Sean Payton was carried in New Orleans by one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time in Drew Brees. Same for Bill Belichick by Tom Brady and Mike Shanahan by John Elway. Without a difference-maker at quarterback, the Broncos aren’t going anywhere.
M.P,J., football savant
Kiz: Players win games. Coaches try not to mess it up. During the peak of Brett Favre’s career, I asked Mike Holmgren, then coach in Green Bay and a former quarterback: Is the QB or head coach more essential to the success of an NFL team?