Most Super Bowl-winning teams have that one big-named guy that you totally forgot won a championship ring that year.
For example, you’ve probably forgotten that Ndamukong Suh won a ring with the 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Or that former All-Pro safety Eric Weddle won it all with the Los Angeles Rams in 2021. Heck, tell your kids that all-time draft bust Blaine Gabbert won rings with the Bucs and Kansas City Chiefs as backups to Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes.
Well, it looks like we’re bound to see at least one more under-the-radar guy remove his name from the ring-less list. We’re not talking about big names like Derrick Henry, Josh Allen, Jared Goff, or Saquon Barkley – but lesser-talked-about names that everybody recognizes.
With that, let’s dive into 10 NFL players you totally forgot could win a Super Bowl ring this year.
Find out which forgotten players can have a shot at Super Bowl glory this season.
Mitch Trubisky
Here’s a “truth” you may want to consider: Mitch “The Truth” Trubisky faces a legitimate shot of winning the Super Bowl. Think about that!
From all-time draft bust in Chicago to Super Bowl champion? The haters would have to put that in their pipes and smoke it!
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As everyone knows, Bears fans must live with the tragic truth — there’s that word again — that Trubisky was taken over Patrick Mahomes with the No. 2 pick in 2017. After four underwhelming seasons in Windy City, Trubisky joined the Buffalo Bills to back up Josh Allen in 2021.
He then signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2022 in an attempt to revive his career, but he was outplayed by both Kenny Pickett and Mason Rudolph in Steel City. The Steelers cut ties with Trubisky after two seasons, and he returned to Buffalo in 2024 free agency.
Josh Allen is having an MVP-like season as the Bills starting quarterback. If this is the year Buffalo ends years of heartbreak and finally gets over the hump in the postseason, then Mitch Trubisky is what the Bears once thought he’d be: A Super Bowl-winning quarterback!
…Just not with the Bears, but as the Bills backup QB.
Kareem Hunt
Six years after being cut by the Chiefs during Patrick Mahomes’ 2018 MVP season, Hunt was brought back to Kansas City in September following an injury to starting running back Isiah Pacheco.
Hunt, who led the NFL in rushing yards during his 2017 rookie year, spent five years with the Cleveland Browns following his release from KC. He was primarily Nick Chubb’s understudy, forming a dynamic rushing tandem with the four-time Pro Bowler.
With Pacheco missing most of 2024, Hunt re-emerged as the No. 1 running back for the defending Super Bowl champions. With the Chiefs struggling to find consistency in the passing game, you can bet that Andy Reid will be leaning on the Pacheco-Hunt tandem aplenty during Kansas City’s bid for a three-peat.
Hunt once looked like a long-term foundational piece on the Chiefs’ offense with Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and Tyreek Hill. After releasing him, Kansas City ran through a long list of different running backs over the next half-decade — from Damien Williams to Clyde Edwards-Helaire to Pacheco. Heck, they even had Le’Veon Bell for a short period!
Seven years after taking the NFL by storm, Hunt gets that long-awaited second chance to win a Super Bowl ring. This may be his last real shot at a title, too.
Allen Robinson
If you just found out that Allen Robinson is still under contract with an NFL team, we don’t blame you. It’s been a long while since we heard his name.
This guy has had one of the more bizarre careers in recent NFL memory. Remember his monster 2015 sophomore season on a hapless Jacksonville Jaguars team, when he caught 80 passes for 1,400 yards and 14 touchdowns? Yeah, that would be peak Allen Robinson.
He would hit 1K, receiving twice more with the Chicago Bears in 2019 and 2020, and then that was it for him. A one-year stint with the defending Los Angeles Rams amounted to nothing, and a fresh start with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2023 was even more fruitless.
After his release from the Steelers, Robinson signed with the Detroit Lions. A-Rob has hardly seen any playing time for Dan Campbell’s squad, and yet he’s finally in a good position to secure a Super Bowl ring.
Detroit is unquestionably the team to beat in the NFC. If they take care of business, all Robinson has to do is retain his roster spot and not get cut between now and Super Bowl 59. And then he’ll be awarded a championship ring to put the cherry on top of a roller-coaster of a career.
Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown
Kansas City signed the former 2019 first-round pick to a one-year deal in free agency following a “meh” tenure with the Arizona Cardinals. KC proceeded to use a first-round pick on Xavier Worthy, giving Patrick Mahomes two more game-changing weapons to help Travis Kelce and Rashee Rice.
Unfortunately, Hollywood was ruled out for most of the 2024 season after requiring shoulder surgery. The Chiefs weren’t sure if he’d play in the regular season, but the initial word was that he’d likely return for the playoffs.
With Rice requiring season-ending knee surgery and Worthy failing to produce at a consistent level, all we can say is that Kansas City REALLY needs Hollywood for the playoffs.
The former Baltimore Raven has been marred by injuries over the first six years of his playing career. For all Brown has been through, it’d sure be nice to see him win a Super Bowl ring and get healthy for 2025.
While we’re on the Chiefs topic, here is a reminder that DeAndre Hopkins would get a ring, too, if KC completed the three-peat! Imagine someone proposing such a scenario to you a couple of years ago: Brown and Hopkins winning rings together with Mahomes and company.
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Harrison Smith
When the veteran safety signed a restructured deal to return to the Minnesota Vikings in 2024, it felt like he had just signed away his last chance to win a Super Bowl.
The six-time Pro Bowler could have pursued a ring on a contender. Who really thought the Vikings would be competitive this year after moving on from Kirk Cousins and replacing him with Sam freaking Arnold and unproven rookie JJ McCarthy?
The joke’s on us. Darnold is having a career year and has the Vikings in the running for the NFC’s top seed. With Minnesota on its way to the postseason, the six-time Pro Bowl safety gets another crack at a Super Bowl!
Smith is still a force in Brian Flores’ defense that has propelled Minnesota to the Super Bowl conversation. But at age 35, there’s no guarantee that Smith will have another opportunity to win it all after this season.
Smith had a close call when his Vikings reached the 2017 NFC Championship game, but the organization has won just a single playoff game ever since. Can Minnesota pull it off and potentially send the future Hall of Famer into retirement with a shiny Super Bowl ring?
Stay tuned!
Marcus Williams
Hard to believe it’s been seven years since Williams made perhaps the WORST “rookie mistake” in NFL history. Yanno, when he ducked under Stefon Diggs and let the star wideout complete the Minneapolis Miracle in the 2017 Divisional Round?
Williams vowed to use that missed tackle as motivation. He indeed grew into one of the NFL’s premier safeties with the New Orleans Saints, but NOLA could never break through in Drew Brees’ final years.
With the Saints’ window closed Williams joined the Baltimore Ravens in 2022 as a free agency on a lucrative five-year contract. Why not join forces with Lamar Jackson and a team with a wide-open window while you’re in your prime, huh?
The Ravens are on their way to another postseason berth and look as dangerous as anybody else in the AFC, thanks to a Jackson and Derrick Henry rushing tandem.
If Baltimore goes all the way, Williams will have finally redeemed himself by winning a Super Bowl. Not with New Orleans, mind you, but Williams can be at peace of mind for life if he climbs the mountaintop as a Super Bowl champion.
Tre’Davious White
While we’re on the topic of the Ravens…
The former Buffalo Bills All-Pro cornerback was cut in the offseason in a cap-saving move. He was later scooped up by the Los Angeles Rams, who were sent to Baltimore ahead of the trade deadline. Got all that? Good.
White was once on a Hall of Fame trajectory, with two Pro Bowl selections and 2019 First-team All-Pro honors on his resume before injuries sadly began to pile up in 2021. With his 30th birthday looming, White will likely be out of the NFL sooner rather than later.
But it’s not too late for him to claim football’s ultimate prize. White isn’t a superstar anymore, but he and the aforementioned Marcus Williams have a real opportunity here to win a championship ring, which would largely make up for the many unfortunate breaks they’ve both endured in their careers.
Marcus Mariota
Mariota never lived up to expectations after being drafted second overall by the Tennessee Titans in 2015. After starting out sluggish in 2019, he was benched in favor of Ryan Tannehill, and the rest is history.
Tannehill won Comeback Player of the Year honors after leading the Titans to a surprise AFC Championship Game appearance. After cementing himself as Tennessee’s starting QB, Tannehill signed an extension as the Titans watched Mariota leave for the Las Vegas Raiders in free agency.
Mariota spent a season with the Atlanta Falcons and one year with the Philadelphia Eagles before joining the Washington Commanders in 2024 to back up Jayden Daniels — who’s having one of the best rookie QB seasons ever.
With Washington on their way to a playoff berth, Mariota has a chance of winning a Super Bowl. Dan Quinn has quickly transformed this long-suffering franchise into a winner, and the Daniels-led Commanders have enough talent on both sides of the ball to go on a little run here.
And if Washington does the unthinkable, Mariota will join Mitch Trubisky as a Super Bowl-winning QB who was once regarded as a mega bust. You can do it, Marcus!!!
Jamal Adams
After his release from the Seattle Seahawks, the former All-Pro safety had to spend a while on the free-agent market before signing with the Tennessee Titans in July.
The former Seahawk and New York Jet played just three games with the Titans before they granted his wish to be released. In December, the former 2017 first-round pick was signed to the Lions’ practice squad.
Obviously, Adams isn’t going to get a whole lot of playing time on Dan Campbell’s defense. But a veteran defensive back renowned for his pass-rushing abilities at least provides depth on a unit that has been hit hard by the injury bug this year.
Adams’ prime ended much quicker than expected after posting 9.5 sacks in 2020 — a single-season record for a defensive back. His tenure in Seattle ended on a sour note, but what a story it would be if he got to salvage the back half of his career by winning a Super Bowl with the Lions.
Hey, crazier things have happened…
Kenny Pickett
If you were to tell us a year ago that Kenny Pickett would be Jalen Hurts’ backup in Philadelphia and that Russell Wilson would be enjoying a career renaissance in Pittsburgh, we’d say you’re crazy!
But life comes at you quickly in the NFL. Pickett had uninspiring rookie and sophomore seasons in Pittsburgh, and the organization decided they couldn’t wait around any longer. In the offseason, he was traded to the Eagles in a package deal that included a third-round pick going Pittsburgh’s way.
The Steelers would sign Wilson following his release from the Broncos and acquire Justin Fields from the Bears via trade. While both helped the Steelers re-emerge as a force in the AFC, Pickett has spent his third NFL season holding a clipboard for Hurts and company.
And yet…Pickett may never have this good a chance of winning a Super Bowl again. What a world we live in, folks.
Saquon Barkley’s MVP-like season has helped Philly return to Super Bowl contender status after a miserable end to 2023. After the Lions, the Eagles are the team to beat in the NFC.
Not that Pickett has had to do a whole lot, but he has a golden opportunity to win a Super Bowl ring with a Pennsylvania-based football team. Not as a Steeler, but as an Eagle. Just as we all predicted a year ago!
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