It's why the past 11 NFL MVP winners have been quarterbacks. However, every signal-caller -- even MVP winners -- need help from others to lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy as Super Bowl champions at the end of the season.

Broncos QB Bo Nix has a Total QBR rating of 57.2 going into the NFL playoffs, which ranked 12th among the league’s 14 playoff quarterbacks.

Here’s where C.J. Stroud stacks up in total QBR compared to the 13 remaining quarterbacks entering wild-card round weekend.

Houston Texans second-year quarterback C.J. Stroud posted a Total QBR rating of 95.4 in the team’s 23-14 win over the Tennessee Titans in Week 18, bringing his season-long Total QBR average to 50.2. W

While a championship is the ultimate goal, for Nix the magic number to prove he is the best rookie quarterback to ever play in the postseason is three, the number of wins no rookie quarterback has ever accumulated.