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09-02-2003, 01:56 PM
Monkey see, Monkey do...........
"But look back and find a case similar to (Feeley)," said Redskins vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato, whose team on Saturday released No. 3 quarterback Danny Wuerffel. "Something like that doesn't happen very often, does it? Around the league, the typical No. 3 quarterback is a younger guy you are developing for down the road, and you hope you don't have to use him. Hey, you can get that younger guy the same number of snaps on the practice squad as you can on the (active) roster."
Left unsaid by the Redskins is that they are confident that Wuerffel, the backup last year who was twice replaced by then-No. 3 Patrick Ramsey, will always be a phone call away if needed. It is doubtful that Wuerffel will sign with another franchise.
History, indeed, indicates that not many quarterbacks who are third on the depth chart actually get onto the field.
Citing research by the Elias Sports Bureau, USA Today reported on Tuesday that, in 1,240 regular-season games since 1998, three different quarterbacks registered a pass attempt for the same team on only 17 occasions.
Last season, only eight teams had three quarterbacks register at least one pass attempt, and only five had No. 3s who posted more than 30 attempts. Heck, while everyone likes to talk about the peril under which starting quarterbacks play, there were only 17 teams for which the primary backup registered more than 50 attempts.
Think about this one: Steelers wide receiver Antwaan Randle El, a solid quarterback in college, had more pass attempts last season than 27 of the No. 3 quarterbacks on rosters.
Full Article:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=1607584
"But look back and find a case similar to (Feeley)," said Redskins vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato, whose team on Saturday released No. 3 quarterback Danny Wuerffel. "Something like that doesn't happen very often, does it? Around the league, the typical No. 3 quarterback is a younger guy you are developing for down the road, and you hope you don't have to use him. Hey, you can get that younger guy the same number of snaps on the practice squad as you can on the (active) roster."
Left unsaid by the Redskins is that they are confident that Wuerffel, the backup last year who was twice replaced by then-No. 3 Patrick Ramsey, will always be a phone call away if needed. It is doubtful that Wuerffel will sign with another franchise.
History, indeed, indicates that not many quarterbacks who are third on the depth chart actually get onto the field.
Citing research by the Elias Sports Bureau, USA Today reported on Tuesday that, in 1,240 regular-season games since 1998, three different quarterbacks registered a pass attempt for the same team on only 17 occasions.
Last season, only eight teams had three quarterbacks register at least one pass attempt, and only five had No. 3s who posted more than 30 attempts. Heck, while everyone likes to talk about the peril under which starting quarterbacks play, there were only 17 teams for which the primary backup registered more than 50 attempts.
Think about this one: Steelers wide receiver Antwaan Randle El, a solid quarterback in college, had more pass attempts last season than 27 of the No. 3 quarterbacks on rosters.
Full Article:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=1607584