[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by Buster

In the last 11 years:

Trent Dilfer won a SB.
Kurt Warner won a SB.
Jeff Hostettler won a SB.
Ben Roethlisberger won a SB by throwing 15 times a game.
Chris Chandler went to a SB.
Jake Delhomme went to a SB.
Kerry Collins went to a SB.
Stan Humphries went to a SB.
Neil O'Donnell went to a SB.

We don't need a Pro Bowl QB to go all the way. Heck, we've won with Mark Rypien and Doug Williams, who was the backup QB most of the year to Jay Shroeder.

All the quarterbacks you named fall into two categories. Dilfer, Roethlisberger, Delhomme, and O’Donnell all played teams where their respective defenses were top five or higher for those particular seasons. All they had to do was put 17 points on the board and not screw up, and they could rack up 11+ wins for the season. Brunell doesn’t have the luxury of a top five defense(at least not at this point in the season), and I’m not positive he could put up 17 points, without the help of penalties and turnovers.

Warner, Hostettler, Chandler, and Collins were all veteran journeymen who had a nice one or two season run, in which they fit perfectly in the system they were in. Warner in particular, was the leader of one of the most prolific offenses ever. Brunell will NEVER break 30 TD’s or 4,000 passing yards in a season, so I don’t think these comparisons are valid.