Backup QBs in GB

[Harlan Huckleby]

I commented in another thread that GB backups used to be better. Here are backups, probably with some errors, since Favre became starter

1992 Don Majkowski, Ty Detmer
1993 Ty Detmer, Mark Brunell
1994 Mark Brunell, Ty Detmer
1995 Ty Detmer, T.J. Rubley
1996 Jim McMahon, Doug Pederson
1997 Jim McMahon, Doug Pederson, Steve Bono
1998 Doug Pederson
1999 Matt Hasselback
2000 Matt Hasselback, Danny Wuerffel
2001 Doug Pederson
2002 Doug Pederson
2003 Doug Pederson, Craig Nall
2004 Doug Pederson, Craig Nall, J.T. O'Sullivan
2005 Aaron Rodgers
2006 Aaron Rodgers, Ingle Martin
2007 Aaron Rodgers, Craig Nall
2008 Matt Flynn
2009 Matt Flynn
2010 Matt Flynn, Graham Harrell
2011 Matt Flynn, Graham Harrell
2012 Graham Harrell
2013 Seneca Wallace, Matt Flynn, Scott Tolzien
2014 Matt Flynn, Scott Tolzien

I guess things have been sketchy the past three years.
McMahon and Pederson were pretty bad. I think we remember Pederson fondly because he didn't have to play.

[Tyrion Lannister]

Rick Mirer was also a backup along with Aaron Brooks, Henry Burris and the great Brian Brohm.

Sherman tried copy to Wolf by signing vets such as Tim Couch and Akili Smith, but for some reason, things didn't work out. Should've signed Joey Harrington.

[Carolina_Packer]

How are J.T. O'Sullivan and Nick Collins connected?

From J.T.'s Pro Football Reference page: October 4, 2004: Traded by Saints with 2005 2nd round pick (51st overall, Nick Collins) to Packers for an undisclosed 2004 draft pick and Mike McKenzie

[Harlan Huckleby]

Should've signed Joey Harrington.
You are incorrigible.
But your memory is good, and I update the list:

1992 Don Majkowski, Ty Detmer
1993 Ty Detmer, Mark Brunell
1994 Mark Brunell, Ty Detmer
1995 Ty Detmer, Jim McMahon, T.J. Rubley
1996 Jim McMahon, Doug Pederson
1997 Doug Pederson, Steve Bono
1998 Doug Pederson, Rick Mirer
1999 Matt Hasselback, Aaron Brooks
2000 Matt Hasselback, Danny Wuerffel
2001 Doug Pederson, Henry Burris
2002 Doug Pederson
2003 Doug Pederson, Craig Nall
2004 Doug Pederson, Craig Nall, J.T. O'Sullivan
2005 Aaron Rodgers, Craig Nall
2006 Aaron Rodgers, Ingle Martin, Todd Bouman
2007 Aaron Rodgers, Craig Nall
2008 Matt Flynn, Brian Brohm
2009 Matt Flynn
2010 Matt Flynn, Graham Harrell
2011 Matt Flynn, Graham Harrell
2012 Graham Harrell
2013 Seneca Wallace, Matt Flynn, Scott Tolzien
2014 Matt Flynn, Scott Tolzien

[pbmax]

Were Doug Pederson, Henry Burris or Craig Nall better than Flynn? Pederson was more awful than Flynn as a starter.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Were Doug Pederson, Henry Burris or Craig Nall better than Flynn? Pederson was more awful than Flynn as a starter.

Burris & Nall never ascended to the #2 throne in GB. I didn't realized how long Flynn had been in GB, the years go rushing by. He is a clipboard legend like Pederson. Maybe Flynn was better than Pederson, they are similar. I think Harrell, Wallace & Flynn were the only #2s who never got starting jobs in NFL.

[channtheman]

Pederson was terrible. The hand off king, even in a winnable game. I'm sure everyone is with me when I say that I miss the glory days of ole Ingle Martin from Furman, correct?

[pbmax]

Burris & Nall never ascended to the #2 throne in GB. I didn't realized how long Flynn had been in GB, the years go rushing by. He is a clipboard legend like Pederson. Maybe Flynn was better than Pederson, they are similar. I think Harrell, Wallace & Flynn were the only #2s who never got starting jobs in NFL.

Edit: must learn to read first

Fair enough. How about Flynn better than late period Jim McMahon or anytime Ty Detmer?

[Harlan Huckleby]

Fair enough. How about Flynn better than late period Jim McMahon or anytime Ty Detmer?

I'm sweet on Ty Detmer, he was a smart and accurate passer. He had a Flynn-like flurry of success in Philly after leaving Pack. I imagine McMahon was washed up.

Flynn has been a good backup (with emphasis on "has been".) Looking at the list, the only ones who are obviously better are the guys who went on to success as starters - Matt Hasselbeck, Mark Brunell & Eric Rodgers

[Zool]

I remember a lot of Craig Nall love for a while back at JSO. Guy was bad.

[Tony Oday]

What ever happened to that Aaron Rodgers guy?

[hoosier]

Did Danny Wawful really make the final cut out of TC? How did that happen? Was Sherman hoping to outdo Holmey in the QB reclamation project department?

[Guiness]

Can't believe Hasselback was only in GB for two years, I thought he was around longer.

[Patler]

Can't believe Hasselback was only in GB for two years, I thought he was around longer.

He was there 3 years, the first year on the practice squad and two years on the regular roster.

[Carolina_Packer]

Boy, did Seattle get the better end of that Hasselbeck trade...

March 5, 2001: Traded by Packers with 2001 1st round pick (17th overall, Steve Hutchinson) to Seahawks for 2001 3rd round pick (72nd overall, Torrance Marshall) and 2001 1st round pick (10th overall, Jamal Reynolds)

Reynolds and Marshall were both stiffs. Look at who they might have drafted instead, including Hutchinson. http://www.mynfldraft.com/2001

In the third round of 2001, the Packers could have drafted Steve Smith WR, Utah. :doh:

[smuggler]

That was a bad trade even at the time. You have to get more than one pick net for a franchise QB, even if he was only borderline. 2nd and that third would have been better.

[ThunderDan]

That was a bad trade even at the time. You have to get more than one pick net for a franchise QB, even if he was only borderline. 2nd and that third would have been better.

Oh come on now. Hasselbeck never played in GB so no one really knew what he was or wasn't. We got a 3rd and moved up 7 spots in the 1st for an unproven QB.

[ThunderDan]

Just checked the stats:

Matt Hasselbeck was 13/29 for 145 yards and 2 TDs in actual games as a Packer.

[Joemailman]

Hasselbeck was Mr. August. Great in the preseason, and then you never saw him again.