Very few rookie quarterbacks have ever started a game on conference championship weekend, let alone won a title.

Since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, only five rookie quarterbacks have started a conference championship game: Shaun King (2000), Ben Roethlisberger (2005), Joe Flacco (2009), Mark Sanchez (2010 ...

Joe Flacco led the Baltimore Ravens to the AFC Championship Game in 2008 while Mark Sanchez did the same for the New York Jets the following year. Sanchez, in particular, is notable because ...

Joe Flacco, AFC championship game," said New Orleans' Brees, who chuckles and changes the subject when asked about his first pro season. "A rookie quarterback this year, Mark Sanchez, AFC ...