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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"If you don't have a backup quarterback that can do it, you basically just give up your season."
Colts GM Ryan Grigson NFL.com
Michael Vick — an entrenched backup with the Jets — has a higher base salary in 2014 than 19 starting NFL quarterbacks, including Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Colin Kapernick.
FACT OF THE DAY
NFL Players Association
THE MORNING BREW
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q. Which career NFL backup stepped in and brought his team back from a 26-3 halftime deficit with five consecutive touchdown drives against the Cowboys in 2013?
A: Matt Flynn
No rhyme or rhythm to the backup quarterback position
The backup quarterback position is one of the most vast and difficult-to-understand posi-
trons in the National Football League.
It's where a collection of different types of players call home. There are veterans Matthew Hasselbeck and Michael Vick, recent first-round picks Blake Bortles and Teddy Bridgewater, and career backups such as Charlie Whitehurst — who is renowned as "Clipboard Jesus" for his long hair — and Drew Stanton. All sit on the sidelines.
It's a position that Redskins president and former coach Joe Gibbs calls "the second most important position on the team" and where a player can make league minimum, or up to $5 million — the price the Bills signed Kyle Orton for on Saturday.
In 2011, teams learned just how crucial backup quarterbacks are to an NFL team. After Peyton Manning underwent multiple neck surgeries, which forced him to miss the season, the Indianapolis Colts and general manager Bill Polian failed to find someone who could step in for an entire season in place of their franchise quarterback.
The Colts went from 10-6 and AFC South champions with Manning in 2010 to 2-14 and last place in the NFL in 2011. That poor season led them to draft first-round pick Andrew Luck, but not before the entire staff was wiped clean. Polian, who now works for ESPN, once told Bengals coach Marvin Lewis that he would still be in the league had he drafted a viable backup quarterback in that April's draft.
Polian called upon Curtis Painter, a former sixth-round pick who had been groomed for two years under Manning, to do the job, but the youngster went 0-8 and struggled mightily in Manning's shoes. The Painter disaster was followed by a mix of veterans
Kerry Collins and Dan Orlovsky, who pulled out a combined two wins as the season winded down.
shying away from paying top-tier to players in the position.
In 2013, the Chiefs locked down their backup to Alex Smith by signing Chase Daniel to a three-year, $10 million deal. The same year, the Dolphins signed Matt Moore to a two-year, $8 million deal to backup Ryan Tannehill. This offseason, the Jets signed Vick to a one-year deal worth $4 million to backup 2013 first-round pick Geno Smith. Although aforementioned Orton is expected to push E.J. Manuel for the job, he comes in as the highest paid backup at $5 million.
Last season, nine teams were forced to use their backup quarterbacks within the first seven games. Only the Philadelphia Eagles and new coach Chip Kelly earned a spot in the playoffs using a backup quarterback, riding on the shoulders of 2012 third-round pick Nick Foles after Vick bit the dust.
While the price of backup quarterbacks in the NFL continues to rise, as Polian could attest after his 2011 disaster which pushed him out of the league, they are worth every last penny.
Knowing the importance of the backup quarterback position, teams aren't
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