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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
The organization will either have to nut up or get really lucky.
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This is the exact point I was trying to make the other night: Teams like Pittsburgh
are "lucky". They hadn't drafted a QB in the first round since 1980 and went the entire decade of the 90's with second rate journeyman and a guy that was better suited at wide receiver as their QB. Had the Steelers had any balls and traded for a Steve Young or moved up to draft a guy, they might have TEN Super Bowl rings right now.
Rothlisberger fell into their laps. They didn't make a move to get him. Tom Brady fell into the Patriots laps. They didn't make a move to get him. That doesn't "prove" great ownership or a great front office: It proves that they they were lucky that those players fell to them.
Yet, I've seen people on this forum bash the Giants and Eli Manning and bash the Chargers and Philip Rivers. Hell, at least those two teams MADE something happen. The freaking Chargers took a first round QB in 1998, the 32nd overall pick was a QB in 2001 and they finally got it "right" in 2004.
If the Chiefs don't advance deep into the playoffs, I can't imagine a situation where Clark Hunt does not demand that Slick Scotty acquire a first round QB in 2013.