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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 669030">...while being in and out of the lineup with hamstring and sports hernia injuries.  So consider it a Lynch who was not himself.  Perhaps I should have said, "Seattle was not the same team without Beast Mode", but I resist using nicknames, particularly the less than clever or self-promoted ones.If one looks over the last 5 Super Bowls, for instance, most of the starting QBs have been less than elite, including the dead armed 2015 version of Manning.  I question whether Newton is elite...we need to see follow-up and a little less "look at me" immaturity to grant him that designation.  In each of the less-than-elite instances there is a consistent factor at work...a top defense.You have to go back to 2010 to see two elite QBs paired in the SB.  Even so, they were supported by 2nd. and 5th ranked D's in terms of yards, 1st. and 2nd. in scoring using the conventional method, and 2nd. and 4th. in takeaways.Now, if you ask me if I'd prefer Rodgers at $21 mil per year or the variety of good, mediocre or speculative QBs making $16 mil or more per year (<a href="http://overthecap.com/position/quarterback/" target="_blank">http://overthecap.com/position/quarterback/</a>) the choice would be obvious.But recent history shows there are ways to skin the cat that do no include an elite QB.  It should be fairly obvious.</blockquote>

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