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I’ve read many posts and articles on Sam Howell, most proclaiming that it’s too early to tell what he is or is not on the professional level, which is absolutely true if you’re looking at the level of competency as your marker. While it is vitally important that your QB maintains some level of competency, the higher the better, competency isn’t the primary marker used to judge your QB… Team Fit is that marker.
Before I go on, let me remind you of a few other things that lend themselves to this discussion. (Apologies to those who would prefer Dr Seuss over Tolstoy)
1. How to build your team… some argue that you build the team first then get your QB while others insist that getting that guy at QB is the first thing that you do.
2. The ultimate goal is long annual playoff runs and championships
3. There are 3 basic types of QBs
A. Generational talents… These guys not only answer all questions but elevate the play of everyone around them. They are indeed rare and comprise about 3-5% of the league.
B. Highly competent in a system that fits their distributive talents… Every one of these guys are dependent upon how well they fit on a team that’s built to win. They can be found on teams stocked with dominant players elsewhere in key positions. (Think Brock Purdy and the 49ers, Stafford being traded to the Rams, etc.) These guys aren’t as rare but you’d have to have an imaginative, highly proficient, management team to pull it off. Right now I’d say that they make up approximately 20-25% of the league but putting Purdy, Stafford, and a couple of others aside most are not a very good fit where they currently work.
C. Everyone else… Primarily identifiable as Journeymen to good enough to start in the NFL… They are usually backups or starters who give you moments of hope but either don’t have the team around them to be more than average or don’t have the skill set to elevate team play. This group makes up approximately 70-77% of the league.
The Commanders don’t have a dominating offensive line, they don’t have stud game-changing skill players at any position on the offense side of the ball and their current starting QB isn’t the type to elevate the play of anyone currently on this team. Can they win games with him... absolutely, but remember the goals outlined in #2 above. Since the focus on this board has been Sam Howell, ask yourself the one glaring question about him after considering the current makeup of this team… is he the type that best fits this team if the goal is consistent playoff runs and championships?
Is he a generational talent? …No!
Is he on a team built to win? …No!
Is he on a team that has game-changing players? …No!
Is he the type that can elevate the play of his current teammates? … No!
(Let me know if there is a type that I've not identified)
Before I go on, let me remind you of a few other things that lend themselves to this discussion. (Apologies to those who would prefer Dr Seuss over Tolstoy)
1. How to build your team… some argue that you build the team first then get your QB while others insist that getting that guy at QB is the first thing that you do.
2. The ultimate goal is long annual playoff runs and championships
3. There are 3 basic types of QBs
A. Generational talents… These guys not only answer all questions but elevate the play of everyone around them. They are indeed rare and comprise about 3-5% of the league.
B. Highly competent in a system that fits their distributive talents… Every one of these guys are dependent upon how well they fit on a team that’s built to win. They can be found on teams stocked with dominant players elsewhere in key positions. (Think Brock Purdy and the 49ers, Stafford being traded to the Rams, etc.) These guys aren’t as rare but you’d have to have an imaginative, highly proficient, management team to pull it off. Right now I’d say that they make up approximately 20-25% of the league but putting Purdy, Stafford, and a couple of others aside most are not a very good fit where they currently work.
C. Everyone else… Primarily identifiable as Journeymen to good enough to start in the NFL… They are usually backups or starters who give you moments of hope but either don’t have the team around them to be more than average or don’t have the skill set to elevate team play. This group makes up approximately 70-77% of the league.
The Commanders don’t have a dominating offensive line, they don’t have stud game-changing skill players at any position on the offense side of the ball and their current starting QB isn’t the type to elevate the play of anyone currently on this team. Can they win games with him... absolutely, but remember the goals outlined in #2 above. Since the focus on this board has been Sam Howell, ask yourself the one glaring question about him after considering the current makeup of this team… is he the type that best fits this team if the goal is consistent playoff runs and championships?
Is he a generational talent? …No!
Is he on a team built to win? …No!
Is he on a team that has game-changing players? …No!
Is he the type that can elevate the play of his current teammates? … No!
(Let me know if there is a type that I've not identified)