iinii Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 2 hours ago, jaybee said: According to the internet which I don't find particularly reliable I found that the five highest-paid quarterbacks are Jimmy Garoppolo, Matt Stafford, Derek Carr, Andrew Luck and Aaron Rodgers. The combined record of these five quarterbacks through 15 games is 28 - 46. Yes there have been injuries to some extent. So based on that quick data point perhaps a quarterback does not mean as much as many would make you think. I don't know if we have a good quarterback or not at this point but there is much more to winning football games than having a good quarterback apparently. I fully expect 100% negative, disagreement and inflammatory replies to the post since that's pretty much all we do here. Enjoy! It is called supply and demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 2 hours ago, KD in CA said: Yes great QBs are worth the money. They give your team a chance to win and they fill the stands. I'm not sure why you choose to list the five highest paid QBs when your question was about the greatest QBs. QBs are not paid based on their ranking vs their peers. They are paid based on potential to improve their team and current market conditions at the time they sign their contracts. Because the salary cap keeps going up and the league keeps making rules to favor QBs, the price for QBs will continue to rise and the QBs who have more recently signed contracts will, in general, be the highest paid for some period of time. Not to mention Tom Brady very selflessly makes little money so the team isn't horrible around him and his would-be monster contract. As you say, can't correlate QB pay rate to QB quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSHMEAB Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 This is a silly question. The answer is yes. The problem is PAYING a QB big money doesn't guarantee great play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: Not to mention Tom Brady very selflessly makes little money so the team isn't horrible around him and his would-be monster contract. As you say, can't correlate QB pay rate to QB quality. Sorry, not to nitpick, but it ain’t “little money”, but it is LESS money. This is kind of the test of what your QB/leader is made of. How rich do you need to be (I know, Tommy has Gi$$elle money too), and how much do you want to win? A. Rodgers will collect his $33 mil/year and lose because they can’t afford talent elsewhere. Oh, and apparently he’s not all that well liked. Hmmm..... Paying the WRONG QB big money is the kiss of death for quite a while! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemma Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I don’t know if great ones are worth the money, but we’ve tried having crappy quarterbacks and that didn’t work at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Oh brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Dude Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 The idiocy of this post makes me wonder what division the OP has been watching for the past 19 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 23 hours ago, jaybee said: According to the internet which I don't find particularly reliable I found that the five highest-paid quarterbacks are Jimmy Garoppolo, Matt Stafford, Derek Carr, Andrew Luck and Aaron Rodgers. The combined record of these five quarterbacks through 15 games is 28 - 46. Yes there have been injuries to some extent. So based on that quick data point perhaps a quarterback does not mean as much as many would make you think. I don't know if we have a good quarterback or not at this point but there is much more to winning football games than having a good quarterback apparently. I fully expect 100% negative, disagreement and inflammatory replies to the post since that's pretty much all we do here. Enjoy! Highest paid isnt really worth much in context. Basically anytime a "franchise type" QB has a contract come up they are going to set a new bar for highest paid QB whether or not they deserve to be. This is mainly due to the cap going up virtually every year and the lack of any real QB options on the market for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi1 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 No one man, nor one position determines what a TEAM is capable of accomplishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 How would we have any useful insight into such a question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTLBillsfan Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 One thing that I noticed is once a team gives a quarterback the big contract, often, but not always his play regresses a bit. In some cases it is a "I got my money so I don't have to work as hard" mentality. In most of the cases it is that the big contract uses up so much cap space that the teams have to cut back on other positions (offensive line, receivers etc) I have seen many times when a QB, or any other position for that matter gets a huge payday the team does not play as well overall. I think one of the reasons for the Patriots long success with Brady is he has not been one of the top paid quarterbacks despite having by far the best resume. He takes less money so they can build the team around him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 (edited) On 12/28/2018 at 12:34 PM, BlueandRed said: There is only one great qb on your list. The others are not worth it. Tom Brady may go down as the lowest paid Elite quarterback in NFL history. And then you've got mediocre scrubs like Kirk Cousins who are so overpaid. Blows the mind. Edited December 29, 2018 by LABILLBACKER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said: Tom Brady may go down as the lowest paid Elite quarterback in NFL history. And then you've got mediocre scrubs like Kirk Cousins who are so overpaid. Blows the mind. Timing timing timing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerome007 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Bradford, Cousins, seem a mistake to me. Still not as much a mistake as Dareus and Star... Brady, Brees, Rodgers, Luck... you pay them for sure. Most important position in football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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