The Updated AFC Champ QB List

Here's an updated list:

QBs to appear in the AFC Championship Game since 2001 when Brady entered the league

Brady: 13
Manning: 5
Roethlisberger: 5
Flacco: 3
Mahomes: 2
Sanchez: 2
Tannehill: 1
Stewart: 1
Gannon: 1
McNair: 1
Plummer: 1
Rivers: 1
Luck: 1
Bortles: 1


So right away pretty cool that Mahomes already has a better resume than Rivers. Although Rivers was never MVP, so I guess Mahomes already had him beat. But this list is a little unwieldy and not that helpful when trying to project the future. So let's narrow our focus to QBs that have been born since 1990.

QBs to appear in the AFC Championship Game that were born since 1990

Mahomes: 2
Bortles: 1
Jackson: 0
Watson: 0


Others that are also on zero but don't even merit being included: Allen, Mayfield, Lock, Brissett, Minshew, Darnold, Carr.

Also, Blake Bortles is no longer a starting quarterback nor in the AFC, so you could remove him but it's kinda funny to leave him in. And he does satisfy all the requirements.

So even if next year is Jackson vs Watson, they're still chasing Mahomes.