Wonderful Back-up to Total Jack-up.

[cctekguy]

I don't fully understand what happens when a sterling back-up QB gets traded to another team as a potential starter.

Further, I don't understand why needy teams continue to pay the big bucks for someone else's "not good enough to start".

Matt Cassel, Kevin Kolb and Matt Flynn are the 3 most recent disasters for hungry home town fans.

Cassel is the only starter of the 3 and he's proudly sporting a 69% QB rating.

Kolb has been in and out as the starter as he's in a duel with a 5th round draft pick from Fordham Univ. John Skelton.

Flynn has yet to see the field, losing out to rookie Russell Wilson...a 3rd round pick from NC State/ Wisconsin.

Cassel is making 6.2 mil this year, Kolb is at 3.9 mil, and Flynn is tapping the cap for 4 mil. We aren't including the mega-buck signing bonuses here.

Bottom line: These guys amounted to nothing once they left the comfort of their #2 status.

Why have these guys been such failures?

Who was the last back-up to transition to a new team and be successful? Earl Morrall? Billy Kilmer?

Chime in.

 

[gizzil]

The new team thing is what is going to be hard... hasselbeck? but he just always kinda sucked... how bout schaub?? at leasty a step to half step above hass right??

 

[jjtweeks]

Yea I would say Schaub.
Also Kurt Warner I guess he was the starter though when traded?
Doug Flutie count?

 

[gizzil]

dilfer or collins? haha they played in a superbowl... can you believe that?

 

[cctekguy]

Contrarily, there have been numerous #2 guys that stepped up when #1 expired.

Montana/Young, Staubach/White, Favre/Rogers...

Any ideas on who the next #2 turned gold will be?

 

[gizzil]

most of the current #2 are washed up (who dioes # 2 work for??!!)... so that will be very difficult. The younger talents are also hurried into action for the most part... making it even less likely. I guess candidates would be this foles dude if vick continues his failure... didnt wilson start out a backup?? briefly?? Fitzpatrick I believe was the backup? or was he starter then backup then starter again? That's the thing is so many rooks start out starters it's really gonna be a small number of candidates. dalton cant be, flacco, ryan, luck, rg3, wilson, newton, sanchez, smith, cutler, tebow even mostly started his rookie season, a litany of dudes that started right away and sucked ie young, mccoy, quinn... your question's answer, tek, is perhaps none... or at least may be much fewer and further between, even though those you mentioned are few and far between to begin with