Five worst NFL quarterbacks with Super Bowl rings

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Dec 3, 2015; Detroit, MI, USA; The Vince Lombardi Trophy displayed outside the fan zone before the game between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports /

With the NFL to host Super Bowl 50 this year, let’s look back at the five worst starting quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl.

Super Bowl 50 is rapidly approaching and in this quarterback-driven era of the NFL, it is almost a certainty than an elite NFL passer will hoist the Lombardi Trophy again (Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Russell Wilson) or a former Pro Bowler for the first time (Cam Newton, Carson Palmer, Alex Smith).

However, there are many career backup quarterbacks that could make the NFL Playoffs and could end up shocking the world if their team gets hot (Brock Osweiler, A.J. McCarron, Brandon Weeden). While it is almost unthinkable that in this era of the NFL where there is so much value placed on a pocket passer that a sub-standard NFL quarterback could win a Super Bowl.

This has happened more often than casual football fans can remember. Eight non-active quarterbacks have won Super Bowls and have no realistic shot at Canton enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Sometimes teams win Super Bowls with a great defense, a great head coach, or a stout running game.

With quarterbacks dropping like flies in 2015, it isn’t out of the realm of possibility that a so-so quarterback can lead his team to a Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl 50. To prepare for the chance of an undeserving quarterback to hoist the Lombardi Trophy, here are the five worst quarterbacks to lead their teams to Super Bowl victories.

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