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Yeah but did any of them have the peak of #Petermania? The star that shines brightest burns fastest.

With the 164th pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, the Indianapolis Colts select: Christian Miller, OLB, Alabama

I'm the biggest Panthers fan in the world. Luke is not in this conversation to me. He probably would be if he didn't keep getting hurt, but Donald takes this one right now easily because of his dominance and other people who maybe could have challenged him getting hurt.

60. Mark Brunell (Green Bay Packers 1993-1994, Jacksonville Jaguars 1995-2003, Washington Redskins 2004-2007, New Orleans Saints 2008-2009, New York Jets 2010-2011) 1st Place Jaguars QB and 7th Place Redskins QB Career Record 83-75-0 (52.53%) 52nd out of 102 Record in Games with Good Defense 62-22-0 (73.81%) 66th out of 102 Record in Games with Bad Defense 21-53-0 (28.38%) 48th out of 102 Percentage of Games with Good Defense 84/158 (53.16%) 43rd out of 102 (-17) Wins above Average in a 16 Game Season (0.350) That's Vin's BOY! That's this guy right here! Mark Brunell falls shy of making the top 50, but his career was certainly one to be remembered. Brunell was a draft pick of the Packers, not expected to ever start behind Favre, just to provide a warm body in the rare occasion he might miss a snap. He wasn't even the first QB drafted from his school in 1993, as Billy Joe Hobert (who?) went in the second round to the Raiders that season. He was originally going to be traded to the Eagles after the 94 season, but he didn't want to spend his career as a backup to Randall Cunningham, so the Packers decided to look elsewhere. Luckily for them, the expansion Jaguars were interested in getting some depth behind their veteran expansion pick in Steve Beuerlein. Turned out Brunell was able to win the starting QB job after Beuerlein crapped the bed in his first two starts, and Brunell led the team to 4-12 record. Not very impressive, but he led a couple of 4th quarter comebacks, and threw very efficiently. His job was basically set in stone from there. The 1996 season happened, and the Jaguars surprised everyone. After starting the season 4-7, and looking to be out of the race entirely, Brunell and the jaguars went on a tear, winning five straight games and sneaking into a wildcard spot in a crowded AFC race. They took out Jim Kelly's Bills in an offensive shootout, then they did the same to John Elway's Broncos the next week. However, they lost in the AFC Championship game to a tough Patriots defense and just missed out on a chance to have an Expansion vs. Expansion team Super Bowl (the Panthers also lost the conference championship game to the Packers). The Jaguars went to the playoffs again in 97' and 98', but were dispatched early on. Then came 1999, and the Jaguars looked like the best team in football. Brunell was still bombing it down the field, but the defense seemed to have all of it's ducks in a row too. Problem was, they had one achilles' heel, one team they could never beat. The Tennessee Titans. They went 14-0 in the regular season against teams not named the Titans. They made Dan Marino's retirement game look more like they were putting ol' yeller out to pasture. The Titans destroyed them in the divisional round, and the Jaguars never really had a window like that open for them again. Sure Brunell was still doing well for the next few seasons, but things changed in Jacksonville. The Steelers, Ravens, and Titans all starting to become powehouse defenses while the Jags offensive line was diminishing, and the defense couldn't quite recapture the magic. The Jags went through 3 straight losing seasons and decided to move on, firing Tom Coughlin, and drafting Byron Leftwich in the first round of the 03' draft. After starting the season 0-3, Brunell was done in Jacksonville. If his career had just been the span from 93-03, Brunell would have been up among the legends in the league, he was the mind who operated great weapons like Jimmy Smith, Keenan McCardell and Fred Taylor. But, Brunell wasn't done. The Redskins gave him a chance in 2004, as someone to motivate Patrick Ramsay to do better. Ramsay didn't do better and Brunell took the reins halfway through the season. Brunell had one more taste of success in 2005, leading the Skins to a 10-6 record, and a wild-card berth. They were able to fend off Gruden's Bucs, but fell well short to the Seattle Seahawks. Brunell found himself replaced in 2006 halfway through the season by rookie QB Jason Campbell, and his time as a floating backup began. He underwent surgery in 2007 and missed the entire season. He found himself in New Orleans in 2008 and 2009, and in the process won a super bowl ring as a backup. He spent 2010 and 2011 as the Jets' backup under Mark Sanchez before finally retiring at the age of 42. Brunell was a dog in shootouts, and spent most of his early Jacksonville career going shot for shot with some serious powerhouse teams in the AFC. He was the only Jaguars QB to start enough games for them to make this list (while the other expansion team had 4 guys make the list), it's safe to say that Jacksonville never really found their successor to Brunell. David Garrard had a period where he did fine in a pinch, but he was nothing more than a game manager for them, and highly drafted QBs Byron Leftwich, Blaine Gabbert, and Blake Bortles all saw their way out after only a few seasons on the job. He's never really talked about as a great QB of the 90's, or a great QB of the 00's due to the way his career started, but true Jacksonville fans will never forget what he did for the franchise, and just how close he got them to glory.