Getting to the Super Bowl is a road that has elevated otherwise average players to superstardom – and it is a road that has been denied to some of the league’s greats. Archie Manning is one example of a transcendent quarterback who never even sniffed the Super Bowl, because he played his career on a dreadful team – the New Orleans Saints. Joe Namath represented the other side of the coin, a quarterback who made it to one Super Bowl and, largely because of his prediction of a Jets win despite going in as an 18-point sports betting underdog, and then delivering on that prediction, becoming one of the icons of the sport. In today’s game, there are quite a few Hall of Fame caliber players who have not yet made it to a Super Bowl.
So, befor eyou start gearing into Super Bowl Betting mode, let’s take a closer look at a few of them.
NFL News: Superstars Who Have Never Played in a Super Bowl
J.J. Watt
Watt has been named to five All-Pro teams in 11 NFL seasons. However, he spent his first ten seasons with the Houston Texans, a team that has bizarrely chosen to bring in leadership aligned with the religious and political views of its owner, Cal McNair, rather than to bring in proven football leadership. This is a team that made quarterback Deshaun Watson so mad that he refused to play and demanded a trade. Watt asked for his release, and the team granted it. Now that he is in Arizona, he at least made the playoffs this season, but the Cardinals also have a long way to go to get to the Super Bowl.
T.J. Watt
This is J.J. Watt’s younger brother, and he has played four seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He set the league’s single-season sack record this year, and he has been named to four Pro Bowls and three All-Pro teams. The Steelers made it into the playoffs, barely, but they got routed in the wild card round, and with Big Ben retiring, the future in Steel City is murky.
Dak Prescott
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback has thrown for 143 touchdowns and run for 25 more – and even caught one touchdown pass – in six seasons since taking over for Tony Romo. He has led the team to three division titles in those six seasons – but he has only managed to get the Cowboys one win in the postseason, with three losses. He did bounce back this season from a fractured ankle in 2020, but consistency needs to build for him to get past the divisional round.
Keenan Allen
This star wide receiver for the Los Angeles Chargers has had at least 1,138 receiving yards in four of the last five seasons; the exception came last year, when he missed two games and “only” had 992 receiving yards. However, over that time, the Chargers have only made the playoffs once, snagging a wild card in 2018. They beat the Ravens on the road but then got rolled by 13 at New England in the divisional round. The Chargers have an exciting quarterback of the future in Justin Herbert, but the secondary needs some improvement.
Nick Chubb
Chubb has put up four solid seasons with the Cleveland Browns, breaking the 1,000-yard barrier in three of those seasons after picking up 996 yards as a rookie. Over those four seasons, the Browns have climbed out of the basement of the AFC, but they regressed from an 11-5 season that included a wild-card berth last season – and a win at Pittsburgh in the wild-card round – to an 8-9 finish this season as quarterback Baker Mayfield played most of the season with a fracture in his non-throwing shoulder. With an improved offensive line and an improved defense, the Browns should return to the playoffs in 2022 if they get more consistent quarterback play.
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