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ShareThisCheckdowns: Eagles with three Pro Bowl QBs
With Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb and Jeff Garcia on the roster, Philadelphia has three QBs who made a Pro Bowl at some point in their careers. Thirty-six times in NFL history has a team rostered three quarterbacks who made a Pro Bowl either before, during, or after their stint with their current team. The most recent example was in San Diego earlier this decade. The first time it happened has already been discussed by Jason in the inaugural PFR podcast.
The list:
2004 sdg Drew Brees 2004 sdg Doug Flutie 2004 sdg Philip Rivers 1997 was Gus Frerotte 1997 was Trent Green 1997 was Jeff Hostetler 1994 crd Steve Beuerlein 1994 crd Jim McMahon 1994 crd Jay Schroeder 1992 sfo Steve Bono 1992 sfo Joe Montana 1992 sfo Steve Young 1989 min Rich Gannon 1989 min Tommy Kramer 1989 min Wade Wilson 1989 sfo Steve Bono 1989 sfo Joe Montana 1989 sfo Steve Young 1988 min Rich Gannon 1988 min Tommy Kramer 1988 min Wade Wilson 1987 chi Doug Flutie 1987 chi Jim Harbaugh 1987 chi Jim McMahon 1987 min Rich Gannon 1987 min Tommy Kramer 1987 min Wade Wilson 1986 min Steve Bono 1986 min Tommy Kramer 1986 min Wade Wilson 1985 min Steve Bono 1985 min Tommy Kramer 1985 min Wade Wilson 1984 min Tommy Kramer 1984 min Archie Manning 1984 min Wade Wilson 1983 min Tommy Kramer 1983 min Archie Manning 1983 min Wade Wilson 1976 ram Pat Haden 1976 ram James Harris 1976 ram Ron Jaworski 1974 rai George Blanda 1974 rai Daryle Lamonica 1974 rai Ken Stabler 1974 ram John Hadl 1974 ram James Harris 1974 ram Ron Jaworski 1974 was Sonny Jurgensen 1974 was Billy Kilmer 1974 was Joe Theismann 1973 rai George Blanda 1973 rai Daryle Lamonica 1973 rai Ken Stabler 1972 rai George Blanda 1972 rai Daryle Lamonica 1972 rai Ken Stabler 1971 rai George Blanda 1971 rai Daryle Lamonica 1971 rai Ken Stabler 1970 rai George Blanda 1970 rai Daryle Lamonica 1970 rai Ken Stabler 1969 buf Tom Flores 1969 buf James Harris 1969 buf Jack Kemp 1969 kan Len Dawson 1969 kan Tom Flores 1969 kan Mike Livingston 1968 rai George Blanda 1968 rai Cotton Davidson 1968 rai Daryle Lamonica 1958 det Bobby Layne 1958 det Earl Morrall 1958 det Tobin Rote 1958 pit Len Dawson 1958 pit Bobby Layne 1958 pit Earl Morrall 1957 phi Al Dorow 1957 phi Sonny Jurgensen 1957 phi Bobby Thomason 1957 pit Len Dawson 1957 pit Jack Kemp 1957 pit Earl Morrall 1952 was Sammy Baugh 1952 was Harry Gilmer 1952 was Eddie LeBaron 1951 crd Jim Hardy 1951 crd Charlie Trippi 1951 crd Frank Tripucka 1950 bcl George Blanda 1950 bcl Adrian Burk 1950 bcl Y.A. Tittle 1950 chi George Blanda 1950 chi Sid Luckman 1950 chi Johnny Lujack 1950 crd Jim Hardy 1950 crd Charlie Trippi 1950 crd Frank Tripucka 1949 chi George Blanda 1949 chi Sid Luckman 1949 chi Johnny Lujack 1949 ram Bobby Thomason 1949 ram Norm Van Brocklin 1949 ram Bob Waterfield 1948 chi Bobby Layne 1948 chi Sid Luckman 1948 chi Johnny Lujack
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Good to see Deadpool on this list (Wade Wilson)...
That reminds me - More Podcasts!
Just offhand, it looks like the 2009 Eagles might be the only team to have 3 QBs on its roster who made a Pro Bowl in the past, though (not including present or future).
Which is surely the more "impressive" feat.
So, the Vikings had 3 quarterbacks on their roster who either made or would make a pro bowl for every year from 1983-1989.
I was looking through the Dolphins page because I suspected Marino-Mitchell-Deberg should be on that list. Mitchel was good for a spell with Detroit, and DeBerg played till he was like 50, so surely he was a Pro-Bowler at least once, right? Neither were, but both probably should have been.
1990 DeBerg-
3,444 yards 23TD 4 INT! 96.3 rating.
1995 Mitchell-
4,338 yards 32TD 12 INT 92.3 rating
(The #2 fantasy QB. Somewhat irrelevant, but still.)
Another odd thing I noticed was that the 1994 Dolphins only had Marino and Kosar on their roster. Having 2 QBs seems kind of risky. Especially with Marino coming off a torn Achilles tendon.
I went back and looked at those 2 years to see if they really belonged in the Pro-Bowl.
In 1990, Deberg's numbers were worthy, but not better than those of Jim Kelly or Warren Moon. However, they were the only 2 AFC QBs, while the NFC had 3. DeBerg could have been the 3rd. I don't see why the AFC left off a 3rd QB, either. It is not like there was a surplus of talent at RB or WR. 4 of the AFC's 5 WR's had less than 1,000 yards.
In 1995, there were 8 QBs selected to the Pro Bowl. That year, Mitchell led the Lions to only their fourth 10-win season since the merger (they still only have 4). In '95 he was 5th in passer rating, 2nd in yards, 3rd in TDs, 3rd in TD%, 4th in adjusted yards/attempt, and those are NFL rankings, not just NFC. Of the 4 NFC Pro Bowlers, only Favre had clearly better numbers. Moon's were on par with Mitchell's (but Moon rushed more). Troy Aikman and Steve Young had worse numbers, and only 2 and 1 more wins than Mitchell, respectively. Young only played in 11 games.
I am officially launching the campaign to retroactively award Deberg and Mitchell their deserved Pro-Bowl selections.
That is really interesting about Minnesota having all those pro bowlers for 6 straight years - and not the same three, even more strange. I wonder who their QB coach during that era was, and if that has anything to do with it? Good argument btw Roby about the three Dolphin page, esp about Mitchell - he got robbed by the non-Pro Bowl selection almost as much as Phillip Rivers did last year (who basically led the NFL in everything yet somehow wasn't chosen)!