A franchise quarterback. The supposed golden ticket to success in the NFL. If you don’t have one and aren’t actively aspiring for a high draft pick or looking to acquire one in a trade, there will be nothing but questions of: ‘How far can this team really go?’
For some teams, this isn’t a problem. They have their guy, they’ve given him his mega-contract that broke some sort of record if you frame it the right way, and they can focus on building a team around him. Others may be in a bridge year, and they know their single caller of the future isn’t sitting in their QB room at the moment.