With no franchise QB...you are lucky to make it to the playoffs one out of every 3 years. Give me the teams that have been to the playoffs 4 times or more in 12 years without a franchise QB
I don't disagree... but it kinda makes for a circular argument, since if a QB takes his team to the playoffs more often than average, he's likely to be considered a franchise QB, and if not, then not.
But since you asked for a list... here you go:
1. Baltimore (7 playoffs in the 12 years BEFORE Lamar Jackson - once with McNair, and the rest with Flacco. Insert argument about whether Flacco was/is a franchise QB here.)
2. Cincinnati (6 playoffs in the last 12 years - once with Palmer, the rest with Dalton)
3. Houston (6/12 - twice with Schaub [!], once with Hoyer [!!] and once with Osweiler [!!!], and twice with obvious franchise QB Watson. 4 playoffs in 6 years with the other scrubs!)
4. Kansas City (5 playoffs in the 10 years before Mahomes, with Cassel and Smith)
5. Philadelphia (7/12 - twice with McNabb, once with Vick, once with Foles, and now three times with Wentz)
6. Minnesota (6/12 - once with Frerotte, once with Favre, once with Ponder [!], once with Bridgewater, once with Keenum, and once with Cousins!)
7. San Francisco (4/12 - once with Smith, twice with Kaepernick, and once with Garroppolo)
8. Arizona (4/12 - twice with Warner, once with Stanton [yes, he played more than Palmer that year], and once with Palmer)
So... after removing the 10 teams that went to the playoffs 4+ times in the last 12 years with obvious franchise QBs (New England, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Denver even though Manning was only good for 2 of the 4 years, plus Tebow once, Dallas if you count Romo + Prescott, Green Bay, New Orleans, Atlanta, Carolina, Seattle), still 8 of the remaining 22 teams have made the playoffs 4+ times with a cast of journeymen or fringe franchise QBs.
So overall, 59% of teams have made the playoffs 4+ times in the last 12 years - some FAR more than that. But yeah, if you're one of the 22 teams that didn't have a franchise QB over that span, then you need to be a little lucky to make the playoffs 4+ times out of 12, with only 37% reaching or exceeding that threshold. Including the Chiefs without Mahomes.
...dave