Delhomme
Hasselbeck
Plummer
All except Big Ben were undrafted, not highly-thought of free agents or low-round choices.
Recent SB winners include Brady (6th round), Johnson (10th-rd or something), Warner (undrafted) and Dilfer (1st-round, but ended up as a free-agent caretaker for the team that won it).
When are teams going to stop blowing early picks on these guys? Looking towards April, you see two of the top-three at the draft are going to ignore their sizeable holes on their roster and go QB again.
Come on, Cappy, you're better than this.Yes, from 2000-2005, 1 1st round QB won a SB.
From 1993-1999, 6 super bowls were won by a QB drafted in the first round, and the remaining one was won by a second rounder.
I can make anything true if I pick the right years to analyze.
This is quite the trend now. 1993 was a loooong time ago in NFL years. I just think it's noteworthy that teams are winning with bargain-basement QBs. Look at the QBs that played significant minutes for playoff (or playoff contenders) teams this year -- Orton, Simms, Brunell, Delhomme, Brady, Hasselbeck, Plummer, Garrard, etc. You have guys in the league like Bulger, Trent Green who also were very late picks having great careers.
Sure, guys like Manning and Palmer work out, and every position has players that bust -- but now more than ever I think it's quite apparent that you do not need to spend a top-5 pick on a "franchise" QB to have any success in this league. Put a great defense together, run the ball, and get somebody in there who won't make mistakes.