Republican Candidates and Their NFL Doppelgangers

I recently finished a piece comparing Santorum's success in Iowa to that of Bronco's QB Tim Tebow, it can be read here: http://www.thefastertimes.com/politics/2012/01/04/santorum-channels-tebow-in-iowa/ . I thought it was a fun conceit, and something I've always had a lot of fun dong, I've compared athletes to rappers, to movie stars, etc, and though it's a kind of meaningless endeavor, its often good for a couple laughs.
With that said I've turned to the rest of the field.

Mitt Romney=Phillip Rivers, If Santorum backdoored his way into a win Iowa in a similar way to Tebow and the Bronco's, then it makes sense that Romney would be comparable to Rivers. Both were heavy favorites, both had the gaudy numbers, both had a fair amount of past success, and both have serially failed to get the job done. Like Romney, the Chargers are often early favorites, who shoot themselves in the foot during crunch time. Both Romney and Rivers seem like they should be in that elite tier, but consistently fail.

Newt Gingrich=Matt Hasselback, Both have a track record of some success. However, both have done enough damage to their reputation that they don't seem to be viable candidates for that top tier.

Ron Paul=Mike Vick, Both are incredibly unique, both are polarizing. For both their uniqueness is part of their success and part of their downfall. Vick's scrambling style makes him an incredibly exciting and dynamic QB, but also gets him hurt a lot. Paul's foreign policy makes him enticing to some, but out of line with mainstream Republicans.

Herman Cain=Brett Favre, I'll let you make up your own sexual harassment joke here.

Rick Perry=Mark Sanchez, both have a championship pedigree, and were highly regarded when they burst on the scene. However, both have proven themselves far too erratic for big time success.

John Huntsman= Matt Leinart, both seemingly have all the traits you could ask for, but for whatever reason they seem to be more comfortable in the back up role.

Michele Bachmann= Caleb Hanie, some early success that seemed to augur big things in their futures, but both proved to be not quite camera ready when they got their shot. Both are now out of the running.