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MizzouRah
03-26-2007, 08:27 PM
How many rookie QB's (drafted in the same year) have led their team into the playoffs?

I'm about to do this with my team in FOF and I pondered this question.

I'm sure someone will pipe in quicker than it took me to type this question.

:D

Thanks!
MrIllini
03-26-2007, 08:28 PM
brad smith is not the answer

question over ;)
MizzouRah
03-26-2007, 08:35 PM
brad smith is not the answer

question over ;)

Neither is Juice Williams!
MrIllini
03-26-2007, 08:36 PM
Neither is Juice Williams!

SHUT UP
TazFTW
03-26-2007, 08:47 PM
Shaun King.
Swaggs
03-26-2007, 09:46 PM
Ben Roethlisberger and Dan Marino are two that I can think of off of the top of my head.
cthomer5000
03-26-2007, 10:09 PM
you could probably argue Kyle Orton
MizzouRah
03-26-2007, 10:09 PM
Yeah, those two come to mind as well. I'm glad it's a tough question.. I'm not there yet, but I'm getting close.
SackAttack
03-26-2007, 10:36 PM
Ben Roethlisberger was the immediate answer for me, but that's recent and I'm not old enough to really remember Dan Marino's rookie year.
Warhammer
03-27-2007, 12:42 AM
Dieter Brock - Rams '85 shouldn't count though since he played in the CFL prior to that.

Pat Haden Rams 76.

Bob Waterfield Rams 45.
Vinatieri for Prez
03-27-2007, 01:39 AM
I did some reasearch on this and it's not many that's for sure. I did find that Shaun King (mentioned above already) in 1999 was just the sixth rookie quarterback to start a playoff game since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger and one of just two rookies (Pat Haden, 1976) to win a playoff contest. Ben Roethlisberger has since been added to that list.

Orton didn't actually play in the playoffs as a rookie, so it depend on what one means by "leading a team into the playoffs." John Elway is in the same boat there in 1983.

Good trivia question though.
Vinatieri for Prez
03-27-2007, 01:45 AM
That looks like we got 5 of the 7. We still need 2 more.

King
Marino
Roethlisberger
Haden
Brock
Franklinnoble
03-27-2007, 02:41 AM
Sammy Baugh
MizzouRah
03-27-2007, 09:00 AM
I did some reasearch on this and it's not many that's for sure. I did find that Shaun King (mentioned above already) in 1999 was just the sixth rookie quarterback to start a playoff game since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger and one of just two rookies (Pat Haden, 1976) to win a playoff contest. Ben Roethlisberger has since been added to that list.

Orton didn't actually play in the playoffs as a rookie, so it depend on what one means by "leading a team into the playoffs." John Elway is in the same boat there in 1983.

Good trivia question though.

Totally forgot about Shaun King (thanks Taz). lol...