5 Great NFL Quarterbacks Who Won’t Win a Ring With Their Current Team

NFL quarterbacks are probably the most scrutinized and dissected of any position, and sometimes great ones just land on bad teams.

If you want to play quarterback in the NFL, you had best be prepared to shoulder too much blame when things go bad, and get way too much credit when things are going good. The quarterback is the undisputed leader of the team, and many teams live and die with their quarterback play.

But in some cases, a quarterback with a lot of talent and some natural leadership skills winds up on a team that simply can’t get the job done. Some of them spend their careers with such organizations, coming oh so close to the payday of a Lombardi Trophy and an oversized ring, only to wind up with a “look at the career stats that guy compiled” mention for all eternity.

Jim Kelly and the Buffalo Bills, Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins, Fran Tarkenton and the Minnesota Vikings, Kenny Anderson and the Cincinnati Bengals, and Dan Fouts and the San Diego Chargers are all examples of such fruitless marriages.

There are quarterbacks like that now in the NFL – guys who look to be on long-term, possibly career, assignments with their teams, and who will wind up a Super Bowl spinster when all is said and done.

Sorry to say for these quality QBs, their quest for a ring will not come to fruition with their current teams.

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