this way week to week. In bball teams are relatively consistent. It's 5 guys and just having 1 or 2 better than average one = wins.

Football is a much more complicated and the skill levels across 22+ positions varies game to game. This is why having NFL players is typically the great differentiator. You need guys who are just better than the average player so that the weekly vicissitudes don't impact the team too much. How many of these do we have?