Silver Minings: Jim Plunkett among most underrated quarterbacks

Plunkett won two rings with the Silver and Black

In my mind, Jim Plunkett belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

After all, he is the only Hall of Fame-eligible quarterback to win two or more Super Bowl rings as a starter not in the Canton, Ohio, museum. Still, Plunkett — who quarterbacked the Raiders to Super Bowl wins in Super Bowls XV and XVIII and was the MVP in Super Bowl XV — does not get the historical credit he is due.

So, it was pretty cool to see the NFL Network recently give a nod to Plunkett, who is now 74. Peter Schrager recently listed Plunkett among his top five most underrated quarterbacks in NFL history as shown in the below tweet:

This is a heck of a list and Plunkett, who played for the Raiders from 1978-86 to end a career that began as the No. 1 overall pick by the New England Patriots in 1971 after winning the Heisman Trophy at Stanford, surely deserves to be remembered as a great NFL quarterback,

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