All the QB talk is the tree ... the forest is whether or not "the team" has a brain to figure out how to build and sustain a team solid enough where having a real QB can push them into legit contender status.
Totally agree with all you said, and this is the crux of the matter.
This team has taken over two decades to pull itself out of the mire, and now we look like we're poised to be consistently good again and sustain it. But it feels like we're at a really precarious point where something like losing Kirk could be the tipping point. I don't want to see a domino effect which ends up with us in rebuild mode again. Teams like the Patriots have the culture and the leadership and the stability to weather something like this, I have no doubts that when Brady retires they'll be ok. I don't have that confidence with the Skins.
To a degree it's probably a bit of ingrained pessimism in the Franchise, but this is my big fear. Can we sustain our progress going forwards.