Mark Rypien is a Super Bowl MVP and champion, a former quarterback for the Washington Redskins and other teams who reached football's pinnacle...

...been pretty dismal.The only time he missed a regular-season snap because of injury, against Miami in 2001, backup Mark Rypien fumbled. The Dolphins recovered, then drove 59 yards for the winning score. Manning returned on the next series...

...Dallas1995: Steve Young, QB, San Francisco1994: Emmitt Smith, RB, Dallas1993: Troy Aikman, QB, Dallas1992: Mark Rypien, QB, Washington1991: Ottis Anderson, RB, N.Y. Giants1990: Joe Montana, QB, San Francisco1989: Jerry Rice...

...Dallas1995 - Steve Young, QB, San Francisco1994 - Emmitt Smith, RB, Dallas1993 - Troy Aikman, QB, Dallas1992 - Mark Rypien, QB, Washington1991 - Ottis Anderson, RB, N.Y. Giants1990 - Joe Montana, QB, San Francisco1989 - Jerry Rice...

...Gibbs won all three of his Super Bowls in Washington with experienced quarterbacks Joe Theismann, Doug Williams and Mark Rypien. Brunell certainly fits that mold better than Ramsey, who has 16 games in his career compared to 117 by Brunell...

...down the middle of the fairway before bouncing his second shot on to the green. "I hit a career six iron," he said Mark Rypien birdied the last hole to finish third with 67 points, followed by fellow ex-NFL quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver's...

...whomever a sponsor chooses. Can it turn into a sideshow? No more than when former Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Rypien played in the 1992 Kemper Open. He shot 80-91 and finished last, 13 shots behind the guy who was next-to-last...

...but his numbers were dismal. Reeves thought he had addressed the problem in '98, signing former Super Bowl winner Mark Rypien. But Rypien, whose son was suffering from a terminal illness, never played a down in Atlanta, forcing the Falcons...

...Rice, WR, San Francisco 1990:Joe Montana, QB, San Francisco 1991:Ottis Anderson, RB, N.Y. Giants 1992:Mark Rypien, QB, Washington 1993:Troy Aikman, QB, Dallas 1994:Emmitt Smith, RB, Dallas 1995:Steve Young, QB, San Francisco...

...backup quarterback failed. Ty Detmer signed with San Francisco; Eric Zeier was forced to stay with Baltimore, and Mark Rypien remained home with his dying son. The Falcons went into the season with 44-year-old Steve DeBerg, who hadn't...