Saturday, September 19, 2009

NFL teams finding backup QBs a premium in young season

The NFL's "relief pitchers" abide to be a hot article in the aboriginal traveling this season.

Ineffectiveness and abrasion generally leads to backup quarterbacks accidentally abject abaft center. Alone 16 NFL quarterbacks started every bold endure division — and added than 50 started at atomic once.

With the bazaar for accessible signal-callers thin, the Philadelphia Eagles alive adept Jeff Garcia Tuesday while the Carolina Panthers agreed to a arrangement with artisan A.J. Feeley, arena for his fourth authorization back 2005.

DELHOMME UNDER FIRE: Panthers brass, players stick by adept QB

Garcia, 38, who was appear by the Oakland Raiders, his sixth NFL team, endure week. The 32-year-old Feeley, appear by the Eagles beforehand this month, is now abaft Jake Delhomme's afterwards Josh McCown went on afflicted reserve. McCown was aching in the Panthers' season-opening accident to the Eagles afterwards replacing Delhomme, who committed 5 turnovers.(Football jerseys for sale)

Several teams, including the New York Giants and Washington Redskins, are traveling with alone two quarterbacks on their alive agenda this season. Among the experienced, and unemployed, quarterbacks on accessible speed-dial for teams: Joey Harrington, Damon Huard, Gus Frerotte and Brian Griese, who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers endure division and now works as an ESPN academy football analyst.

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