well partly.......you mean if USC lost Leinart or OU had lost White during the season they would have been just as good????????......are you really saying that???? it has more to do with depth which is true and losing a lineman is not the same as losing your premier running back, QB or receiver.......it just isn't.......of course you don't go around making it an excuse.......I didn't but i did make it a "reason" that their passing attack went in the tank
I mean how they lost Mike Williams, or Winston Justice, losing your premier QB or RB IS a big hit, but Call didn't lose Aaron Rogers or J.J. Arrington, if Aaron Rogers is a top 10 pick, he should be able to make the players around him better. Who is Brandon Stokley or Reggie Wayne without Peyton Manning? Marvin Harrison never got more than 900 yards receiving until Peyton Manning's 2nd season. Marshall Faulk wasn't a superstar till Peyton's 1st season, until then, he was just a running back with great potential, and he was #1 overall in 1994, for 4 years he never played his potential. The Steelers were mature enough to lose Duce Staley and still win, everyone said Bettis didn't have anything left, and with Ben Roethlisberger as their QB? Thats saying something about their maturity, especially Big Ben's.