As I mentioned above the OTHER QBs in his own division have alot to do with it...heck even just the AFC in general IMO when you get past Brady/Manning/Big Ben
I ran across this article while doing a search
http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/footb ... dy-have-be
Some points from the article
1. Pro Bowl QBs- Brady 10, Favre 1(on a bad year, 22TD/22INT), Bledsoe 1
2. Here is the list of QBs...good lord..this list...SMH
Bills: Alex Van Pelt (2001), Bledsoe (2002-04), Kelly Holcomb (2005), J.P. Losman (2006), Trent Edwards (2007-08), Ryan Fitzpatrick (2009-12), E.J. Manuel (2013), Kyle Orton (2014), Taylor (2015).
Jets: Vinny Testaverde (2001), Chad Pennington (2002-04, 2006-07), Brooks Bollinger (2005), Favre (2008), Sanchez (2009-12), Geno Smith (2013-14), Fitzpatrick (2015).
Dolphins: Jay Fiedler (2001-2003), A.J. Feeley (2004), Gus Frerotte (2005), Joey Harrington (2006), Cleo Lemon (2007), Chad Pennington (2008), Chad Henne (2009-10), Matt Moore (2011), Ryan Tannehill (2012-15).
Also there is this
The same 3 QBs have represented the AFC in the super bowl for 12 of the last 13 years. This has been the order:
2003: Brady
2004: Brady
2005: Big Ben
2006: Peyton
2007: Brady
2008: Big Ben
2009: Peyton
2010: Big Ben
2011: Brady
2012: Flacco (the exception)
2013: Peyton
2014: Brady
2015: Peyton/Brady
to me, this is insane. how about you guys?
AFC has def been top heavy compared to the NFC too. Pats Steelers and whatever team Manning is on usually take up 3 slots EVERY single year. Another team from AFC N usually makes it is seems, the winner of the crappy AFC south because they have to be in the playoffs, and then another random wildcard