Does the backup QB really matter?

[BengalChris]

Backup QBs do matter if you want to win a Super Bowl and your starting QB goes down. Here's 4 examples:

1. Brady won it after coming in for Bledsoe. We all know that one.
2. Kurt Warner came in for Trent Green after Green was lost for the year and Warner took Saint Louis to the promised land. Most know about this one.
3. Last year when Manning went down, the Oswelier dude played pretty well and kept Denver in the hunt and even started in some of the playoffs. Say what you will about their defense, I assure one and all that if a sucky QB came in and played, they'd have not done nearly as well and certainly wouldn't have had home field advantage.
4. Here's one you may not know or remember. The undefeated 1972 Dolphins lost Bob Griese to a broken ankle in game 5 and backup QB Earl Morrall started at QB all the way through the AFC Championship game. Griese played the second half of the AFC Championship game and started in the Super Bowl.

Now consider all those teams who just tank when they lose a QB.

Who would you rather the Bengals be?

And it just doesn't make any sense to trade him for a pick when we'll just have to turn around and use a pick to draft his replacement, who will need to be trained and groomed in the system. I'm not even sure it would be smart to trade him this off season for anything less than a 1st round pick in the 2017 draft. But that would only be after he's filled his duties for the Bengals "this year".

McCarron doesn't have to be Brady or Warner. But if he's as good as Oswelier was he'll due for our purposes.