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5 Worst NFL Quarterbacks With Super Bowl Rings

By Michael Collins

Feb 3, 2014; New York, NY, USA; A general view of the Vince Lombardi Trophy during the winning team press conference the day after Super Bowl XLVIII at Sheraton New York Times Square. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 3, 2014; New York, NY, USA; A general view of the Vince Lombardi Trophy during the winning team press conference the day after Super Bowl XLVIII at Sheraton New York Times Square. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 12, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; The helmet of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) (not pictured) sits on the field as players stretch during warm ups before a game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles defeated the Giants 27-0. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 12, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; The helmet of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) (not pictured) sits on the field as players stretch during warm ups before a game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles defeated the Giants 27-0. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /

Jeff Hostetler, New York Giants – Winner: Super Bowl XXV, 1/27/91

The Giants fielded a typical Bill Parcells team in 1990, with a smothering defense full of Pro Bowlers, and a power offense that relied on running and clock control to win games. Quarterback Jeff Hostetler was merely the man to hand it off most of the time.

Hostetler’s career was as uninteresting as his 20-for-32, 222 yard performance in the Super Bowl. He finished with a 51-32 career record as a starter, and played for three different teams, including the Giants, Raiders, and a final feeble attempt with the Redskins. In a 12-year NFL career, Hostetler only started 83 games.

The thing about the 1990 Giants was that Hostetler started the season as the backup to Phil Simms, who went down in Week 15 for the season. Hostetler was there for the final two wins that put the Giants into the playoffs, and then through their playoff run.

Super Bowl XXV was the first of four straight Super Bowls that the Buffalo Bills would lose, and Hostetler wouldn’t even have his ring were it not for Scott Norwood’s wide right field goal attempt as the final seconds of the game ticked off.

Hostetler did go on to have a couple of decent seasons with the Raiders, but overall his career was nothing to write home about. He was truly a backup quarterback who happened into the right circumstance to win a Super Bowl, but unlike Tom Brady, he didn’t parlay that into a Hall of Fame career.

A footnote in Giants history, and definitely not one of the greatest QBs of all time, Jeff Hostetler can thank the Giants defense, Otis Anderson and Dave Meggett for his ring.

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