Losing Hope

[KINGDIRK]

Is anyone else concerned that we are an average NFL team with a 40 year old QB? That is not a recipe for success. I was/am all for Farve in 2008 and maybe even 2009, due to lack of better options. But lets be serious, we need some sort of franchise QB if we ever want to be a legit team.

Also, a little luck wouldnt hurt too.

In the 2003 draft we traded up to 4....No top QBs there for the taking.

Of course the next year Eli/Rivers/Ben were all there.

In the 2006 draft, we took DBrick....Cutler was available.

At the 2008 draft (b/c we needlessly beat the Chiefs in the final game of the year) we missed out on Matt Ryan.

Here are the starting QBs in the last 5 Super Bowls:

Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Big Ben, Donovan McNabb, Matt Hassleback, Jake Delhomme, Rex Grossman. Sure Delhomme and Grossman suck; but their teams also lost - and havent been heard from since.

[ZachEY]

Is anyone else concerned that we are an average NFL team with a 40 year old QB? That is not a recipe for success. I was/am all for Farve in 2008 and maybe even 2009, due to lack of better options. But lets be serious, we need some sort of franchise QB if we ever want to be a legit team.

Also, a little luck wouldnt hurt too.

In the 2003 draft we traded up to 4....No top QBs there for the taking.

Of course the next year Eli/Rivers/Ben were all there.

In the 2006 draft, we took DBrick....Cutler was available.

At the 2008 draft (b/c we needlessly beat the Chiefs in the final game of the year) we missed out on Matt Ryan.

Here are the starting QBs in the last 5 Super Bowls:

Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Big Ben, Donovan McNabb, Matt Hassleback, Jake Delhomme, Rex Grossman. Sure Delhomme and Grossman suck; but their teams also lost - and havent been heard from since.

Delhomme does not suck.