Here is the complete list of Super Bowl winning quarterbacks since 2003, sorted by draft year.
P. Manning - 1998
Brady - 2000
Brees - 2001
Roethlisberger - 2004
E. Manning - 2004
Rodgers - 2005
Flacco - 2008
Wilson - 2012
Foles - 2012
Mahomes - 2017
So what's the point? Since Rodgers was drafted 15 years ago, there have only been 4 QBs to enter the league and win a Super Bowl. Flacco and Foles can both kinda be taken out of the equation as they were really guys that got hot for a playoff run, not true franchise QBs.
So that leaves Wilson and Mahomes as the only Franchise QBs that have entered the league since 2005 and already won a Super Bowl.
The opportunity to get a Super Bowl winning QB doesn't come along very often.
Also it's really wild to think that in 2016 Mahomes throw for over 5,000 yards, 41 touchdowns, 10 interceptions at Texas Tech...and had a losing season at 5-7.
Then he sat out 2017 on the bench behind Alex Smith.
In his first season as a starter, he was NFL MVP in 2018, as only the second player ever to throw 50 touchdowns and 5,000 yards.
And in 2019 he became Super Bowl MVP.
EDIT: One more thought I had. The Seahawks won the Super Bowl in the 2013 NFL Season, in Russell Wilson's 2nd season. Their success seemed to create a new blueprint for winning a title: spend your money on a great defense and then employ a serviceable QB on their rookie deal. It's that easy!
So far the only team to win a Super Bowl with a new QB...was the Chiefs.
As it turns out, this whole modern idea of you don't need a great QB, just a QB on a rookie deal....looks like a joke. Wilson and Mahomes are MVP candidates every year now. Yes it helps that they were on a rookie deal, but this is not a replicable blueprint. Just ask the Bears or Texans who also drafted QBs in 2017.
So the blueprint is actually what it's been for a while. Get a MVP QB and build around them the best you can. And even with Rodgers or Brees or Favre, you might only win one, but be happy you got that.
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