Lurk McGurk
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I don't disagree with that at all. I am only saying that a HOF QB that had proven himself in the playoffs with a good or good+ defense is a VERY dangerous thing to face in the playoffs.One point where I am going to slightly disagree on the above statement is the Brady and Bucs Super Bowl.
The real reason why the Bucs won the Super Bowl with Brady had more to do with Brady's off the field than on the field activities.
Yes, he was extremely important with his play and especially taking over as unofficial OC, thereby getting to the Super Bowl.
However; Brady's pied piper act off the field, bringing in a lot of talent for free helping the Bucs fill in any of their potential holes with quality players, like Gronk, Suh, Fournette, McCoy, Perriman, Shaquil Barrett among others, was probably even more important to them winning the Super Bowl. The Bucs had a top 10 rushing defense the year before but then added playmakers both on offense and defense, having two very good WRs already.
Brady was extremely important to the Bucs Super Bowl win, but it was in a way that no other QB could do (perhaps Mahomes might do it if he won another 4 to 5 more Super Bowls and then moving onto another team). This wasn't something new to Brady though because he was very influential for players going to New England to chase a Super Bowl ring before.
That is the formula: HOF QB + good defense = by far the best shot at a SB
The HOF QB part cannot be ignored as part of that formula. Teams should keep trying to find that QB (most do keep trying, hence all of the massive trades). You may get knocked out by another HOF QB with a good defense, but it's most likely going to be that formula that wins in the end.
Looking at my table again, out of those 31 Super Bowls, only 5 of those QBs went to less than FOUR pro bowls. One of those QBs was Stafford, a QB that the Rams made a huge trade for to win that SB. Another 2 of those QBs had ALL TIME great defenses (Bucs and Ravens). That leaves 2 seasons out of 31 where you have a mediocre QB win a SB, without a historic defense. I do not want the Bears to try and be the 3rd. I don't think that's the best approach.