"easiest path"....there are how many humans on the planet that are top tier QBs? Five at a time? Seven? out of billions of people, there may be 7 or so at a time. I'd argue the pursuit of the perfect QB is what holds franchises back so much. If you get one, great. If not, great minds should be able to come up with other paths.
Of course, much like the Rays' success in baseball, that other path is almost impossible to find. If the perfect QB is the only answer, then the only answer is to tank for a couple years and trade players for future picks, to get a top 5 pick, then pick correctly (and yes, many great QBs fall further than that, but good luck getting those later picks right).