Jul 11th 2008 2:13AM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: 49ers, Ravens, AFC North, NFC West, NFL Media WatchEarlier today, quarterback Trent Dilfer retired from the NFL, ending one of the most interesting careers. Dilfer went from bust, to journeyman, to go-to insider guy during his 14-year NFL career.

In the middle of that, he was the starting QB on the Baltimore Ravens’ Super Bowl Championship team.

So, with Dilfer retiring, Sporting News decided to rank the worst QBs to win a Super Bowl as a starter. Dilfer finished second (SN did say that there have been no quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl). The top spot went to the Giants Jeff Hostetler.Giants fans will always have a warm place in their hearts for Hoss, who stepped in for an injured Phil Simms (more on him later) and gutted his way to the finish line in 1990. But all he proved as a starter over the next six seasons — the last four with the Raiders — was that he couldn’t make his teams better. Only one of those teams, the 1993 Raiders, made the playoffs.
Again, there are no horrible QBs on this list … which is evident by some of the names Dilfer ranked “ahead of”.

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