The AMERICAN FOOTBAL has enough trouble finding 32 quarterbacks competent enough
to be entrusted with steering a team through an entire regular season; the idea
that QBs No. 33-64 even approach the required skill level is fanciful at best.
And yet, every season at least one team watches its
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fortunes swing on an early injury to the
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starting QB (see: Raiders, Oakland in 2016) and how the rest of the roster does
respond to the next man up. That constant threat of crisis is what makes the
backup QB an endless source of conspiracy, and that conspiracy is what drives
our third annual foray into evaluating which teams have the best backup QB
situations. In previous years, we’ve assembled these rankings at the tail-end of
the preseason, when depth maps have solidified and the quarterback market is
quiet. This post-draft look at the backup landscape lays eyes upon the
uncertainty tied to several teams’ QB situations
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and groups together all the players potentially in the
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mix for each No. 2 job. A reminder
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Jersey of the hypothetical used to determine this year’s standings: The
starting quarterback goes down with a freak injury, and early reports offer no
sign of his imminent return. Which team’s next man up has the short-term poise
to steady the ship in a hurry and the intermediate-term potential to grow into
the role?
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