For fun only: Back-up players football “HALL OF FAME.”

Hoss has a ring.

Jeff Hostetler.

In comment 14503139 pjcas18 said:

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Hoss has a ring.

It’s not any player over another. Pick whomever you think is back-up HOF worthy. Hoss certainly merits

I hate the Eagles and their fans but could never hate BDN for some reason.

given that he played so many positions and filled in admirably. Started at times.

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In comment 14503185 superspynyg said:

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Miss read the question.

My bad

Wasn't he considered a backup?

QB: 1.Foles 2.Hos 3. Reich

RB: Timmy Smith

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In comment 14503199 bLiTz 2k said:

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I was thinking of Blackburn

Guy was a great guy to step in when someone got hurt.

Earl Morrell (Replaced Unitas)
George Blanda (Replaced Lamonica)
Mercury Morris


1 year back-ups
Tom Brady (Back-up to Bledsoe and led the team to SB win)
Ahmad Bradshaw
Rodger Staubuck

By the time he got to the Giants, it was definitely on the backside of his career. But when others got hurt he was a beast.

In comment 14503231 Reale01 said:

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Earl Morrell (Replaced Unitas) George Blanda (Replaced Lamonica) Mercury Morris 1 year back-ups Tom Brady (Back-up to Bledsoe and led the team to SB win) Ahmad Bradshaw Rodger Staubuck

Except Blanda is in the HOF..😎😎

Erik Howard all were considered backups during the 86 season. They all helped that D reach a dominant level of play. Pepper and Howard became starters soon enough. Man those LBs were ridiculous. In 86 they were other worldly.

I think Kevin Booth would be an excellent choice

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....and how about Ryan Fitzpatrick? Sure, he started for a while but most of his career was as a backup.

If this was Giants only...
Jeff Hostetler
Andy Headen
Lee Rouson

In comment 14503331 EricJ said:

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....and how about Ryan Fitzpatrick? Sure, he started for a while but most of his career was as a backup. If this was Giants only... Jeff Hostetler Andy Headen Lee Rouson

Yup, he was my first thought, but then I realized he has started a bunch of games

morning that Fitz will probably play into his mid-forties and there will still be about 6 teams that will want to sign him as a back-up

and give us our 2nd Super Bowl. For me, that can't be beat.

Chase Blackburn.... made some huge and significant plays in both runs

Meggett.

He is a player who actually made the HOF fame! The guy could do it all, and for a lot of years.

In comment 14503351 steve in ky said:

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He is a player who actually made the HOF fame! The guy could do it all, and for a lot of years.

Yeah, Wikipedia almost ran out of space with all his stat accomplishments..😎

subbing for Johnny Unitas

He did the most with what he had. I would argue that without Blackburn, there'd be no Superbowl XLVI. And not just because of the interception. The Giants run D had been soft all season, and when they brought Blackburn back he became the designated thumper, and the Giants got a lot harder to run on.

Another guy who also featured in a supporting role was early '70's Dolphin RB Jim Kiick. Csonka was a wrecking ball between the 5 yard lines, but could get bogged down trying to score inside the 5. That's when they would bring Kiick in. Despite not being a very big or powerful RB, he would wriggle, crawl, gouge, bite, and I swear, sometimes even tunnel, to get into the end zone.

but I thought of Jeff Garcia & Matt Hasslebeck, often being #2s going into seasons but pretty good off the bench or even longer stretches

In comment 14503323 Big Blue '56 said:

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I think Kevin Booth would be an excellent choice

The guy always stepped in and there was not a drop off. That holding call on him in Superbowl XLI was a crime. Turned the game around and made it a lot closer than it should have been.

Ricky Manning JR was a good backup in Carolina

Jim Kiick has to be on there too

Nick Foles 🤮

In comment 14503139 pjcas18 said:

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Hoss has a ring.

kenneth davis the RB for the Bills at that time was a good back-up and not a third down back.

Hixon did a great job considering his situation, but that drop in the play-offs against the eagles was a killer.

Besides quarterbacks and the running-backs of yester-year it's a tough one.

Mario Manningham, from recent history.

David Tyree?!

Guys like Steve Young, Roger Staubach (unique case) and Ron Stone had to wait for years, but they eventually got their opportunity to shine.

I like the Earl Morrall suggestion, because he stepped in successfully with multiple teams.

Good player in Baltimore. Eclipsed by Jamal Lewis in 2000. Went to Kansas City and became an absolute monster for three years.

Marcus Allen was a backup in the middle part of his career, behind Bo Jackson and the recycled remains of Roger Craig and Eric Dickerson.

and choice

lead blocker but nevertheless close enough to fit the point of this thread...

would surely put Rocky in the Hall.

Brian Mitchell

Everywhere we went. Big time production.

Jimmy Googs said:

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lead blocker but nevertheless close enough to fit the point of this thread...

More of an undersized fullback than a backup halfback - significantly smaller, in fact, than the star he blocked for. Also a great story - with military service and all, he didn't really play much until he was 28. Once he got on the field, though, it was pretty hard to get him off it.

In comment 14503495 Bubba said:

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Everywhere we went. Big time production.

Great one!

was the first of the Wellington hat trick QB's in the dark years. A complete wash out with the Wellington Giants and then a Super Bowl QB after they left. Tarkington (was a good player for the Giants unlike the other two) and Craig Morton completed the hat trick.

74 games played. 12 games started. A big part of the fearsome 3rd down pass rush in 1986.

Special teams ace but no real position. Was a valuable asset back then.

Brandon Jacobs, never really a starter but always a key player. His blocking in key situations was incredible.

In comment 14503542 arniefez said:

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was the first of the Wellington hat trick QB's in the dark years. A complete wash out with the Wellington Giants and then a Super Bowl QB after they left. Tarkington (was a good player for the Giants unlike the other two) and Craig Morton completed the hat trick.

Actually, Morrall, was quite good with us, especially given the dreck he was left to work with

Back up that QB played 21 years in the NFL. I believe he eventually lost his job to both John Elway and Joe Montana. Was the oldest player on a Super Bowl roster in 1999. Has to be first ballot back up HOF'er.

also played a lot for the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins.

In comment 14504021 Pete in MD said:

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also played a lot for the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins.

Yeah Griese got injured early in the season and he led them to the Super Bowl. I remember it was a pretty big deal when Shula went back to Griese at that point.

If memory serves he was Jay Schreyeders back up before going on to win the SB.

were the first 2 names to come to mind.

Andy Headen
Joe Morrison
David Tyree
Lee Rouson
Tom Matte

But here a few more

Max McGee Packer backup receiver in Super Bowl I who broke curfew night before the big game. He didn’t think he would be starting. But went out on the field with a hangover and had a super game.

Bobby Duhon who married Tucker Frederickson’s sister and was the Lee Rouson of his era.

Jeff Rutledge - backup to Phil Simms when Hoss was the third QB

Brian Kelly - starting ILB before Gary Reasons or Pepper Johnson

Stacey Robinson - always the last WR to be cut but then resigned

Phil McConkey and John Mistler. Similar to Stacey

In comment 14503331 EricJ said:

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....and how about Ryan Fitzpatrick? Sure, he started for a while but most of his career was as a backup. If this was Giants only... Jeff Hostetler Andy Headen Lee Rouson

Fitzpatrick has gotten 3 chances? 4?

Don Strock should be on they list as QB way before him

In comment 14503199 bLiTz 2k said:

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^^^ this.

great one Matty.

That he was deceptively slow.