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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
My last comment (for the time being) on the Billick-Cowher debate is this:
The first broke dick won his lone SB with an historic defense. This is exactly the model that we've argued against, countless times, when people attempt to mitigate the need for a franchise QB.
The second broke dick won his lone SB when he drafted a young, franchise QB. This single draft pick outweighs the entire draft record of the Ravens because Big Ben has gone on to win another SB and has consistently put PITT in the championship discussion because of his presence.
The Cowher SB model is repeatable. The Billick model, while repeatable, is far more difficult to obtain.
Finally, yes it was fortuitous that PITT was in position to select Roethlisberger, but they still had to have the good sense and balls to make the pick. Attributes the Chiefs haven't possessed since '83.
If the Chiefs select Smith and he ends up being what we think he can be, we won't look back on the pick and say the team fell ass backwards into the pick because we know how vehemently some have attempted to disparage the player and argue for franchise (insert less important position).
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Cowher and Billick had very different draft windows. No way to know how things panned out had Billick an opportunity at Rapebugger or if Cowher was constrained to pick Boller.