Originally posted by captveg:
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Originally posted by Leathaface:
A great QB can transcend a mediocore/average roster. Not saying we have a mediocre roster because obviously we don't but the parts around the QB are more interchangeable now than ever.
We don't know if Brock is the type of player who can transcend a mediocre and average roster, because that's not his situation and hopefully won't be anytime soon. What he has done is play really well in a great system with great players around him. No complaints. Who gives a s**t what casual fans or hot take analysts think.
To that point, many greats never showed if they could transcend a mediocre/average roster. Montana, for example, rarely had a mediocre roster. Arguably only the 1980 comeback against the Saints showed he could transcend one. Otherwise his teams were always good to great roster-wise, with only the strike shortened 1982 team being a losing record, non-playoff team.
The 1981 team wasn't anywhere near being a great roster on offense. The had a young Montana in his first year as the starter and Dwight Clark. The rest were okay but not great. They had a terrific defense but even that was built around 3 rookies in the defensive backfield and a midseason trade that brought Fred Dean.
After the Niners beat the Cowboys to go to that first SB Tom Landry said "It has to be Montana. There's nothing else there."