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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Whoa, Cowboy.
It absolutely means SOMETHING.
If it were a meaningless stat, why would anyone bother drafting a QB in the first round, much like guards and centers?
If it were such a meaningless stat, why are 3 out of the 4 remaining teams left in the 2008 playoffs helmed by first round QB's?
Regardless of the fact that no QB drafted in the 5th and 7th rounds have never won a Super Bowl and regardless of the fact that four Super Bowls were won by Joe Montana (a third round choice) and three were won by Tom Brady (6th rounder), the best chance of winning the Super Bowl is with a first round selection.
Brady and Montana were anomalies that skew the stats. Both weren't "System QB's" that won on flukes. It was fluke that both were overlooked by scouts. In hindsight, there's absolutely no question that both would have gone number one overall in their respective draft years.
It's not a fluke that both are Hall of Fame players.
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They don't skew the stats at all, because I'm only counting them once.
27 QB's have won a SB. Some multiple times.
In hindsight, Stabler, Theismann and Unitas would have gone #1 too. What's your point? They didn't.