07-31-2020, 10:41 PM
(07-29-2020, 10:29 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I think you can even consider Kansas City last year to be a part of this discussion.
Fred listed 5 specific teams since 2000 in which backup QBs contributed to winning meaningful games in a metrologically verifiable manner. We can add the recent Chiefs team and the Foles Super Bowl team to the list. That's 7 teams out of 640 (32 teams times 20 years). Doing some "monkey math" that's about a 1% chance of a backup QB starting games and contributing to "meaningful" wins since the year 2000, just using these examples that we've cited.
That doesn't get into the "mentorship" train of thought. Bruce Gradkowski seemed to really get into that sort of role during Dalton's early years for instance. For around a million per year? It seems worth it to have a good backup, especially if you're talking about a team that can potentially win a Super Bowl.
