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The Pats only have 2 Qbs on the roster and I think that is a strategy to use Edelman as the 3rd "emergancy QB" with out naming one casue if they name one that takes up an active roster spot but also elminates 2 qbs if he comes in before doing it this way allows a full 45 man game day roster. for the entire game

and hey if i am wrong correct me casue i like to learn from one of the smartest NFL fan bases out there

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ctpatsfan77

The emergency quarterback is essentially a 46th player. He doesn't count as part of the 45.

The "advantage" of not using a QB3 is that it lets you carry an extra player on the roster at another position. No benefits for game day, though.

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xmarkd400x

If we ever made it to QB#3, we're going to be running the ball every down anyways. I don't think it totally matters who the #3 QB is.

WhiZa

On top of that it would probably be later in the game so you can't expect the #3 QB to have the opportunity to run more then 1 or 2 drives.

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patriotscpfc

I'd rather we ran a complete option defense if we lost both TFB and Brian Hoyer.

If we went a half without them both, i'd rather Faulk went in the backfield and we had Baker, Watson, Maroney, Welker and Moss with him. At least there would be some threat of a handoff to Maroney and maybe a quick throw to either Wes or Randy.

If i'm honest, I would use that most of the time even if we only had Hoyer.

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BennyBledsoe

Plus, this strategy has been used before.

Tom Tupa, anyone?

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Gwedd

Wasn't it Tupa who threw a touchdown pass to Troy Brown in a fake-field goal attempt?

Brown never huddled up, and was last seen slowly jogging off the field. He stopped before going out of bounds, and appeared to be talking to an assistant coach. Just before the ball was snapped, with the entire defense looking to get the kicker, Brown jogged in a few feet, then when the ball was snapped, he turned towards Tupa, who passed the ball to him and Brown basically walked into the end zone.

It was a great play, and even the camera crews and the guys in the booth were fooled.

Pats726

There is no 3rd QB on the roster..THAT is the strategy gamble and it is a gamble..although now a LOT of teams do that to save a roster space for another player...There is no reason to NAME a 3rd QB because the team has two ONLY...naming one in the sense you mean whould make him inactive for the game and that is not smart at all. In effect he or Faulk would be the 3rd QB..and ONLY if Brady and Hoyer went down would he be the QB...BOTH are active..and would be. The team has a FULL 45 player squad if the team has 2 QBs (like they have) or 3...the Emergency QB as an inactive allows him to be inactive an dplay ONLY if the 2 QBs are injured...or after the 4th Q starts..He is in effect the 46th player. SO there is no gain..in both cases there are 45 players.

ctpatsfan77

One thing, just so anyone reading this is clear: the rule about deactivating the first two QBs ONLY comes into play if QB3 is placed in that game-day inactive slot. [Last week, the Pats could have called Edelman a QB and had Brady, Edelman, and Hoyer rotate snap by snap.]

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Isaac

It seems to me that the team might as well dress a 46th player just so that he can play in the 4th quarter--it couldn't hurt.

Is there anything in the rules to prevent this?