So who is the best backup QB in the NFL 2013-14?

The Shaun Hill/Lead Armed Messiah talk in our off season thread has got me wondering, who really are the good backup QBs in the NFL?

I'm going to have to go out and see who is around riding the pine these days?

I'd have to say Kyle "Weirdbeard" Orton in Dallas is up there pretty high on the list still.

PS- I call dibs on Tebow being known as the "Lead Armed Messiah"! I think that is a pretty good knick name personally.

Based on present knowledge, it's probably Kirk Cousins.

hasselbeck

probably the wrong answer but foles maybe?

or vick...

kyle orton based on 3 years ago maybe, but who knows what he can do now

i think matt moore is ok. he is the best backup in the afc east, vs a week field right now until we see what the rookies can do.

i'm pretty sure vick is gonna start

yeah i am sure he will, he seems to have taken to what of the offense has been on display so far.

i actually think chad henne is a good answer to this, at least in the top 3, and ironically he is behind the worst starting qb

Charlie Whitehurst

Kidding. The answer's gotta be Orton. Unless it's Steve DeBerg or John Kitna

or earl morrall

Well the new Fox Sports 1 seems to be setup to mirror Fox News coverage. I was watching a bit of it after the Reds game a couple nights ago and they had a panel discussing the Cousins injury and the Washington game in particular and they had

1- hot blonde showing a lot of leg
2- Donovan McNabb
3- Andy Roddick
4- Gary Payton

So basically just like Fox News shows, you got a hot blonde showing a lot of leg, one guy that probably knows something you don't want to listen to and two guys with some skills some place else talking about something they really don't know that much about.

sounds potentially even worse than the equivalent murdoch sports channel in the uk, which would be going some

Cant even imagine what insight Roddick or Payton would have on the Redskins qb situation. If its as bad as Marcellus Wiley on Sportsnation (which is an embarrassment of a show even by the low standards of ESPN) then forget it.

Dont mind the blond showing the leg though.

I listen to Marcellus on the radio with Max Kellerman when I drive home. =(

LA sports media is truly heinous.

you guys there are several dudes i'd rather have than kyle orton.

I'm not saying I like Fox Sports 1 but it does seem like they spend more time on highlights than ESPN does.

The Payton/Roddick/Kapler/McNabb roundtable discussion I saw was quite bad.

AZ- Drew Stanton
ATL- Dominique Davis
Ravens- Tyrod Taylor/Caleb Haney (ex-Bear)
Buffalo- EJ Manual
Carolina - Derek Anderson sighting
Cincy- Josh Johnson/John Skelton
Cleveland- Jason Campbell
Bears- Josh McCown/Jordan Palmer (ex-Bengal)
Dallas- Weird Beard
Denver- Brock Osweiler
Detroit- Shaun Hill
Packers- Vince Young/Graham Harrell (3 years as a backup, thrown 4 passes)
Houston- TY Yates
Indy- Matt Hasselbeck (!!!)
Jville- Chad Henne (Work that Florida real estate!)
KC- Chase Daniel (3 seasons, 9 passes)
Miami- Matt Moore
Vikings- Matt Cassel (!!!)
NE- Ryan Mallett
NO- Luke McCown
NYG- David Carr (Yes, still in football. Eat it Joey Harrington!)
NYJ- Geno Smith
Oaktown- Terrelle Pryor
Eagles- Nick Foles
Steelers- Bruce Gradkowski (well groomed, well traveled)
SD- Charlie Whitehurst (SD has nicer weather.)
SF- Colt McCoy
Seattle- Tavaris Jackson/Brady Quinn
Rams- Austin Davis
Tampa- Mike Glennon (?)
Titans- Ryan Fitzpatrick
Washington- Kirk Cousins/Rex Grossman

It's a pretty good list. There are a few Probowl seasons in there. There are also a few wiley veterans who have started a few games. Quite a few still yet professionally somewhat untested former college stars on that list.

Might also be a couple of future coaches in this list. You do seem to see some backup QBs that do become coaches.

Gradkowski is plenty capable of winning games he comes in to play from the bench in, but if he's out there as a starter, the team is doomed. Must be some kind of mental block.

I'm goin with Shaun Hill here

Henne is not a bad guy to have as your backup, he should probably start.

Bears and Packers are pretty fucked, being as they have terrible backups and even worse offensive lines. And play in a division with stellar defensive lines/pass rushes

Packers have an asterisk there as their pass rush is limited to one man basically.

Josh Johnson for Cincy is pretty talented. At least based on the Atlanta preseason game.

there are better guys than him on the list and he's been mediocre in the starting role, but fitzpatrick is the kind of guy who could come in for a couple games and put up the type of numbers ex-titans backup billy volek did years ago. i'm maybe being optimistic though.

Brock Osweiler- This dude is freaking huge like 6-8!

Of the college stars that haven't played, one of the ones I am most curious about is Ryan Mallet. That guy was a really good athlete and did some pretty crazy stuff behind kind of a shitty o-line, as he seemed to just get freakin' pounded some games and get up and throw some bullets.

David Carr is a total mystery at this point whether he can play or not, the dude has rode the pine for like 5 years and not played much at all.

He's done. Put a fork in that dude.

I guess they are cheap or saddled with dumb contracts, but I just didn't get why the Jets didn't get a vet to push Sanchez last year let alone this season.

Looks like VY has successfully made it onto the Packers as the backup. I kind of like this move, provided that Vince Young can still run bit and be mobile. It's been a while since Young has been effective, but physically speaking he is a guy that has similar athletic skills to Aaron Rodgers. Graham Harrell and his unheralded 9 throws is going to be watching the phone.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/vince-young-apparently-earned-job-green-bay-packers-205948510.html

I hope Matt Flynn banked all those bucks he got from those last two contracts, as it looks like that guy is on the outside looking in on the Raider QB job. I'm kind of curious how Terrelle Pryor will do. The guy is a stud athlete and heck he's got 2 seasons more college experience than Mark Sanchez, so maybe he will develop into something interesting.

everything i have heard about matt flynn has been negative. i watched him play a couple of really impressive games for the packers. maybe the russell wilson thing destroyed his confidence.

Bloody set of cuts for backup QBs...there is a whole lot of NCAA yards and wins in this list of guys.

Graham Harrell
Vince Young
Tim Tebow
Jimmy Clausen
David Carr
Brady Quinn
Matt Leinart

quinn picked up by the jets, really the ultimate desperation move in september 2013

Sad thing is that Quinn might still be an upgrade for the Jets.

in the half of the season quinn started last year, kcc scored under 10 pts/game. he threw 2 tds/8 ints in 8 games. i think tebow is probably a better qb.

Current mystery & intrigue in the backup quarterback game...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/seneca-wallace-happy-packers-miscommunication-49ers-185327857--nfl.html