01-13-2020, 03:23 PM
(01-13-2020, 11:11 AM)ochocincos Wrote: You don't NEED an elite QB to win it all, but a majority of the teams to win the Super Bowl in the past 20 years have had elite QBs.This completes the list SINCE SBs began.
The only teams to not have elite QBs and win the Super Bowl:
- 2000 Ravens (Dilfer)
- 2002 Bucs (Johnson)
- 2012 Ravens (Flacco)
- 2017 Eagles (Foles)
Eli Manning
Jeff Hostetler
Jim Plunkett
Doug Williams
Mark Rypien
Jim MacMahon
Joe Namath
Len Dawson
I can make a case that Terry Bradshaw could be on this list, even though he won 4 Lombardis. During the season, throughout his career, Chuck Knoll played musical chairs with his QBS between Bradshaw, Hanratty, and Gilliam, because none of the 3 were consistent, but they had one of the best defenses in history, Franco Harris, Rocky Bleier, Lynn Swan, and John Stallworth!
Let's flip the coin here. Here is a list of QBs that NEVER won a Lombardi OR an NFL Championship, before 1967, who, record wise, could very well be considered 'elite' depending on how you want to define elite! You can't define an elite QB by the number of SBs they won or played, IMHO!
Kenny Anderson
Matt Ryan
Don Meredith
Archie Manning
Sonny Jurgensen
Jim Kelly
Tony Romo
Cam Newton
Phillip Rivers
Dan Fouts
Fran Tarkento
Warren Moon
Dan Marino
Matt Stafford ...
I could go on way back to Bobby Lane, Otto Graham, and Sammy Baugh as well.
IF the organization is sound, they CAN win without an A+ QB.
Like the Patriots, Ravens, AND Steelers.
