Your guide to a non-QB usurping Brady or Ryan for Super Bowl MVP
Your guide to a non-QB usurping Brady or Ryan for Super Bowl MVP
Accepted wisdom is that whichever star quarterback wins the Super Bowl will also take home the game's MVP trophy. But, in fact, quarterbacks only win MVP about half the time (27 times in 50 Super Bowls). So let's look at some past Super Bowl MVPs, and the Falcons or Patriots star most likely to emulate their feats.
Accepted wisdom is that whichever star quarterback wins the Super Bowl will also take home the game's MVP trophy. But, in fact, quarterbacks only win MVP about half the time (27 times in 50 Super Bowls). So let's look at some past Super Bowl MVPs, and the Falcons or Patriots star most likely to emulate their feats.
Especially in football, it is not a quarterback's game... even though the media likes to make it into that - it takes the whole team.
Joe Montana
3x Super Bowl MVP
Von Miller, OLB, Super Bowl 50 (6 tackles, 2 1/2 sacks, 2 forced fumbles)
Santonio Holmes, WR, Super Bowl XLIII (131 yds, including 4 catches for 73yds & TD on game winning drive)
Knowing the history of all the receivers that have made a legacy here and in the NFL, I wanted to be a part of that trend.
Santonio Holmes
Super Bowl XLIII MVP
Dexter Jackson, S, Super Bowl XXXVII (2 INTs)
Emmitt Smith, RB, Super Bowl XXVIII (156 total yards, 2 TDs)
For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.
Emmitt Smith
3x Super Bowl champion
Richard Dent, DE, Super Bowl XX (1.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, blocked pass)
Jerry Rice, WR, Super Bowl XXIII (11 catches, Super Bowl record 215 yards, 1 TD)
I went out there to play my game for the fun of it and never based my career around records.
Jerry Rice
Hall of Famer