![Top Picks Burrow, Stafford Take Different Super Bowl Paths](https://townsquare.media/site/432/files/2022/02/attachment-GettyImages-1363700600.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Top Picks Burrow, Stafford Take Different Super Bowl Paths
Joe Burrow got to the Super Bowl faster than any other No. 1 pick quarterback. Matthew Stafford’s journey from top pick to the title game has taken longer than any other quarterback. A rare Super Bowl meeting between No. 1 pick quarterbacks provides quite a contrast for their paths. Stafford and Burrow will be the 10th and 11 quarterbacks among the 26 taken with the top pick in the common draft era to start in the Super Bowl. The only other time No. 1 pick QBs squared off in the Super Bowl came six years ago when Peyton Manning beat Cam Newton.
More From ESPN Western Colorado
![Ryan Eager for New Start in Indy After 14 Seasons in Atlanta](http://townsquare.media/site/432/files/2022/03/attachment-GettyImages-1170218376.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![States Report Heavy Betting on This Year’s Super Bowl](http://townsquare.media/site/432/files/2022/02/attachment-GettyImages-1358137867.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Super Bowl has 101 Million TV Viewers, up From 2021](http://townsquare.media/site/432/files/2022/02/attachment-GettyImages-1238460245.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Kupp Caps Triple Crown Season With Super Bowl MVP](http://townsquare.media/site/432/files/2022/02/attachment-GettyImages-1370407081.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Kupp’s Late TD Lifts Rams Over Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl](http://townsquare.media/site/432/files/2022/02/attachment-GettyImages-1370413820.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Packers QB Aaron Rodgers wins 4th MVP award](http://townsquare.media/site/432/files/2016/11/GettyImages-483893032.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Kupp’s Breakout Season Results in First Trip to Super Bowl](http://townsquare.media/site/432/files/2022/02/attachment-GettyImages-1367934560.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Saints Tab Dennis Allen to Replace Sean Payton](http://townsquare.media/site/432/files/2022/02/attachment-GettyImages-1171008728.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Super Bowl Matchup: Veteran Rams Versus Upstart Bengals](http://townsquare.media/site/432/files/2021/12/attachment-GettyImages-1360295781.jpg?w=980&q=75)