I remember a time where back-up QB's were back-ups because they were'nt as good of a player as the starter. What I am noticing more often now is these backups that are coming in for these "Starters" are just as good if not better than the ones they are stepping in for.

 

So to recap some examples of this in the past year or two:

• Kirk Cousins - Im also kind of bias here because I honestly don't like RG3 lol.
  
• Josh McCown
  
• Nick Foles
  
• Colin Kapernick
  
• Case Keenum
  
• Mike Glennon
  
• Chad Henne - For whatever it's worth mentioning him when youre comparing to B-Gabbz, still fits the bill for this.
  

    Now this is without mentioning there are teams like the Packers who put all their eggs in one basket and when disaster strikes and they call on the second man in line, he just can't do the job.

 

     There are others out there that are still playing well but it's too easily debatable if they if they are AS good or better than the starter. These are just ones I feel stand out as easy targets for this.

    

      My point now being, are these stellar performances coming from rule changes or are these "Back-ups" really this good? I'm debating this myself because guys like McCown have been around for a while and have been back-ups for that while so it leads me to believe its the rules.

 

     Regardless, it seems there are no such things as back-ups anymore, just second starters.

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