Originally posted by csull36
It is quite easy to have a successful career and still be WL caliber at your peak. Cap building and waiting to invest in SAs usually leads to just as much success on the way up as it does on the top. You just have to be a little better than that crappy HB in the OP 
And yet the arguably best WL team took 3 RB's who had no stats coming up. None of them did anything of note. Yet they are top WL quality.
Which brings me back to the OP point, which is;
If the top WL team, wants 3 RB's who haven't done crap in their lifetime, that just don't seem right.