No rookie QB has ever started a Super Bowl
Mark Sanchez can make history by becoming the first rookie quarterback to start a Super Bowl. Four players have made it to the Big Show in their second year:
* Dan Marino went with the Dolphins in the 1984 season, but lost to the 49ers.
* Kurt Warner went with the Rams 1999, and beat the Titans.
* Tom Brady led the Patriots in 2001, and beat the Rams.
* Ben Roethlisberger went with the 2005 Steelers, and beat the Seahawks.
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