that's not true at all. i remember a year in which the backup had to start the season for us, was bad, but not bad enough to matter all that much and we made the playoffs. last year the titans' qb went straight insane, the backup came in, was just above average and not only led them to the playoffs, but made the pro-bowl. sometimes the backups just have to be competent, or even just below competent. "almost every team is out of luck" "sometimes the backups" yeah, these are not contradictory statements. I don't know what "argument by agreeing" is in Latin, but this is it. Hanie could turn out to be Brady II. I'll bet against it. i guess i didn't make my argument clear. most teams don't suffer significant injuries to their starting quarterbacks, so it's impossible to know for certain if almost every team in the league would be out of luck. i'm just pointing out that it has happened, and recently. also, not every team in the league is close to being a playoff team, so it would appear that it's not totally uncommon for a backup qb to play an important role in a playoff run. if the team is built around a qb, then the sky will come crashing down, if the team is built around the defense, then it probably won't.