How true is this statement and does it apply for us?
November 26, 2025
How true is this statement and does it apply for us?
31 comments
Saying the roster doesn’t matter but the GM does is like saying the cake doesn’t matter, just the baker
Well…if your GM is good, the roster is gonna be good. So this kind of feels like saying: you win games by scoring more points than the other team
Maturing in the NFL is realizing the roster matters more than anything else and that every great team has a secret weapon, usually at quarterback.
Everyone else exists to maximize that roster.
Pretty true. Good coaches can make ok players look good, and bad players look ok. Gm has to properly assess what players can fit and be maximized with the good coach.
Of these 3, QB is probably the most overrated, but its still absolutely the most important position, probably by a good bit. They just tend to get too much credit for success, too much criticism for failure, and scheme/coach fit matters for a qb just as much or more than other positions.
As far as applying to us, its seems pretty damn accurate to me.
Legitimately one of the dumbest things I’ve seen in a while.
I think the GM is fine.
I think BY isn’t consistent enough to be a long term starter.
I think Dave schemes to cover up the deficiencies and sometimes that doesn’t work.
I think sometimes the WRs have stone hands and aren’t precise in their routes.
I think it’s hard to win a game with a banged up o-line and two backup linebackers.
I think the 9ers simply have a better roster and are better at gameplanning.
I think Purdy isn’t quite as good as we all initially thought.
Yeah, this is 3am weed-brain take. Wtf are you even talking about, Swift..?
Don’t worry about defensive personnel, doesn’t matter…
Backers, D Line, Secondary. Figure out the rest later
If you can build a top 3 defense, and especially one that just refuses to allow points (duh, I know..) you can have a bottom half offense and still make at least a play off run. The sheer force of allowing 7-14 points a game will win you a lot.
Saying maturing as (fill in the blanks) does not make you smarter 😂
Scoring points doesn’t matter. Touchdowns, field goals, safeties. Figure out the rest later
To me, maturing as an NFL fan is realizing that if your OL and DL suck, your team is going to suck. A good/great OL can make a mediocre backfield look better than they actually are. The inverse would be the Andrew Luck years in Indy. The dude retired early because he was tired of his OL giving up sacks.
Maturing is realizing Oline and Dline are the only thing that matters.
Idk who this guy is but that’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read as far as the NFL goes.
As a Jets fan who for some reason got recommended this, this person forgot “Owner” which is bigger than any of them
This is a very stupidly expressed take – obviously the roster does matter, and if it did not who cares about the GM – but the idea is not entirely stupid.
A good roster can be destroyed by these 3, such as the 2022 and 2023 Jets.
Chicago’s turnaround suggests it’s true
This is what Colin Cowherd was saying years ago. Stupid take that aged poorly. Eagles are the example of nothing but a good GM building deep rosters and winning with different coaches and then figuring out QB at the end
On the QB part, when you get out of Madden/fantasy football/sports betting brain and start just watching a lot of football year after year after year, you’ll realize there is no consistently successful NFL formula that doesn’t include acquiring a franchise quarterback.
There are exceptions here and there, but every year the top eight or so teams in the league are there because they either drafted a franchise QB or acquired one through trade/FA.
The QB position is the great equalizer. Brady, Manning, Mahomes, etc. give me a top-level QB and everything else falls into place that much better.
Look back at Cam’s mvp season. He was the definition of a difference maker.
I believe too much is expected of the GM, HC, and roster outside of QB, when the QB is not a franchise-level one.
I mean a good QB usually makes a good coach. Not hard to see that.
Brain dead take tbh
Depends on owners patience
Hear me out: they all matter as much as each other
Idiotic.
A madden youtuber thinking he understands more than people working on it, what else is new ?
Tell that to Bengals fans. IMO, better to have a stable roster and be a QB away
I feel like owner applies to this just as much
What an idiot.
1) talent on your roster is the most important thing
2) the GM builds the roster (so how can they be important if the roster doesn’t matter)
3) QB is part of the roster
So Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson were franchise QBs? Roster didn’t matter when they won the Super Bowl.
Tell me you don’t know who Trent dilfer is without saying you don’t know who Trent dilfer is
For GM and Coach absolutely, for QB not as much. You can have a mid to below average QB and still be great, with some examples being Trent Dilfer with the 2000 Ravens and Rex Grossman with the 2006 Bears.
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Saying the roster doesn’t matter but the GM does is like saying the cake doesn’t matter, just the baker
Well…if your GM is good, the roster is gonna be good. So this kind of feels like saying: you win games by scoring more points than the other team
Maturing in the NFL is realizing the roster matters more than anything else and that every great team has a secret weapon, usually at quarterback.
Everyone else exists to maximize that roster.
Pretty true. Good coaches can make ok players look good, and bad players look ok. Gm has to properly assess what players can fit and be maximized with the good coach.
Of these 3, QB is probably the most overrated, but its still absolutely the most important position, probably by a good bit. They just tend to get too much credit for success, too much criticism for failure, and scheme/coach fit matters for a qb just as much or more than other positions.
As far as applying to us, its seems pretty damn accurate to me.
Legitimately one of the dumbest things I’ve seen in a while.
I think the GM is fine.
I think BY isn’t consistent enough to be a long term starter.
I think Dave schemes to cover up the deficiencies and sometimes that doesn’t work.
I think sometimes the WRs have stone hands and aren’t precise in their routes.
I think it’s hard to win a game with a banged up o-line and two backup linebackers.
I think the 9ers simply have a better roster and are better at gameplanning.
I think Purdy isn’t quite as good as we all initially thought.
Yeah, this is 3am weed-brain take. Wtf are you even talking about, Swift..?
Don’t worry about defensive personnel, doesn’t matter…
Backers, D Line, Secondary. Figure out the rest later
If you can build a top 3 defense, and especially one that just refuses to allow points (duh, I know..) you can have a bottom half offense and still make at least a play off run. The sheer force of allowing 7-14 points a game will win you a lot.
Saying maturing as (fill in the blanks) does not make you smarter 😂
Scoring points doesn’t matter. Touchdowns, field goals, safeties. Figure out the rest later
To me, maturing as an NFL fan is realizing that if your OL and DL suck, your team is going to suck. A good/great OL can make a mediocre backfield look better than they actually are. The inverse would be the Andrew Luck years in Indy. The dude retired early because he was tired of his OL giving up sacks.
Maturing is realizing Oline and Dline are the only thing that matters.
Idk who this guy is but that’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read as far as the NFL goes.
As a Jets fan who for some reason got recommended this, this person forgot “Owner” which is bigger than any of them
This is a very stupidly expressed take – obviously the roster does matter, and if it did not who cares about the GM – but the idea is not entirely stupid.
A good roster can be destroyed by these 3, such as the 2022 and 2023 Jets.
Chicago’s turnaround suggests it’s true
This is what Colin Cowherd was saying years ago. Stupid take that aged poorly. Eagles are the example of nothing but a good GM building deep rosters and winning with different coaches and then figuring out QB at the end
On the QB part, when you get out of Madden/fantasy football/sports betting brain and start just watching a lot of football year after year after year, you’ll realize there is no consistently successful NFL formula that doesn’t include acquiring a franchise quarterback.
There are exceptions here and there, but every year the top eight or so teams in the league are there because they either drafted a franchise QB or acquired one through trade/FA.
The QB position is the great equalizer. Brady, Manning, Mahomes, etc. give me a top-level QB and everything else falls into place that much better.
Look back at Cam’s mvp season. He was the definition of a difference maker.
I believe too much is expected of the GM, HC, and roster outside of QB, when the QB is not a franchise-level one.
I mean a good QB usually makes a good coach. Not hard to see that.
Brain dead take tbh
Depends on owners patience
Hear me out: they all matter as much as each other
Idiotic.
A madden youtuber thinking he understands more than people working on it, what else is new ?
Tell that to Bengals fans. IMO, better to have a stable roster and be a QB away
I feel like owner applies to this just as much
What an idiot.
1) talent on your roster is the most important thing
2) the GM builds the roster (so how can they be important if the roster doesn’t matter)
3) QB is part of the roster
So Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson were franchise QBs? Roster didn’t matter when they won the Super Bowl.
Tell me you don’t know who Trent dilfer is without saying you don’t know who Trent dilfer is
For GM and Coach absolutely, for QB not as much. You can have a mid to below average QB and still be great, with some examples being Trent Dilfer with the 2000 Ravens and Rex Grossman with the 2006 Bears.