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The best quarterback divisions in NFL history

The best quarterback divisions in NFL history

By Bryant Harper

With an aim to pinpoint when top talent crossed paths and when new arrivals created considerable depth, here are the Super Bowl era’s best quarterback divisions. 

1999 Colts-Dolphins matchup. But this division sent four teams to the playoffs in 1998, with Vinny Testaverde lifting the Jets with a 29-touchdown pass year and Doug Flutie’s comeback transforming the Bills. This all came as Drew Bledsoe remained an upper-echelon QB. Manning’s rapid 1999 growth changed the division’s complexion, as Marino’s descent and Testaverde’s ACL tear lowered its ceiling. 

Chiefs-Raiders rivalry at its height. The teams vied for the final AFL crown, a Chiefs road win. Hadl played 16 seasons, mostly with the Chargers, and was a six-time AFL All-Star or Pro Bowler.

Super Bowl XLIII precipice. Romo’s 20s involved three Pro Bowls and a 2007 No. 1 seed. Manning spoiled that, piecing together a career-defining Super Bowl charge. Washington and first-rounder Jason Campbell could not keep up.

in the 1989 playoffs.

Steelers’ top challenger, however. That period ended when Houston traded Pastorini to Oakland in 1980.

emergency trade get Earl Morrall made the Coastal Division 3-for-3 in MVPs en route to Super Bowl III.

comebacks over the Steelers and Oilers in the ’93 playoffs. This period’s unquestioned zenith came when Elway and Montana dueled on an October 1994 Monday night — Kansas City’s elusive win in Denver. 

free agency addition Jim Harbaugh, whose efficient season produced his only Pro Bowl. Kelly capped the Bills’ fourth straight Super Bowl berth in 1993, while Marino bounced back from an Achilles tear in ’94 to resume his prime, leading to a Week 1 duel with Bledsoe and the “Fake Spike” game against Esiason.

Sam Robinson is a Kansas City, Mo.-based writer who mostly writes about the NFL. He has covered sports for nearly 10 years. Boxing, the Royals and Pandora stations featuring female rock protagonists are some of his go-tos. Occasionally interesting tweets @SRobinson25.

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