Nick Foles channeled his inner Joe Montana and Jeff Hostetler for one of the best, most improbable playoff runs of the DVOA era. Tom Brady also saw his best postseason not result in a ring, which has been common in his career.
As I looked at last year's update to the quarterback postseason stats, one of the first comments from a reader called "justanothersteve" stood out. It was in reference to the lofty stats compiled by Colin Kaepernick in his six playoff starts with the 49ers in 2012 and 2013. The comment read: "Somewhere out there is a GM who will see that stat and will sign Kaepernick thinking he just needs the right coach and players to replicate that performance.