Super Bowl QBs...Draft
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Interesting factoids. With the draft coming up, it is not always the team that drafts you that a QB has success with. The following Super Bowl Winning QBs won Super Bowls but NOT with the team that drafted them:
Len Dawson win with KC, drafted by Pittsburgh
John Unitas win Balt. Colts, drafted by Pittsburgh
Jim Plunkett win 2 with Raiders, drafted by New England
Joe Theisman win Redskins, drafted by Miami
Doug Williams win Redskins, drafted by Tampa Bay
Steve Young win 49ers, drafted by Tampa Bay
Brett Favre win Packers, drafted by Atlanta
John Elway win 2 Broncos, drafted by Colts
Kurt Warner not drafted win by Rams
Trent Dilfer win Ravens, drafted by Tampa Bay
Brad Johnson win Tampa, drafted by Minnesota
Eli Manning win NY Giants, drafted by SD Chargers
Drew Brees win Saints, drafted by SD Chargers
Peyton win with Denver, drafted by Indy Colts (but also won one with them)
Tom Brady win with Tampa Bay, drafted by New England (but won 6 with them)
Pre Super Bowl....I am sure there were a number of QBs who won titles with teams that did not draft them (from 1936 to 1966). Haven't done that research, but I do know one that did it: Otto Graham won 7 championships for Cleveland, but was drafted by the Detroit Lions.
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Here, correspondingly, are QBs who took their team to the Super Bowl and LOST, but it was NOT the team that drafted them:
Daryl Lamonica went to SB with Oakland Raiders.....drafted by Green Bay Packer of the NFL AND by the Buffalo Bills of the AFL
Earl Morrall went with Balt. Colts, drafted by 49ers
Joe Kapp went with Vikings, drafted by Washington
Craig Morton went with Broncos, drafted by Dallas......but also took Dallas to a SB
Billy Kilmer went with Redskins, drafted by San Francisco
Ron Jaworski went with Eagles, drafted by LA Rams
Stan Humphries went with SD Chargers, drafted by Washington
Chris Chandler went with Falcons, drafted by Colts
Kerry Collins went with NY Giants, draft by Carolina
Rich Gannon went with RAiders, drafted by Minnesota
Jake Delhomme went with Carolina, Undrafted FA
Matt Hasselback went with Seattle, drafted by Green Bay
Jimmy Garropolo with with SFO, drafted by New England
The following lost Super Bowls with a team that did not draft them....but were also included in the group above of Super Bowl winners: Theismann, Elway, Favre, Warner, Peyton
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Another brief factoid: the following are QBs who started Super Bowls, win or lose, who at some point in their career played for the Browns:
Len Dawson
Mark Rypien
Trent Dilfer
Jake Delhomme
And, I guess I should note parenthetically: NO QB ever drafted by the Cleveland Browns has ever started a Super Bowl game.......YET!
Also, as far as I know, no QB ever drafted by these other teams ever started a SB: Cardinals, Broncos, Texans, Saints, Lions, Jags.
(Broncos 3 SB QBs....Elway, Morton, Peyton....all drafted elsewhere).
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Another brief factoid: the following are QBs who started Super Bowls, win or lose, who at some point in their career played for the Browns:
Len Dawson
Mark Rypien
Trent Dilfer
Jake Delhomme
And, I guess I should note parenthetically: NO QB ever drafted by the Cleveland Browns has ever started a Super Bowl game.......YET!
Also, as far as I know, no QB ever drafted by these other teams ever started a SB: Cardinals, Broncos, Texans, Saints, Lions, Jags.
(Broncos 3 SB QBs....Elway, Morton, Peyton....all drafted elsewhere).
Another brief factoid: the following are QBs who started Super Bowls, win or lose, who at some point in their career played for the Browns:
Len Dawson
Mark Rypien
Trent Dilfer
Jake Delhomme
Len Dawson graduated from Alliance HS in NEO
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Another brief factoid: the following are QBs who started Super Bowls, win or lose, who at some point in their career played for the Browns:
Len Dawson
Mark Rypien
Trent Dilfer
Jake Delhomme
Len Dawson graduated from Alliance HS in NEO
Len Dawson graduated from Alliance HS in NEO
And, I am sure that mjp will point out that Ron Jaworski attended Youngstown St.
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Of course, it is also fair to point out that both John Elway and Eli Manning were immediately traded after their drafts and never suited up for the teams that drafted them, and they did win their Super Bowls with the teams that traded for them.
Also, Joe Theismann went to play in Canada and never suited up for the Dolphins.
Joe Kapp did the same thing....played in Canada, never played for Washington
Lamonica never played for the Packers....but did spend some years in Buffalo.
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And, so, for full disclosure, here are the QBs who DID win a Super Bowl with the team that drafted them:
Bart Starr
Joe Namath
Roger Staubach
Bob Griese
Terry Bradshaw
Ken Stabler
Joe Montana
Phil Simms
Jeff Hostetler
Mark Rypien
Jim McMahon
Troy Aikman
Tom Brady
Ben Roethlisberger
Peyton Manning
Aaron Rodgers
Joe Flacco
Russell Wilson
Nick Foles
Patrick Mahomes
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And further, here are the QBs that LOST a SB with the team that drafted them:
Craig Morton
Bob Griese
Fran Tarkenton
Staubach
Vince Ferragamo
Ken Anderson
David Woodley
Dan Marino
Tony Eason
Boomer Esiason
Jim Kelly
Neil O'Donnell
Drew Bledsoe
Steve McNair
Donovan McNabb
Rex Grossman
Brady
Peyton
Ben R.
Colin Kaepernick
Wilson
Cam Newton
Matt Ryan
Jared Goff
Patrick Mahomes
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