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This year, the offseason QB carousel has raised expectations for several franchises around the league, so Bucky Brooks tells Dan Beyer the top 5 tandems that will face consequences if their teams fail to deliver when it matters most.
5. Justin Fields and Matt Nagy: Given another chance to fix the Bears' quarterback woes with an ultra-talented prospect in his fourth season on the job, Nagy must plot out a course that will enable Justin Fields to develop while the team makes a playoff run.
4. Derek Carr and Jon Gruden: The duo is entering now-or-never territory heading into the fourth season of Gruden's rebuild and given Gruden's reputation for offensive wizardry, the grizzled head coach needs to dig into his bag of tricks to add some sizzle to an offense that needs to explode if the Raiders hope to overtake their division rivals.
3. Carson Wentz and Frank Reich: If Reich, who served as Wentz's offensive coordinator in Philadelphia in 2016 and '17, can get the veteran quarterback to embrace his role as a game manager on a team that is built to make a run, the Colts could surge to the top of the AFC as the most complete squad in the league.
2. Lamar Jackson and John Harbaugh: With Jackson and Co. underperforming in the postseason, the pressure is mounting on Harbaugh to diversify the offense to give the Ravens a better chance of advancing in the tournament. Will the Super Bowl-winning head coach stick to the unorthodox script or will he scrap the plan in favor of a traditional approach? The outcome of the decision could make or break the Ravens' next few seasons.
1. Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay: It's Super Bowl or bust for the Rams after they shipped out Jared Goff as part of a deal with the Lions for Stafford. With Goff's 42-20 record (and a Super Bowl appearance) in four seasons under McVay representing the bar, the pressure is squarely on the shoulders of Stafford and McVay to capture a Lombardi Trophy.