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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Assuming we keep Gutz on the PS, who do you think could serve as emergency QB? My guess would be Wes Welker.
Like if we lost both Cassel and O'C?
yeah.............
Technically, though we can have 46 game-day actives if #46 is a QB.
The point is, though, that 46th player must still be on the 53, which Gutierrez is not. They can still add him Saturday, though, if they cut someone else.
I can't think of anyone likely to be inactive who would make a good emergency QB. It would have to be someone who knows the offensive system, I can't see them using a primarily defensive or special teams player as QB (unless they got some practice this week). Of the actives I looked at, Sammy Morris's bio says he played QB in HS. As long ago as that was, it at least shows a little arm strength, and he knows the offensive system.
Randy Moss threw a TD pass last year but to be consistently successful he'd have to be able to throw it to himself
The point is, though, that 46th player must still be on the 53, which Gutierrez is not. They can still add him Saturday, though, if they cut someone else.
I can't think of anyone likely to be inactive who would make a good emergency QB. It would have to be someone who knows the offensive system, I can't see them using a primarily defensive or special teams player as QB (unless they got some practice this week). Of the actives I looked at, Sammy Morris's bio says he played QB in HS. As long ago as that was, it at least shows a little arm strength, and he knows the offensive system.
Randy Moss threw a TD pass last year but to be consistently successful he'd have to be able to throw it to himself
What about CJ Jones they could cut him to make room for gutierrez
Assuming we keep Gutz on the PS, who do you think could serve as emergency QB? My guess would be Wes Welker.
Troy Brown was...I think some thought Faulk could do that...with 2 QBs, there is no designated 3rd emergency QB...the rules regarding that are pretty strict.. I would go with Faulk.....Hasn't that "job" fallen to Kevin Faulk in the past?
And the key point here - the emergency QB may "only" play QB, as BB noted in one of his press conferences this week.You guys are mixing up two issues:
1. The special roster rules for an "emergency QB" (one of the 7 inactives on the roster of 53 can be designated the emergency QB and allowed to actually come in and QB).
2. Who takes the snaps if all the "real" QBs are hurt.
The answer to #2 was Kevin Faulk before it was Troy Brown. My best guess is that it would be Faulk again, because:
- He goes to offensive meetings.
- He can do it -- he was a high school QB, he's thrown some halfback option TD passes, etc.
- He has taken snaps, few as they are, in game situations.
- A good RB can be spared more than a good WR this year. At least, Moss and Welker can NOT be spared from the WR role if there's a wildly inexperienced QB.
I would be VERY surprised if O'Connell was the designated emergency QBs...(one of the 8 inactives.) If for any reason, Cassel is injured then defacto, either one of two things would happen..1---Faulk would be the defacto QB until Cassel was OK OR 2---O'Connell would come in and Cassell could not return to the game (That is if this all happened during the first 3 quarters..) I really doubt CoachB would only have 1 QB out of the active 45, just for this very reason. There is more to lose this way and really very little upside..Do you not think an opposing team would take note of that situation and go after Cassel even harder? To me noy a wise gambel..if anything Gutierrez will be activayed later today..And the key point here - the emergency QB may "only" play QB, as BB noted in one of his press conferences this week.
My choice: O'Connell is the emergency QB. This makes him one of the 8 inactives and allows BB to keep another player active for STs and such. Faulk is Cassel's back-up if Cassel is expected to come back from getting his bell rung, if not, you activate O'Connell and Cassel is out for the rest of the game. There's no magic to this, just NFL rules.
Why? emergency QB means exactly that, he only plays if there's no one else. I believe the rules allow him to play in the 4th quarter if you want to allow him some reps without inactivating your other QBs, but if Cassel is dinged up enough on the first series, to the point he cannot come back, you activate O'Connel, deactivate Cassel and play ball. BB specifically noted that he would be unable to designate a player, he used Ventrone as the example, as the emergency QB because Ventrone would be unavailable for any other duty than QB.I would be VERY surprised if O'Connell was the designated emergency QBs...(one of the 8 inactives.) If for any reason, Cassel is injured then defacto, either one of two things would happen..1---Faulk would be the defacto QB until Cassel was OK OR 2---O'Connell would come in and Cassell could not return to the game (That is if this all happened during the first 3 quarters..) I really doubt CoachB would only have 1 QB out of the active 45, just for this very reason. There is more to lose this way and really very little upside..Do you not think an opposing team would take note of that situation and go after Cassel even harder? To me noy a wise gambel..if anything Gutierrez will be activayed later today..
And the key point here - the emergency QB may "only" play QB, as BB noted in one of his press conferences this week.
My choice: O'Connell is the emergency QB. This makes him one of the 8 inactives and allows BB to keep another player active for STs and such. Faulk is Cassel's back-up if Cassel is expected to come back from getting his bell rung, if not, you activate O'Connell and Cassel is out for the rest of the game. There's no magic to this, just NFL rules.
And the key point here - the emergency QB may "only" play QB, as BB noted in one of his press conferences this week.
My choice: O'Connell is the emergency QB. This makes him one of the 8 inactives and allows BB to keep another player active for STs and such. Faulk is Cassel's back-up if Cassel is expected to come back from getting his bell rung, if not, you activate O'Connell and Cassel is out for the rest of the game. There's no magic to this, just NFL rules.
You idea is good if and only if the coaches deem there to be little difference between Cassel and O'Connell in quality.