What Good Backup QBs Can Do

Just a reminder of what backup NFL QBs can do.  

Earl Morrall was the backup QB for the Miami Dolphins in 1972. 

When Bob Griese went down game 5, Morrall came in and went 11-0. Morrall came in second for AP Player of the Year. Our beloved tough guy RB Larry Brown was MVP that year. 

Don Shula, then Coach of the Baltimore Colts, started Earl in Super Bowl III. He had a rough game. Lost to Namath and the Jets. 

That memory must have stimulated Shula to go with Griese in the Super Bowl versus our Washington Redskins. 

Morrall had a career record of 63-36-3.  

One memorable backup in the Gibbs Era was Jeff Rutledge of the 1990 Skins. 

The Skins were down to Detroit 38-21. 

Rutledge came in for Stan Humphries. Went 30-42 for 363 yards a TD Pass and a TD run. The Skins won 41-38 in OT.

Coach Gibbs was inspired and started Rutledge in the Body Bag Game. Brian Mitchell finished that game at QB. That's how that game turned out.  

Ordinary starter Mark Rypien came back in the rubber match versus the Eagles in the Playoffs and ended Buddy Ryan's Eagles Career.  

Football Naps

We used to get Lindsey Nelson's recap of Notre Dame Football in Central Virginia. They were great for instigating your afternoon naps.

Joe Theismann in the 1971 Cotton Bowl. 

1964 Bob Griese versus Notre Dame 

Joe Montana, Bob Golic, Ross Browner. 1978 Cotton Bowl. 

Notre Dame versus Air Force 1964 

There were a bunch of great Football Broadcasters in that 78 Cotton Bowl Postgame. 

A little bit on Lindsey Nelson. Jack Whitaker. 

Chuck Bednarik on Legends of the Game with Jack Whitaker. 

Ever have trouble sleeping? Stream these and you'll dream of that dirty grass and scuffed jersey you remember wallowing in as a kid.