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...people in the world wouldn't want to change places with a Super Bowl quarterback. But convincing people to switch shoes with Ravens quarterback Trent Dilfer or Giants counterpart Kerry Collins would have required Ron Popeil-like selling skills before this season. Both had spent several years regarded as highly paid busts, taking turns as a favorite punching bag for fans and the media...
...York Jets entered Super Bowl III as an 18-point underdog to the Colts. (It was the third year in a row that the NFL favorite was favored by at least 13 points over its AFL opponent.) Well, we know what happened next. Jets quarterback Joe Namath promised a victory, delivered, probably celebrated with a few female fans and spawned a number of New York sports guarantees, including ones by Mark Messier and Jim Fassel that were prophetic and numerous ones by Patrick Ewing that weren...
Trent Dilfer and Kerry Collins may be turning their careers around, but the quarterback matchup in Super Bowl XXXV pales in comparison to some we've seen in the past. Below is our unofficial list, in chronological order, of the 10 greatest pairings of Super Bowl signal-callers ever. (Post your thoughts below in the scribble board...
Look at Kerry Collins. Two years ago, he was one of the league's biggest disappointments. A former No. 2 overall pick, Collins struggled with alcoholism, apathy and incompetence, playing for two teams before the Giants gave him more money than anyone thought reasonable to be their quarterback...
Look at Trent Dilfer. As quarterback of the Tampa Bay Bucs for six years, he basically sucked. Then he sucked and sucked and sucked some more until finally finding a new home in Baltimore as Tony Banks' backup. He took over the starting job at midseason and, well, he wasn't all that great, but he did enough to lead the Ravens to a 10-1 record in that time...