"The Giants are without their quarterback," Robinson said Friday at his office here.
"Remember, we won the Super Bowl that year without our best quarterback," he said.
Michigan played without their starting quarterback Chad Henne due to a leg injury.
Neither team can do without its quarterback, and now both may have to.
The 49ers continued a pattern of success when they have had to play without their starting quarterback, improving to 7-1 in eight games without Young since 1996.
Each of the Arizona teams is without last year's fine quarterback, and the rest of the league will probably finish near the bottom as usual.
It proved that the Dolphins could win without their injured quarterback, Dan Marino.
Without their quarterback, who will be 38 years old in November, the Giants could drop to 4-12.
The Falcons played without their starting quarterback, Chris Chandler, who missed his second game with a pulled hamstring.
The Falcons, considered postseason contenders before the season began, were 2-10 without their starting quarterback.