Rookie QBs in Conference championship games

[JohnTurney]

Jayden Daniels is the latest

Mark Sanchez
Ben Roethlisberger
Shaun King
Joe Flacco
Brock Purdy (hurt -threw 4 passes)

non-rookie
Pat Haden, played pro ball in WFL
really, really non-rookie
Dieter Brock

then older era
Harry Newman, 1933, tailback
Baugh, Tailback
Waterfield
Graham (AAFC)

then some I don't know who started for sure
but played at least some --

[JohnTurney]

almost 70 years


Quirky Research
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Teams with 4+ players attempting passes in a playoff game:
2024 Lions
1956 Giants
1948 Cardinals
1941 Giants
1940 Bears
1939 Giants
1938 Giants
1936 Redskins
1934 Bears
1933 Bears

[SeahawkFever]

Jayden Daniels is the latest

non-rookie
Pat Haden, played pro ball in WFL

I didn’t know Pat Haden played in the World Football League.

Saw the Lost Treasures of NFL Films documentary on that league years back which might be my favorite of that series I’ve watched.

[Brian wolf]

Of course, Baugh and Waterfield won championships as rookies, though Waterfield was T-Formation, but Wilson and Prescott could have joined this conference list, had their defenses made stops at the end of their playoff games. I still feel the Seahawks would have made the SB had they gotten by the Falcons in 2013.