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.
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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.?
Donnell was a QB in college, he'd be a logical emergency QB, but he's hurt now, too.
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.
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It would also be a lot easier for an emergency QB (who is not normally a QB) to run, vs the packages Eli runs.
not commenting on Beckham per se, only the comparison to Edelman.
Here's an article about it:
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