Give a name, team(s) and your reason.
2007-09-21 05:28:57 · 20 answers · asked by plunderer61 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
If a QB becomes a permanent starter, he's not a backup. Tom Brady is a starter, not a backup. Steve Young did not get into the Hall of Fame as a backup. I want to know who the best BACKUP QB of all time is.
2007-09-21 05:50:35 · update #1
Earl Morral - Baltimore Colts backup to Johnny Unitas in the late 60's and early 70's. When the Colts went to Super Bowl 3, Morral took them there after a Unitas injury - and he played an active role in their Super Bowl 5 winning season.
#2 has to be George Blanda of the Raiders.
2007-09-21 06:35:56 · answer #1 · answered by kitchens68 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Steve Beuerlein, every team he went to to be the backup QB did good. He also put up some impressive numbers for a backup.
2007-09-21 06:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by uthamanj 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Young is out because he started for so long. Frank Reich was the back up for Jim Kelly who came in for the Bills when they were down 31-0 at the half to the Oilers, came back and won it. He had a 40+ point comeback for Maryland against U Miami a few years earlier. Earl Morral was another good one back in the late 60's
2007-09-21 05:40:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Steve Young, Niners.
Kurt Warner, Rams, 1999.
Need I explain?
Frank Reich wasn't a bad backup to Jim Kelly either.
2007-09-21 05:32:22 · answer #4 · answered by samans442 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
1> Tom Brady - 3 superbowl rings
2> Steve Young - Rice & the niners didnt lose a step after Joe went down
3> Kurt Warner - the ultimate Cinderella story
2007-09-21 05:46:01 · answer #5 · answered by babybeefcake 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Steve Young, Niners
2007-09-21 05:33:02 · answer #6 · answered by sig 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jeff Hostettler- NYG Super Bowl XXV winner. Filled in when Phil Simms went down with a knee injury in the middle of 1990 season against Buffalo, but we all know who had the last laugh.
2007-09-21 10:58:43 · answer #7 · answered by vonpipes26 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Doug Flutie (Bills, Chargers, Patriots, etc.....)
He was always ready to come in and play. He took the helm on a few occassions and went to the playoffs in Buffalo, before being pulled for no damn reason. He played a big game for a small guy.
2007-09-21 05:50:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tom Brady, Patriots...No one expected him to do much out of Michigan as a late rounder...but he lead the Pats to the Super Bowl after Drew Bledsoe got injured...3 Super Bowls later, they are saying...OOPS...
Steve Young, 49ers...He won a Super Bowl after getting out of Joe Montana's shadow...
2007-09-21 05:33:30 · answer #9 · answered by Terry C. 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd have to say Tom Brady. He was a perpetual backup in New England, but he got his shot and look at him now.
2007-09-21 05:32:37 · answer #10 · answered by Medic_13 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋