Some NFL losses fade with time. But for these quarterbacks, there’s one game they just can’t shake—whether it was a blown call, a last-second heartbreak, or just plain old humiliation.
These guys might smile for the cameras now, but deep down, they’re still replaying that game over and over. It’s the loss that haunts them, defines them, or maybe even turned fans against them. Here are 16 quarterbacks who still seem just a little too salty about one brutal game.
16. Mark Sanchez
You can try to forget the Butt Fumble, but Sanchez never will. It’s the kind of blooper that follows you for life—no matter how many playoff wins came before it.
15. Philip Rivers
Rivers never quite got over the 2007 AFC Championship against the Patriots. Playing on a torn ACL while LT sat on the sideline? You know that still bugs him.
14. Tony Romo
The botched snap in Seattle isn’t just a meme—it’s Romo’s personal horror film. He probably still dreams about chasing that football in the open field.
13. Cam Newton
That Super Bowl 50 loss to the Broncos changed everything. One bad fumble and a refusal to dive on it, and suddenly the league turned on him.
12. Matt Ryan
28-3. That’s it. That’s the paragraph.
11. Lamar Jackson
The 2019 Divisional Round loss to the Titans was supposed to be his MVP coronation. Instead, it became a reminder that regular-season magic doesn’t always carry over.
10. Aaron Rodgers
Rodgers has had his share of playoff heartbreak, but that 2014 NFC Championship collapse in Seattle? That one still gnaws at him like a bad ayahuasca trip.
9. Dak Prescott
Losing to the 49ers in back-to-back playoffs hurt, but that bizarre quarterback draw with no time left? That’s the one Cowboys fans—and Dak—won’t let go.
8. Drew Brees
The no-call in the 2018 NFC Championship against the Rams still makes Saints fans boil. Brees stayed classy, but you know he’s still fuming inside.
7. Andrew Luck
Before he walked away, Luck’s playoff meltdown against the Chiefs in 2018 felt like a gut punch. It wasn’t just a loss—it was a realization that the window might already be closing.
6. Josh Allen
That overtime coin toss against the Chiefs in the 2021 Divisional Round might’ve broken him just a little. When you play a perfect game and still lose? That sticks with you.
5. Peyton Manning
Peyton has two rings, but that Super Bowl XLVIII beatdown by the Seahawks is the one he’d love to erase. The safety on the first play? Nightmare fuel.
4. Russell Wilson
You already know the one. One yard to go, beast mode in the backfield, and Russ throws the most infamous interception in Super Bowl history.
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3. Donovan McNabb
The Super Bowl loss to the Patriots was bad, but the real salt came after. Getting called out by T.O. and accused of puking in the huddle? That wound never healed.
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2. Dan Marino
Marino made it to one Super Bowl in his second season—and never went back. That lopsided loss to the 49ers in 1985? You better believe it still burns.
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1. Tom Brady
Yes, even the GOAT has one game that keeps him up at night. That perfect season spoiled by the Giants in Super Bowl XLII? You can see it in his eyes every time someone mentions David Tyree.
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