Does quality of opposing QB's played during the regular season determine Super Bowl winner?

There is always much debate over whether the quality of the opposing QB and/or teams played during the regular season have a direct effect on the eventual Super Bowl winner?

In other words does the Patriots playing the overused expression "tomato cans" hurt their Super Bowl chances.

My short answer is no. Here are the last 5 Super Bowl winners and the QB's they beat to get to the Super Bowl.

The 2013 Seahawks, 2012 Ravens, 2011 Giants played horrible QB's in the regular season.

You decide.

Game	2015 Broncos	2014-Patriots	2013- Seahawks	2012-Ravens	2011--Giants
1	Flacco-W	Tannehill-L	Newton-W	Dalton-W	Grossman-L
2	A. Smith- W	Cassel-W	Kaepernick-W	Vick-L	Bradford-W
3	Stafford-W	Carr-W	Henne-W	Brady-W	Vick-W
4	Bridgewater-W	A. Smith-L	Schaub-W	Weeden-W	Kolb-W
5	Carr-W	Dalton-W	Luck-L	Cassel-W	T. Jackson-L
6	J. McCown-W	Orton-W	Fitzpatrick-W	Romo-W	Fitzpatrick-W
7	Rodgers-W	G. Smith-W	Palmer-W	Schaub-L	Moore-W
8	Luck-L	Cutler-W	Clemens-W	Weeden-W	Brady-W
9	A. Smith- L	P. Manning-W	Glennon-W	Palmer-W	A. Smith-L
10	Culter-W	Luck-W	Ryan-W	Leftwich-W	V. Young-L
11	Brady-W	Stafford-W	Ponder-W	Rivers-W	Brees-L
12	Rivers-W	Rodger-L	Brees-W	Batch-L	Rodgers-L
13	Carr-L	Rivers-W	Kaepernick-L	Griffin, III-L	Romo-W
14	Roethlisberger-L	Tannehill-W	E. Manning-W	P. Manning-L	Grossman-L
15	McCarron-W	G. Smith-W	Palmer-L	E. Manning-W	Sanchex-W
16	Rivers-W	Orton-L	Clemens-W	Dalton-L	Romo-W
17	Roethlisberger-W	Flacco-W	Brees-W	Luck-W	Ryan-W
18	Brady-W	Luck-W	Kaepernick-W	P. Manning-W	Rodgers-W
19	Newton-W	Wilson-W	P. Manning-W	Brady-W	A.Smith-W
20				Kaepernick-W	Brady-W

New England Patriots Pass/Rush splits thru 6 games in the Belichick era

What are the New England Patriots pass/rush splits thru 6 games each season during the Bill Belichick era you ask? You didn't ask. All right I'll tell you anyway.

You can see that during the Patriots Super Bowl winning seasons, New England is much more balanced on offense. Basically between 48-55 % passes vs runs.

Keep in mind, the Patriots have never won a Super Bowl when they throw the ball more than 55 % of the time.

= Super Bowl winning year.

Sorted by lowest Pass %.

Year	W	L	W/L%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Pass %	Rush %
2004	6	0	1.000	104	172	60.5	1,328	11	5	185	759	4.1	4	48.2%	51.8%
2006	5	1	0.833	106	189	56.1	1,160	10	3	203	789	3.9	7	48.2%	51.8%
2008	4	2	0.667	120	181	66.3	1,078	6	4	187	815	4.4	7	49.2%	50.8%
2007	6	0	1.000	148	204	72.5	1,737	21	2	202	850	4.2	5	50.2%	49.8%
2016	5	1	0.833	133	190	70.0	1,604	10	0	188	719	3.8	7	50.3%	49.7%
2003	4	2	0.667	112	195	57.4	1,093	6	7	175	710	4.1	5	52.7%	47.3%
2012	3	3	0.500	160	243	65.8	1,758	10	3	217	914	4.2	10	52.8%	47.2%
2014	4	2	0.667	137	216	63.4	1,435	11	2	178	660	3.7	3	54.8%	45.2%
2001	3	3	0.500	120	198	60.6	1,260	8	2	163	584	3.6	6	54.8%	45.2%
2010	5	1	0.833	131	198	66.2	1,283	11	4	161	667	4.1	5	55.2%	44.8%
2000	2	4	0.333	123	202	60.9	1,144	10	3	158	519	3.3	1	56.1%	43.9%
2013	5	1	0.833	136	239	56.9	1,370	8	4	175	723	4.1	3	57.7%	42.3%
2011	5	1	0.833	160	237	67.5	2,103	16	8	163	744	4.6	6	59.3%	40.8%
2009	4	2	0.667	165	252	65.5	1,730	12	2	169	698	4.1	6	59.9%	40.1%
2005	3	3	0.500	145	232	62.5	1,773	8	5	144	494	3.4	7	61.7%	38.3%
2002	3	3	0.500	170	261	65.1	1,675	14	9	140	570	4.1	2	65.1%	34.9%
2015	6	0	1.000	173	251	68.9	1,963	16	1	128	502	3.9	8	66.2%	33.8%