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Has there ever been a successful NFL team with 2 "starting" QB's?

rudeguy

rudeguy

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We saw the Jets try it this year and it failed.

The Eagles gave it a shot.

Seems like its been a trend that hasn't worked.


Has there ever been a team to do this successfully?
 
The 49ers did it this year with Smith and Kaepernick. They also have done it with Montana and Young. And you had Rodgers backing up Favre in Green Bay... that worked out pretty well.

No team has ever done well choosing between two quarterbacks who shouldn't be starters in the NFL. Just look at the Cardinals this year.
 
Rodgers' first three years in GB he was not of starter quality behind Favre; he could barely get on the field without getting hurt.
 
There's no such thing...No team rotates QBs. Teams might try to play their number two guy, but if it works out, he becomes the starter, and the other guy becomes number two.
 
rudeguy said:
We saw the Jets try it this year and it failed.

The Eagles gave it a shot.

Seems like its been a trend that hasn't worked.


Has there ever been a team to do this successfully?
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Oakland Raiders, George Blanda/Daryle Lamonica, 1970 might be the closest to a team with two starting QBs. From Wikipedia:

"In 1970, Blanda was released during the exhibition season, but bounced back to establish his 21st professional season. That season (1970) Blanda, at age 43, had a remarkable five-game run. Against the Steelers, Blanda threw for three touchdowns in relief of an injured Daryle Lamonica. One week later, his 48-yard field goal with three seconds remaining salvaged a 17–17 tie with the Kansas City Chiefs. On November 8, Blanda once again came off the bench to throw for a touchdown pass to tie the Cleveland Browns with 1:34 remaining, then kicked a 53-yard field goal with 0:03 left for the 23–20 win. Immediately after the winning field goal, Raiders radio announcer Bill King excitedly declared, "George Blanda has just been elected King of the World!"[3] In the team's next game, Blanda replaced Lamonica in the fourth quarter and connected with Fred Biletnikoff on a touchdown pass with 2:28 left in the game to defeat the Denver Broncos, 24–19. The streak concluded one week later when Blanda's 16-yard field goal in the closing seconds defeated the San Diego Chargers, 20–17.

In the AFC title game against the Baltimore Colts, Blanda again relieved an injured Lamonica, completing 17 of 32 passes for 217 yards and 2 touchdowns while also kicking a 48-yard field goal and two extra points, keeping the Raiders in the game until the final quarter, when he was intercepted twice. Aged 43, he became the oldest quarterback ever to play in a championship game, and was one of the few remaining straight-ahead kickers in the NFL."

Uno
 
rudeguy said:
We saw the Jets try it this year and it failed.

The Eagles gave it a shot.

Seems like its been a trend that hasn't worked.


Has there ever been a team to do this successfully?
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If you mean QBs who are not inept then yes it has been done.

The QBs for the Jets are just plain lolz.
 
Necro'd the thread to provide the correct answer:

1972 Dolphins:

During the 1972 season, Bob Griese’s ankle was broken in Week 5 as he was sacked by San Diego Chargers defensive tackle Ron East and defensive end Deacon Jones. He was replaced by veteran Earl Morrall for the rest of the regular season. Griese returned to the field as a substitute during the AFC Championship game versus the Pittsburgh Steelers and then started for Miami in Super Bowl VII.
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MotionMan
 
2000 Baltimore Ravens
Tony Banks started the season. 5 games without a TD. We still won 3 of those games behind the defense.
Banks was benched mid season for Trent Dilfer. Ravens won the Superbowl, again on the strength of the defense. And then Dilfer was cut.
 
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