04-30-2020, 03:14 PM
(04-30-2020, 03:08 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This is not true at all.
Last year Brees missed 5 games and Mahommes missed three. Both those teams made the playoffs.
2018 Wentz misses 5 games but Eagles make playoffs
In 2017 SIX of the eight playoff teams had their starting QB miss at least one game (LA, Min, Buf, Phi, Ten, Pitt)
I mean you could have read the next line where I said unless you have a starting quality backup like Bridgewater. Eagles had Foles. Both already had time in the system before they were asked to start.
What were the records of those teams in 2017 in the games the backups started? You can still make the playoffs if you have a backup start one game and lose.
I can only recall a few recent examples where the starter missed extended time and the team still won without him. Cassell in NE, Foles in PHI and Bridgewater in NO.
