Why hasn't McNabb, Vick, McNair, Culpepper, Moon, Brooks, Carter or, Cunningham won a Super Bowl?

Question

Quincy Carter went to the playoffs

Answer 1

Simple, they weren't all that good.... ..

Answer 2

Doug Williams, Redskins, started in SB XXII, and beat the Broncos.
Steve McNair, Titans, started in SB XXXIII, and lost by one yard to the Rams.
Donovan McNabb, Eagles, started in SB XXXIX, and lost to the Patriots when he showed poor clock management at the end of the game.

Randal Cunningham and Warren Moon never played on teams that had SB caliber players around them.

Michael Vick and Quincy Carter both made the playoffs, but Vick and the Falcons were beat in the NFC Championship game by McNabb and the Eagle, and Carter managed to lose the game against the 'cardiac cats' of Carolina all by himself.

Aaron Brooks is a joke...why didn't you mention Akili Smith also?!?

If this is an attempt to start a racial thing, try again. Minority quarterbacks still make up a small percentage of total quarterbacks in the NFL history, and there have been 3 black qbs that made it to the superbowl, even though only 1 of them won (insert your own "How long have you been a black quarterback" joke here). Do the math...figure out how many total quarterbacks there have been over the past 85 years, and how many of them have been black. Then take that ratio and compare it to the total number of qbs that have been on SB teams divided by the number of black qbs that have been to the SB (not just the 3, but any backups that went also). Which number is higher? Just a guess, but I'm going to say the percentage in SBs is higher than the percentage of black qbs in the NFL since its inception.

Answer 3

Moon and McNair are the only real quality NFL quarterbacks of the group. They could have won a Super Bowl under the right circumstances. Vick, Brooks, and Carter are complete chumps. McNabb is decent and sometimes throws the long ball real well. he is WAY too inconsistant though. I've never seen another QB miss his receivers by 10 ft. more than McNabb. He is way overrated and seems to be pumped up by NFL marketing. During the Eagles 3-4 year run deep into the playoffs, the Eagles got the benefit from MANY questionable calls at crucial times to win games. I hate to say, "conspiracy", but it sure seemed like they were getting a little 'boost' to win the Super Bowl. ( I wonder how many NFL officials are on the Campbell's Soup payroll?)

Answer 4

I'm going to hope that stormchaser wasn't being as racist as that sounds, and no I didn't give him the thumbs up because I won't rate that answer not knowing how he meant it. I'm going to take it as he is saying they aren't good QBs. Before people SCREAM at me as well hold on. OK I question him saying that of some of the ones listed(Moon and Cunningham were great, McNair is good and I'm not sold on McNabb but whatever). Thing is that MOST Black QBs are taught to RUN FIRST. They aren't taught Pass First. So they are great ATHLETES, that's why most are converted to WR once they go Pro. Great PLAYERS but not great QBs in general. Brooks NEVER should have been a QB, don't know maybe he couldn't play any of the other positions though. Carter wasn't very good, although better then Brooks. Then you include Vick. Come on that dude is an F***in joke as a QB. Don't give me the he has no one to throw to. He throws and the team seems to get worse. Name another QB that has HURT the team when he starts throwing more.

Oh and Moon won GRAY CUPS, the CFL version of the Superbowl. So don't say it was the QB. He CLEARLY could play. He just wasn't getting a good enough team to go to and win the Superbowl.

Answer 5

McNabb, McNair, McMoon and McCunningham, were all good enough to win the Super Bowl. But Brooks, Carter and Vick will never lead a team to the Super Bowl, however they may get there on the talent of a defense and/or running back combo. Doug Williams did win the Super Bowl and he was talented but he fits in the latter category. Vick is a bust plain and simple (Tomlinson anyone). Brooks helped lead me to 3 straight fantasy league championships (I had Tomlinson as well though). Carter, I liked his character but he had a lot of learning left to do.

Answer 6

McNabb lost to the Patriots, they were a better team, Culpepper is not that good thats why, Mcnair has been close, Brooks sucks, Vick is inconsistant, Keep going or are you trying to throw a black QB conspiracy theory out there? Maybe the NFL is holding them down. Moon and Cunnigham dont have a chance to win one anymore, and is the other one Quincy Carter? are u serious

Answer 7

Are you trying to imply that it's because they're black?.......I don't know why...but Vick and Brooks aren't even good enough to win one and their teams have always been awful, so that easily explains them...McNabb could have won one, I'm not sure what they were thinking when they started taking their time in the 4th quarter when trailing...Culpepper....Well in 2004 I have no idea what went wrong with the Vikings...collective effort I guess....Moon, Carter, and Cunningham....who knows...but like I said, if you're implying that it is because they're black, I think that's just silly...but the media will make a big deal about it anyway when a black QB does win the Super Bowl..just like with the coaches....nobody cares...

Answer 8

They are fantastic players but when they have a chance at the super bowl, they face off against teams that are all around better at eveything instead of just having one great player. For example, when McNabb lost to Tom Brady because Brady had a fantastically stacked team when McNabb had a good team but not a super bowl winning team.

Answer 9

I completely agree with 'tiny2kool'
And to add to the question details.... The Cowboys went to the playoffs, Quincy Carter lost the game!! The End.

Answer 10

Plain and simple everyone of those teams represented by those players dominated on one side of the ball and not the other.

McNabb had a good defense, but no real running game.
Vick never had a defense or recivers and probably won't be in the playoffs anytime soon.

Culpepper had unbeliveable recievers and offense but their defense sucked.

Carter & Brooks-enough said

Cunningham in philly had good defense ok offense, in minnesota great offense no defense

moon is similar to marino made every team he was on achieve more than they were supposed to.

Answer 11

Warren Moon-won 5 Grey Cups (in 1978, 1979, 1980 MVP, 1981 and 1982 MVP) the CFL equivalent of the Superbowl.
Phenomenal regular season QB. In his final CFL season of 1983, Moon threw for a league record 5,648 yards, and won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award. 9 Pro bowls. He was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 2001 and was
elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006, becoming both the first undrafted quarterback and the first African-American quarterback to be so honored. Tennessee retired his number Oct 1st 2006 and October 29th the Kansas City Chiefs also retired his number. Combining his NFL and CFL stats, Moon's numbers are staggering: 5,357 completions for 70,553 yards and 435 touchdowns, all of which are massively higher than the NFL records for each category. Even if his Canadian League statistics are discounted, Warren Moon's career is still exceptional: 3,988 completions for 49,325 yards (the fourth-highest in NFL history), 291 touchdown passes, 1,736 yards rushing, and 22 rushing touchdowns.

McNair led the team to an AFC championship and an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIV, where they lost by one yard to the St. Louis Rams. Since then, McNair has generally been recognized as one of the game's top players. McNair was named co-Most Valuable Player for the 2003 season along with Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts

McNabb- 5 Time Pro Bowl- 2004 NFC Offensive
Player of the Year. Super Bowl XXXIX-The Eagles were playing against the Patriots. Donovan was reportedly dehydrated. McNabb struggled at points, throwing three crucial interceptions. Two of these were thrown in New England territory, and one of those two was a rare mistake for McNabb in the red zone. The final interception was a last-gasp hail Mary at the end of the game. He was also sacked four times. McNabb finished the game with 30 completions for 357 yards, the third highest total for both categories in Super Bowl history, and 3 touchdowns. The Eagles lost 24-21.

Vick is an elite runner but only has average accuracy when it comes to his passing game. His career completion percentage is 53.8%.

Brooks-Poor decision making, showcased in an infamous backwards pass thrown to an offensive lineman in a 2004 loss in San Diego.

Cunningham-could have made it. Had all the tools. 1998 in Minnesota went 15-1. Lost in the NFC Title game in overtime to the Falcons 30-27.

Quincy Carter-After being released by the Cowboys, Carter was signed to a one-year contract with the New York Jets where he served as a backup to Chad Pennington and started three games (winning two) after Pennington suffered a rotator cuff injury. He suffered a drug relapse during the playoffs of the 2004 season and has since received treatment for drug addiction and bipolar disorder in Houston.
In April 4, 2006, Carter was signed by the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) to a one year contract with an option for 2007 only to be released by the team the following month. On being cut, Carter remarked, "This is a joke... an insult." No other football team has signed Carter since his release and one CFL club official told the Montreal Gazette that Carter has "a serious marijuana problem."
On December 15, 2006 Carter was arrested in Irving, Texas on possession of marijuana charges.
In February of 2007, Carter signed with the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings, a team in the af2 indoor football league. Through the first three games of the 2007 season, he was the third rated passer, with a rating of 124.3, throwing 18 touchdown passes, but he was suspended indefinitely from the team in late May for missing team meetings. Carter reportedly quit the team a few days later. Nuff said.