Steve Young was NOT a 1st round pick, he went to the USFL first and then signed with Tampa in a supplemental draft, nor did he win the SB for the team he was drafted by.
John Elway did NOT play the team that drafted him...so I guess that counts him out too (due to the criteria imposed on later round draftees).
Trent Dilfer did NOT win the SB with the team that drafted him...again, he doesn't count either.
Drew Brees did NOT win the SB with the team that drafted him...once again, per the criteria outlined for later draftees, he doesn't count.
I am not being a hardnosed NO 1ST RD QB guy here...just saying that if we have to eliminate the later round guys because they often don't succeed for the team that drafted them...the same criteria goes for 1st/2nd rounders. As you can see, by looking at the same criteria, we have effectively eliminated 5 of the top round SB's because the player did not win it for their original drafted team...or were not even ORIGINALLY drafted (Young).
Just saying...there are VERY FEW that were DRAFTED top of the draft and WON THE SB on that same team. Of those 16 listed...only 5 were drafted in the top of the 2nd or sooner and WON THE SB WITH THAT TEAM. That is just over 30%. And of that, Roethlisburger and E.Manning are there mostly because of the TEAM AROUND THEM (read defense and running).
Anyway...30% is a pretty low threshold in my opinion.
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