Zorn stayed with the team as a second-string quarterback until the end of the 1984 season.

A second-string quarterback hasn't run 80 or 90 percent of the plays, so you go with the things he's run in preseason.

After being demoted to second-string quarterback, Smith saw very little action throughout the remainder of the season and did not play in five games.

Palmer was cut before the regular season, and Hasselbeck became the second-string quarterback.

Then came last year's debacle, when the Jets, playing without their first- and second-string quarterbacks, finished 4-12.

Collins started the 1999 season as the Giants' second-string quarterback, but soon claimed the starting job.

"We've had a history of faring poorly against unknown second-string quarterbacks."

In his sophomore year in 1969, Tagge rose to second-string quarterback.

Detmer had been listed as the second-string quarterback because he is the holder on field goals and extra points.

It wasn't just because he was a second-string quarterback who could come in and win the game.