Proven Superbowl winner like Foles, has to be a top tier QB.
You can certainly win a Super Bowl with a lesser QB, assuming that lesser QB has an out of body experience.
2018 - Nick Foles, 115.7 playoff rating, 6 TD, 1 INT
2012 - Joe Flacco, 117.2 playoff rating, 11 TD, 0 INT
As well all know, these are not indicative of how their careers went. So can you catch lightening in a bottle? You can.......but using this as proof or an actual stance to take when making a QB decision seems kind of silly to me.
The list of QB's to win the last 20 super bowls:
Tom Brady (HOF)
Patrick Mahomes (HOF)
Tom Brady (HOF)
Nick Foles
Tom Brady (HOF)
Peyton Manning (HOF)
Tom Brady (HOF)
Russell Wilson (HOF)
Joe Flacco
Eli Manning (likely HOF)
Aaron Rodgers (HOF)
Drew Brees (HOF)
Big Ben (HOF)
Eli Manning (HOF)
Big Ben (HOF)
Peyton Manning (HOF)
Big Ben (HOF)
Tom Brady (HOF)
Tom Brady (HOF)
Brad Johnson
So that works out to.....
85% of the time, a Super Bowl in the last 20, was won by a QB that will be in the Hall of Fame
Because I know how all of your minds operate.....
75% of the time, a Super Bowl in the last 20, was won a QB that will be in the Hall of Fame, not named Eli Manning
2007 - Eli Manning, 95.7 playoff rating, 6 TD, 1 INT
2011 - Eli Manning, 103.3 playoff rating, 9 TD, 1 INT
This is kind of like the Detroit Pistons argument in basketball though.......where it is technically possible to build a title team without a franchise player, it just isn't very probable at all.
We are also effectively entering or have entered a period of time like the early Brady 2000's, with the quality of young QB play. A stretch that saw 10 straight Super Bowl winners featuring a player that will be in Canton one day. 14 of 15 leading up to Foles.
I think that is all anyone is trying to point out. That more times than not, you need either an elite QB when you have a crack at a Super bowl or a QB who plays like one for a stretch of 4-5 playoff games. So maybe enough of you view Mayfield as the latter and it is unlikely we can improve at the position, which is possible.