What have we learned from the NFL over the years, it's that being a great QB is not important to how well a team does.  It seems that almost everyone capable of playing QB in the NFL can succeed as a starting QB.  Ever since Trent Dilfer lead his team to a big win in the super bowl, the flood gates have opened for winning and not being a dominate QB or for that matter a starting QB. 

     Let's just look at the QB situations this year, Brian Griese goes down for Tampa Bay, and what has Chris Simms done, he keeps his team winning.  Why, he controls the game and throws mostly short controlled passes.  He manages the game and shows that as long as he doesn't try to be a hero, his team can always stay in the game (Brett Farve please take notice).

     Now the most obvious example currently in the NFL would be Brad Johnson of the Vikings.  Culpepper goes down and what does Johnson do, nothing but win.  Johnson who is a capable QB having won a super bowl himself, still doesn't win by dazzling plays.  He does what it takes to win.  When he did win the Super Bowl with Tampa he wasn't a stand out player, although he did put up some good numbers, he wasn't the focal point of the team and didn't try to be.  Too many QB's think that they are the team end of story, it seems that those who know their role make the best QB's.

     It wasn't all that long ago that some guy named Brady took over for Drew Bledsoe and has done what, you guessed it, win, win, win and win some more.  Don't get me wrong Tom Brady is an excellent QB, but he was a manager of Charlie Weiss' system.  The Pats are a shinning example of no one player more important than the other. 

     Even just last year, Big Ben stepped in for an injured Tommy Maddux and yup, won every game he started up all the way to the AFC Championship game losing to that guy named Brady.  QB changes and team success seems to be more and more common.  The bottom line, good teams win despite who is at their QB.  Brady, Doug Williams, Jeff Hostetler (sorry for butchering the name) and Frank Reich have all taken their team to the Super Bowl filling in for their injured starter. 

     So can an NFL team just plug in any of their back-ups and win?  Well, if i think that the Colts would be 13-0 with their back-up in, I'd say no.  Would they still be one of the top teams in the league?  I'd have to say yes.  Having James, Harrison, Wayne, Stokely....... (I could go on for awhile here) makes them a good team, regardless of who's at QB.

     Do I think that the Green Bay Packers would be better off with Aaron Rodgers at QB instead of Brett Farve?  In this instance, I would emphatically say YES!  I know plenty of Packer Fans will have something to say about this, but who leads the league in INT's this year, yup, you guessed it, Brett Farve.  Who's consistently tried to make something out of nothing and his team has paid the price for it, Brett Farve.  Brett Farve does make some of those seemingly stupid plays into touchdowns as well.  I do give him that.  However, overall and over time, his team suffers.  Granted that injuries has not helped much this season for the Packers but that should not be the excuse to try and make something from nothing all the time, it's the reason why he should or Aaron Rodgers should, be managing the game and go for the calculated attack on offense and keep the ball in the offenses hands.  I think that Rodgers could have lead this team to 3 wins.

     Are the 49ers any better off with one QB starting over the over, apparently not.  Could the Texans have won more than 1 game with David Carr starting?  I don't see why not, although I can't say I have a clue who their back-up QB is, but then again, I don't know who outside of Houston knows that off the top of their head and I'd be willing to bet that not many in Houston know either.  All in all, it doesn't make much difference who really is your teams starting QB just as long as they play within their means and don't happen to be playing in San Fransico.  Unless of course you're a QB who thinks they are a running back, but that is a discussion for another day....