This was true before Friday’s shocking news of Deshaun Watson going to Cleveland, the team he reportedly rejected before circling back ($230 million guaranteed is a hell of a way to change a man’s mind). But Watson’s decision is only the exclamation point on an obvious statement.
It’s a QB driven world. The AFC is full of top-tier guys. And the Steelers don’t have one.
To quote George Carlin and apply it to the land of NFL passers:
“It’s a big club. And you ain’t in it.”
Scribble down a list of the top ten quarterbacks in football and most now hail from the AFC: Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Justin Herbert, Joe Burrow, Deshaun Watson, Russell Wilson, Lamar Jackson.