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Originally Posted by marioh
Initially, I felt it was the QB.
But a QB's impact is directly related to the success his OL have in front of him. If they can't pass block, the QB will have no time to read the defense and get the ball out of his hands and will most likely spend most of his time either running for his life or on his back.
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The Cards had a terrible O-line this season and almost won the Super Bowl because Warner can get rid of the football within two seconds.
I'm also going with QB. If you put Vince Young, who is an average at best NFL QB, on a high school football team, he will be more dominant than Kobe Bryant on a HS basketball team. After all, Young dominated the national championship in Division I football against a really good USC team defense of future NFL players.
Against equal competition, I'd say a dominant basketball player loses so much of his edge. It's easier to stop a great basketball player than a great quarterback.
How many teams have won the NBA title without at least
two great players out of the starting five? That's 40% of the starting lineup. Most have three players, or 60% of the lineup, in that very good to great range. I believe a football team can be great with under 50% of the players being very good primarily because of the disproportionate influence of the QB.