Here’s a little history lesson for fans of the New York Jets. The 1999 St. Louis Rams didn’t have their franchise quarterback until the year before they won the Super Bowl, and he was their backup to start the 1999 preseason.
An injury to incumbent starter, Trent Green, led to his rise to the role of starter. Kurt Warner would go on to win the regular season and Super Bowl MVP awards. He’s only one of three players to win both the regular season and Super Bowl MVPs in the same season.
The four main components of the Greatest Show on Turf, that most people will think of first, are Pro Football Hall of Famers Warner and Marshall Faulk, and a great receiver (who might be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame someday) in Isaac Bruce and a dynamic speedster in Az-Zahir Hakim.