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ESPN: Emergency Quarterbacks For All 32 teams

Trainmaster : 11/27/2015 5:55 pm
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New York Giants: The Giants' emergency quarterback would be one of their wide receivers, with Odell Beckham Jr. and Rueben Randle the most likely candidates. Beckham in particular is very active throwing the ball in practice, though always on his own and not in a structured environment. He can throw a spiral with either hand and can throw the ball a good distance with either hand as well.

From time to time, he will crash the quarterback drills in which Eli Manning and backup Ryan Nassib try to hit targets from a distance. So while he does not actually get practice reps at the position or study it just in case (Manning has started every Giants game since the middle of 2004, so they don't really use their backup, let alone their emergency QB), he's likely the most athletically inclined to handle things if it came to that. He did throw a pass in a game in 2014, but it was incomplete.


I'd really like to see another / more gadget / trick plays with Beckham throwing the ball. I don't think McAdoo has been an innovative with Beckham as I had hoped.

ESPN Article Link - ( New Window )
There is no chance in hell they would use  
Joey from GlenCove : 11/27/2015 6:14 pm : link
Obj
Use  
Toth029 : 11/27/2015 6:15 pm : link
OBJ as a passer to throw to... whom?
RE: There Is No Chance In Hell ...  
Trainmaster : 11/27/2015 6:22 pm : link
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He did throw a pass in a game in 2014, but it was incomplete
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Um, it happened already in 2014 according to the article (I seem to recall it too). I believe Julian Edelman threw a pass (TD?) this year.

You can't see a reverse to Beckham, the defense gets drawn in a Beckham throws a pass to Randle, Harris, Nicks etc.?
I remember back in 1990  
Matt in SGS : 11/27/2015 6:52 pm : link
the Redskins were playing the Eagles in Philly on a Monday Night. And in that one game they lost both Jeff Rutledge and Stan Humphries and had to play Brian Mitchell at QB for a good portion of the 4th quarter.
Throwing a pass as a reciever is not nearly the same thing  
Shepherdsam : 11/27/2015 7:33 pm : link
as being the quarterback.
...or as a receiver even.  
Shepherdsam : 11/27/2015 7:34 pm : link
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If both Eli and Nassib go out of a game,  
81_Great_Dane : 11/27/2015 7:36 pm : link
the game is basically lost anyway. At that point you just try not to get another key player hurt.

Donnell was a QB in college, he'd be a logical emergency QB, but he's hurt now, too.

Fun question and not crazy.  
CT Charlie : 11/27/2015 7:46 pm : link
Suppose Eli stakes us to a 17-point lead in the 3rd quarter, and gets knocked out of the game. Nassib comes in, and after a series or two, he scrambles -- which he often did, too soon, in preseason -- and gets crushed.

So we have a two-TD lead (or so) with a 10-15 minutes left in the game. You want to be able to eat the clock and not make mistakes. Can someone get a few first downs, running or passing or handing off?

I say OBJ.
Just watched this yesterday on Madden - OBJ as QB  
SirSirob : 11/27/2015 8:26 pm : link
OBJ as QB 99 yard TD run. Took him 72 tries.
OBJ 99 yd QB Scramble - ( New Window )
Wasn't Rolle the Giants emergency QB  
Mason : 11/27/2015 11:30 pm : link
and I recall he actually had to attend some QB meetings. I think that was he was complaining that he was attending several unit meetings including LBer meetings too.
Not as big a deal as it used to be  
JohnF : 11/28/2015 8:21 am : link
Most teams have a WildCat package (or at least use players to simulate it in practice), so odds are teams would go to something like that to finish a game. I could see direct snaps to Jennings or Vereen, that sort of thing.

It would also be a lot easier for an emergency QB (who is not normally a QB) to run, vs the packages Eli runs.
Anybody old enough to remember  
aquidneck : 11/28/2015 8:48 am : link
When the Baltimore Colts started (and won with) RB Tom Matte at QB because both Unitas and his backup were injured?
I remember  
Y.A. : 11/28/2015 8:59 am : link
Think U's backup was Gary Cuozzo. Matte did well if I recall correctly for a few games. Much different league and game then though. Thanks for the memory!
Edelman  
pjcas18 : 11/28/2015 9:17 am : link
was a college QB, so he's slightly different than the average WR.

not commenting on Beckham per se, only the comparison to Edelman.
I remember Matte too  
JohnF : 11/28/2015 9:34 am : link
I think it was the first time I saw someone reading the plays off his arm (he had a plays written on the wristband.) The wristband, bye the way, is on display in the Football Hall of Fame!



Here's an article about it:
Matte's band still binds, 40 years later - ( New Window )
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