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JYB
I haven't gone back and looked, but I suspect that just about every Superbowl winning team had pro bowl caliber talent on its offensive line. Ditto for teams that contend regularly. Andy Reid has always put a priority on the O-line and his lifetime record is pretty impressive. It's not that you cannot build a strong offensive line with mid-round picks and FAs, but it's certainly tougher to do and I expect that teams that DO have consistent, strong O-lines invested premium draft picks in it.
I'm not particularly interested in doing the research, TBH, but I expect analyses of these types can be found all over the web.
Edit: PS: I wasn't banging the table for an offensive lineman this year -- I love the guys they took. Just making a general observation that I think Snead puts less of a priority on the O-line than some other organizations appear to.
I take your last point and fair enough. Anyway. I didn't say pro bowl, I said elite.
Andy Reid? Okay. His superbowl OL consisted of a high number one pick at LOT (Fisher, who;s good); a 2nd rounder who they signed as a high-market FA; an older vet who was originally a 2nd rounder but that year was a bargain FA on a one year; a 6th rounder; and a 7th rounder. The bargain FA replaced an injured starter, who was a UDFA.
PFF ranked their OL 16th.
