9 consecutive years a former Vol has been a Super Bowl winner

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Bout to be 10 when Eric berry and the Kansas city chiefs win it all next year
 
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He didnt just show up. He had one of the most important plays of the game.

DB is clutch. Also had a qb hurry on the last drive that led to an invompletion.

His future is bright.
 
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Derek didn't have the impact i thought he would. That tackle did a pretty fair job on him But he was on the spot at the critical moment for that fumble. It was a tremendous game
the best one they have had in quite some time. Just glad Brady didn't win....
 
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RollerVol said:
make it up...it' about a VFL, so it's all good...:)

GO VOLS!
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I went and did the homework and then some, it's true. Last Super Bowl winner with no Vol was the 2008 Steelers, and other than them only a few Pats teams in the last 20 years have lacked a Vol:

2017 Eagles - Derek Barnett
2016 Patriots - Justin Coleman
2015 Broncos - Britton Colquitt, Malik Jackson, Peyton Manning
2014 Patriots - Jerod Mayo
2013 Seahawks - Tony McDaniel
2012 Ravens - Morgan Cox
2011 Giants - Deon Grant
2010 Packers - Chad Clifton, Justin Harrell, Scott Wells
2009 Saints - Jabari Greer, Robert Meacham, Marvin Mitchell
2008 Steelers - (none)
2007 Giants - Gibril Wilson
2006 Colts - Peyton Manning
2005 Steelers - Cedrick Wilson
2004 Patriots - (none)
2003 Patriots - (none)
2002 Buccaneers - Cosey Coleman, Travis Stephens
2001 Patriots - (none)
2000 Ravens - Jamal Lewis
1999 Rams - Todd Collins, Leonard Little
1998 Broncos - Marcus Nash
 
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Don’t mean to negative here, but it’s a chance occurrence and means pretty much nothing given how bad our program has been the last 9-10 years. I suppose this is a bit of a novelty stat we can be happy over, maybe, but it would mean a lot more if our team had been competing for championships in the SEC. I’d personally gladly swap no players playing in the Super Bowl the last 9 seasons for Tennessee players having great success in college. I just don’t see taking any pride in this stat, it’s meaningless imho.
 
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KBVol said:
Don’t mean to negative here, but it’s a chance occurrence and means pretty much nothing given how bad our program has been the last 9-10 years. I suppose this is a bit of a novelty stat we can be happy over, maybe, but it would mean a lot more if our team had been competing for championships in the SEC. I’d personally gladly swap no players playing in the Super Bowl the last 9 seasons for Tennessee players having great success in college. I just don’t see taking any pride in this stat, it’s meaningless imho.
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It's not meaningless, it shows that even in our worst years we're capable of sending player after player to the NFL.

Good Lord, some of you people need to step back from the ledge.
 
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Well, this year there were 20 NFL rosters with Vols on them, and 12 rosters without one. Those are pretty decent odds in terms of one of them getting to the Super Bowl and winning the thing. In fact 6 of the 8 teams who made the divisional round of the playoffs had Vols on them.

Given that the SEC has more players on NFL rosters than any other conference by a good bit, I can't imagine us doing especially well in conference if we're *not* able to say stuff like "there are Vols all over NFL rosters", which is really what a fluke like 9 Super Bowls in a row is all about, fundamentally. Our key opponents are all loaded with NFL talent, and we'd better be too.

So yeah, it's not really anything to be proud of in and of itself, but it's not highly likely that we're going to consistently have a winning program without stuff like this just happening to be true.
 
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