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I'm not saying you don't need a QB who plays well. Just that defense still wins championships and those teams had great defenses that won championships. Dak for example played well. If the defense performed we beat the Rams. The defense just isn't there yet. But they are close.Flacco had a miracle playoff run, Seahawks did force a turnover fest but Russell Wilson is one of the best QBs there is and proved it again in that game, and the Giants also got two miracle runs from Eli Manning to win it.
Really only the 2000 Ravens and 2002 Bucs won with purely defense-led efforts. You might add the Seahawks in that last group, but I believe in Wilson.
The best teams are good on both sides of the ball, but the QB and receiving corps are the difference-makers down the stretch.