06-01-2021, 02:06 PM
(06-01-2021, 01:17 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: In some rare cases, you can win with an average or below average QB. But having an above average QB is the easiest pathway to success.
And many of those rare cases are now 20 years old (Brad Johnson in 2002, Trent Dilfer is 2000). In the last 10 years, it's been almost exclusively elite QBs that have won the Super Bowl (Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers). The only exception in recent history was Nick Foles who was backing up an (at the time) elite QB in Wentz.
In the last 4 years Jimmy Garoppolo, Nick Foles, and Jared Goff have all started in a Super Bowl. In the last ten years we have also had Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick, Joe Flacco, and a crippled Peyton Manning playing on a walker. Eli Manning was not even close to an "elite" QB and he has two rings.
