people have been saying this for how many years now? Tomlin got to 8-8 with Duck freaking Hodges under center. For all his flaws, he's taken sub-par offenses to a playoff berth (or close to it) for a long time now. The defense is that good. He'll probably go 9-8 with Mason Rudolph too ... heck, I don't think it makes a difference if it's Rodgers or Rudolph.
Now if you trade Watt and Minkah, it's a different story. They'd still have good pieces at all three levels, but they probably couldn't steal games for them anymore.
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