Which is a better way to build an NFL franchise?

There are a number of teams in the NFL that I feel never learn. They draft the #1 quarterback with the expectation that he will turn the franchise around solely on his own ability.

Here is the question:

Would it not be better to draft a solid offensive line first before going after a #1 quarterback? You put five great o-linemen and a TE who can block and I feel like almost any quarterback will look good in the position. Granted, you need more picks for this, but I feel like the O-line is overlooked far too often by franchises that are terrible every year. Notably, the Cardinals, Raiders, and Browns fail to win games. James thought he would have a great season at Arizona, but he didn't realise what a difference it makes to run for a team like Indianapolis which has a great O-line. So,

Draft a great QB or draft a great O-line?

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great o-line...you see all the great teams and they have a solid o-line. san diego, new england, indy, chicago, denver, and seattle all have great o-lines. look at teams like arizona, oakland, detroit, houston, cleveland, and miami dont have great o-lines and look at their records. great o-lines protect not only the quarterback but also the running back and provide time for the quarterback to get into rythmn and find his receivers or for the running back to find the holes to burst through.

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Despite what people may say but u need a Great O line, because they can give him the time that QB needs to hopefully find an open man. You dont need to be a great QB to win a superbowl. Brad Johnson, Trent Dilfer, hell, Rex Grossman Led his team too the superbowl. eventhough they had good defenses, They had Outstanding Offensive lines. and all the QBs had to do was manage the game. Also a good O line opens up the running game which would help any QB develop
Go defense. There have been many super bowl teams that had great defenses and a good offense. O-line can be put together with free agency and a few draft picks.
Draft the offensive line first. Only draft quarterback if you're damn certain that he'll be protected. David Carr (#1 overall in 2002) is the classic example of this: he never had an O-line in Houston. Meanwhile, Orlando Pace (#1 overall in '97) anchors an O-line that's been to two Super Bowls and was behind one of the better offenses in the NFL in St. Louis. The Browns got lucky this year in that they were able to get both.
In that time that you are building an O Line their rookie contracts will expire by the time you draft the QB. Loo at Vince Young, his O Line is mediocre and single handedly turned around the franchise in one season from very bad to ok.

I say you draft that QB if they are definitely worth it. Joe Thomas will not make you win championships, a good QB will though. I say just dont neglect your O line...
I agree. The Browns drafted Joe Thomas to reverse this stupid trend. Tim Couch could have been functional, but the brain trust didn't surround him with any O-line help. This same stupidity reigned supreme in the mid 1980's when Bernie Kosar, a guy with no speed but Peyton Manning's brain, got the tar beat out of him, because the Browns refused to replenish the O-line. Now we have Steinbach, Thomas, and hopefully, later this year, LeCharles Bentley.

However, once you get two studs in the first round on o-line, then you can fill in the rest with late round picks or free agent pickups
Personally, I would start with defense because they could keep you in games . Look at when Baltimore won the Super Bowl a few years back when the defense carried the team. As for the offense, yes build the line but not all at once, get a couple key lineman add some skill players and fill in the gap that way.
well if the qb is great without a great line then i would definitely choose the great qb. if the qb was great without the help of a line then a line could be built around his greatness to make him the best
Good point. Look at what Eric Mangini did with the New York Jets in his first season. He took a 4-12 team who had no idea what their QB situation was going to be, to a 10-6 playoff team in his first year. If you're talking about building a Franchise, it will take a few years. Mangini started by using his two first round picks to draft D'Brickashaw Ferguson and Nick Mangold. He trusted that he could rely on the leadership of his veteran QB in Chad Pennington to produce good offense with a rebuilt line as opposed to some unproven rookie with a bad line. His next step was to get a shut-down corner on defense, which he got this year. Also, with Curtis Martin gone from the NFL, he went out and got himself a solid running back in Thomas Jones. Mangini is building his franchise exactly the way you suggest, and look at the Jets results the first season under him, as opposed to the results the Cardinals, Raiders, Browns come up with. What looks better: 4-12 to 10-6 or 4-12 to 5-11? Excelent question.
I would go O-line to answer your question ..... but i would draft Defense and fix a scheme on Offense if i ran a team.
I can understand a team with a high pick grabbing the best available player. The key is to let these hot young quarterbacks sit on the bench for a year or two while the O-line is being constructed for them. Let some 38-year-old journeyman QB take the shots and knocks while your high profile rookie is reading the playbook and your GM is out looking for a hotshot left tackle. Notice the Bengals turnaround for example.
in theory, thats a great idea, but let me mention 1 name:

Robert Gallery.

if you mess up once on the o-line, it can be just as costly as messing up drafting a qb. the o-line is best addressed gradually through both free agency and good drafting. that means not all of your linemen need be a first round draft pick, but second, third, and fourth round guys who work their way into being a starter.

however, teams take the qb #1 because lets just face it, there is a severe shortage of great quarterbacks, and there always will be. everybody just wants to be the one who picks the next great qb. the problem comes when you do what the texans did and take the franchise qb and have him start from day 1 behind a crappy o-line. if you take the qb of the future and sit him for a year, you give yourself 2 offseasons to put together 5 offensive linemen who can play together.

so in a roundabout way, the answer to your question is pick the qb high and hire good scouts to find bargains in the draft and among potential free agents on other teams for linemen.