Super Bowl teams have good backup QB plans

Published February 8, 2023 7:57 AM

By DAVID BRANDT
AP Sports Writer

PHOENIX (AP) — It’s likely the only time football fans will see Kansas City’s Chad Henne or Philadelphia’s Gardner Minshew during the Super Bowl will be on the sideline. But this is the NFL and sometimes things don’t go according to plan. That’s why the backup quarterbacks for the Chiefs and Eagles could be some of the most important players on their team’s roster heading into Sunday’s showdown. In a lot of ways, it’s been the year of the backup quarterback. A total of 68 QBs started at least one game during the regular season, an average of more than two per team and a record for a non-strike year.

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