if its just fun stuff to gossip about.........but it is interesting.........................................................
also it makes me wonder why some of the sites that had certain info now are gone......its like it waz erased.........................
and the government and evil dictators are good at erasing people when they have info on them............................................
...my Q iz what is the prince hiding.....what iz obama hiding ?........................from my info, donald trump and some secret
partners of his not to long ago waz trying to out bid those hawaiian boys that got paid about 3 million to seal or cover up
obamas birth certificate.........we already know he changed his answers twice about the hospitals he supposedly was born
in....also he and his step parents lied about the address he lived at there.........................................................................
..................from one of my sources ( could be true or false ), i waz told he was born in what iz today known KENYA, africa....
........and was raised by a tribal member or leader in INDONESIA.....his religion is ISLAM............now of course i cant say its
a fact until i get actual proof.......then again, obama and his socialist are doing a good job hiding it........................................
..................but im going to continue to hack others until i find out for myself.......whatever does happen, if i find out i will chat
with you or the others............heck im using someone elses internet access cause its fun....but whomever iz looking for me.....
...........GOOD LUCK.........cause im da WILDCARD......and im never gonna be found................................................................
.........why does donald trump want the presidency so bad anyway ? wonder whats his closet agenda ?...................................
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@smoking ace - man you are right. I have been telling folks that for years. If you look at Marino, he never had a go to back. John Elway didn't get one until he got a go to back. People take it for granted but the Factor Back is real.
Someone never took your AP Gov class.
@RuffRyda
Ha Ha ... I know. It's apparent