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Has there ever been a team with a season of amazing O-Line performance but terrible QB performance? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Foxehh3@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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I was talking to a friend of mine and we got into the discussion of the importance of O-Lines. I'm of the opinion that an amazing top-5 O-Line props up nearly any QB enough to be a great QB. He's of the opinion an amazing top-5 QB helps inflate O-Line stats.

Who is right - or is it a little of both?

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[–] buttfaceszn@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I think depending on the permutation of OL quality and QB quality you have different results:

Elite Top 5 OL and Elite QB = Super Bowl team

Elite Top 5 OL and Decent QB = makes QB look much better than they are

Elite Top 5 OL and bad QB = QB looks a bit better than they are, makes OL look much worse

Decent OL and Elite QB = OL looks amazing

Decent OL and Decent QB = your average middling team’s situation

Decent OL and bad QB = QB makes decent OL look terrible, most fans of teams with bad QBs always also claim their OL is terrible

Bad OL and elite QB = OL looks fine

Bad OL and decent QB = OL makes QB look terrible, I think this is the cause for most of the guys who look terrible early in their careers and succeed on a new team

Bad OL and Bad QB = 2023 Jets offense