If you’re a fan of the San Francisco 49ers, your week has already been bad enough due to the Super Bowl loss, but now, we’re about to make things worse by telling you this: Getting back to the Super Bowl has been nearly impossible over the past 30 years when a team is in the exact situation that the 49ers are in.
As pointed out by our CBS Sports research team, of the last 18 quarterbacks to lose in their Super Bowl debut, NONE of them made it back to the big game as a starter in their career. Purdy made his Super Bowl debut this year, and if the trend holds, then he won’t be returning to the big game.
This trend dates all the way back to the 1994 season when Stan Humphries and the Chargers lost to the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX. Since then, there have been 17 more quarterbacks to lose their Super Bowl debut and none of them have made it back to the big game.
Here’s the list of the past 18 quarterbacks who lost their Super Bowl debut and never made it back to another one:
Super Bowl XXIX: Stan Humphries (Chargers)
Super Bowl XXX: Neil O’Donnell (Steelers)
Super Bowl XXXI: Drew Bledsoe (Patriots) — Bledsoe did return as a backup, but that doesn’t count
Super Bowl XXXIII: Chris Chandler (Falcons)
Super Bowl XXIV: Steve McNair (Titans)
Super Bowl XXXV: Kerry Collins (Giants)
Super Bowl XXXVII: Rich Gannon (Raiders)
Super Bowl XXXVIII: Jake Delhomme (Panthers)
Super Bowl XXXIX: Donovan McNabb (Eagles)
Super Bowl XL: Matt Hasselbeck (Seahawks)
Super Bowl XLI: Rex Grossman (Bears)
Super Bowl XLVII: Colin Kaepernick (49ers)
Super Bowl 50: Cam Newton (Panthers)
Super Bowl LI: Matt Ryan (Falcons)
Super Bowl LIII: Jared Goff (Rams)
Super Bowl LIV: Jimmy Garoppolo (49ers)
Super Bowl LVI: Joe Burrow (Bengals)
Super Bowl LVII: Jalen Hurts (Eagles)
The 49ers already have two quarterbacks on this list, and Purdy could soon be the third.
The last QB to buck this trend was Jim Kelly, who…
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Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2024-02-16 16:47:08
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