How the teams in the last 10 Super Bowls acquired their quarterbacks

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• Reaching the Super Bowl undoubtedly takes a team effort, but special emphasis is often put on the quarterbacks.
• INSIDER took a look at how the teams that played in each of the last 10 Super Bowls acquired their starting quarterback.
• Of the 13 different quarterbacks to play in the last 10 Super Bowls, nine were drafted by the team, one was signed as a free agent, one was acquired in a trade, one appeared in a Super Bowl with the team he was drafted by and a second team he signed with as a free agent, and one appeared with the team he was drafted by, but only after returning as a free agent.
• Check out how Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and others wound up on their Super Bowl-winning teams below and read all of Business Insider's Super Bowl LIII coverage here.

2010: Super Bowl XLIV

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Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints took down Peyton Manning's Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV.

Drew Brees

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After finishing an impressive career with the Purdue Boilermakers, Brees was selected by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick of the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He spent five seasons in a near-constant competition for the starting role in San Diego before the team offered him an insulting, incentive-based contract that would guarantee him $2 million in base salary each season. He instead opted to take his talents to New Orleans, where he's proven himself to be one of the most impressive quarterback talents in NFL history.

Peyton Manning

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The son of famous NFL quarterback Archie Manning, Peyton Manning was a highly-coveted offensive weapon coming out of the University of Tennessee. He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts with the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft and led the team to two Super Bowls — and one Super Bowl victory — during his 14-year stint with the franchise.

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• The NFL quarterbacks who have played in and won the most Super Bowls

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