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[QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 3697784, member: 668"]
Most importantly, especially in the NFL, is you need a franchise type QB.  It by far is the most critical position in the game, and no doubt being the most significant part in Bellichick attaining all the success at NE for two decades with Brady.  It's hard to argue that Brady isn't the greatest QB to ever play the game, let alone meeting the lower franchise tag bar.  Brady left and suddenly NE misses the playoffs and his new team, TB, is in the playoffs after a long exclusion.  Coincidental, I think not.

Look at the Bills. They have what appears to finally be their franchise QB in Allen, as do the Browns in Baker. Is it coincidental that they both made the playoffs this year with the Bills being one game from the Superbowl?  An astounding no!  Name me one NFL coach that isn't deemed successful/held in high regard that doesn't/didn't have a franchise type QB?

I think Marrone is more than a mediocre NFL coach, even though his NFL record doesn't suggest as much. He didn't have a franchise QB with Buffalo, nor at Jacksonville, although still somehow managed to have that one season in Jacksonville nearly missing the SB.  However, to win in the NFL, especially at a consistent rate of success, it's absolutely imperative to have that franchise QB.
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