Like any book that’s still in the process of being written, we don’t know what the 2023 NFL season will ultimately be remembered for. But we don’t need to see how this season ends to know it will at least partly be remembered for the alarming amount of starting quarterbacks who spent most of the year on the sideline with injuries.
Aaron Rodgers offered an unfortunate foreshadowing of the coming months when he injured his Achilles in Week 1. Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, Daniel Jones, Deshaun Watson, Kirk Cousins and Anthony Richardson followed suit by suffering season-ending injuries. Kenny Pickett, the Steelers’ second-year quarterback, is hoping to play again this season after undergoing ankle surgery earlier this month.
In football, one man’s misfortunate is another man’s opportunity. Several backup quarterbacks have made the most of their opportunity to play this season. Surprisingly, most of the teams that have lost their starting quarterback to injury have not gone in the tank. Actually, some of those teams have continued to play winning ball and could very well be playing when the playoffs begin next month.
While most of the team’s backups are playing because of an injury, the Patriots decided to replace Mac Jones with Bailey Zappe after Jones won just two of his 11 starts. The Raiders also changed course, replacing Jimmy Garoppolo with Aidan O’Connell after Antonio Pierce became interim head coach.
So, which teams have received the best play from their backup quarterback? We decided to find out by ranking the best backup quarterbacks who are currently being tasked with replacing their team’s starter.
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Source link : https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ranking-every-backup-qb-who-is-currently-starting-bengals-jake-browning-best-of-the-bunch/
Author : Bryan DeArdo
Publish date : 2023-12-14 15:29:52
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