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Originally Posted by Pocket$ $traight
You are displaying the thinking that got us into this position. Our problem is not our quarterback. You think Orton, Sanchez or hell Manning or Brady would have been any different last night? I have seen the body language that Campbell displayed before, he looked exactly like Patrick Ramsey. He was a punching bag and was just waiting for the hits to come.
What did Gibbs with with? It wasn't the QB, it was the line. The only constant of our dominating teams was the offensive line.
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Its a different game today than in Gibbs's day. It is much more Pass oriented. Out of the top 17 QB's with the top passer ratings, none of those teams have a losing record, and SD and Balt are the only teams who are 3-3. Also 10 out of those 17 were first round QB's. I am well aware that a QB does not solve all the problems, but it helps out significantly more than any other position. We just missed on talent when drafting our guys. I don't think JC is the worst, but I also think he is not capable of taking us to a superbowl.
Yes I do think Manning or Brady would have been better. Manning has played behind a shit offensive line before and still worked wonders. Last year Rothlesberger played behind arguably one of the worst lines in the league.
Just for the record, I am a believer in the offensive line, but I think one out of 5 pieces of an O-line is not as important as the guy getting the ball every play. An offensive line is pretty much only as strong as it's weakest member while a QB can make things happen any given play.