The past two quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl were drafted in 2009 (Matthew Stafford) and 2000 (Tom Brady). The oldest signal caller left in this year’s final four was drafted in 2017 (Patrick Mahomes), and the other three teams are taking advantage of still having their starting quarterbacks on their rookie deals.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg in how the NFC’s Eagles and 49ers (3:00 p.m. ET, Fox) and AFC’s Chiefs and Bengals (6:30 p.m. ET, CBS) constructed their rosters with enough talent to reach their conference championships this Sunday. They each have roughly half of their rosters filled by their own draft picks with the other half shaped by free agency, waiver claims and trades — with each team reaping the rewards of at least one impactful trade.
Here’s a breakdown of how each Super Bowl contender was built:
Eagles
Roster breakdown: 29 players via draft, 25 via free agency/waivers, six via trades
