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Where Does Collins’ Performance Rank?
By Chris Mottram | January 3, 2008
What if — and believe me, this is a hypothetical — but what if Todd Collins leads the Redskins to a Super Bowl title this season? Would that go down as the greatest backup quarterback performance in the history of pigskin?
According to Large over at The Sporting Blog, who put together a list of the eight best backup performances, it would qualify him for second all-time. Who’s No. 1? Thankfully, Large didn’t let his man-love for Tom Brady blind his judgment. He went with someone far superior (tease!).
The Redskins do, however, have one man on the list:
5. Doug Williams – 1987 Redskins
It’s really hard to believe in retrospect that Doug Williams was a backup to freakin Jay Schroeder in 1987. True dat, however. Doug only started two regular season games in the year that he became a Redskins legend, and both of them were losses. Nevertheless, we all know what happened in the ’87 playoffs – Williams caught fire and then positively exploded in the second quarter of Super Bowl XXII, throwing four TD passes en route to becoming the first and only African-American QB to win the Super Bowl.
The list also features video of one of the sexiest mustaches the NFL has ever seen. Yes, even sexier than Matt Hasselbeck’s.
Topics: NFL, Redskins | 9 Comments »
January 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 PM
I don’t know how you got through this post without mentioning your Doug Williams Grambling throwback.
I also don’t know how Large failed to mentioned Schroeder’s epic 4,000-yard (51% completion percentage) ‘86 season.
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Nice to see Brady’s 2000 season on there. He was spectacular in that one game he played and completed a whole pass!
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Well, technically, the Super Bowl was played in 2000 that year. But yeah, thanks for taking a shit on an honest mistake. I’ll fix it.
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Nope. It was played in 2002.
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:26 PM
You also need to remove the rookie line since he wasn’t a rookie.
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:57 PM
My bad, you’re right on both counts. Although calling him a rookie in ‘01 — while not technically accurate — isn’t that f’ing horrible. He had previously thrown 3 passes.
January 3rd, 2008 at 2:13 PM
I agree but the NFL’s rules are the rules. Even if you only appear on the practice squad that qualifies as your rookie season.
Can we call Collins a born-again rookie? Because frankly he sucked the first time through.
January 3rd, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Has to rank behind Phil Simms/Jeff Hostetler.
Because Lawrence Taylor will kill us all if you don’t.
January 3rd, 2008 at 2:43 PM
289 DISAGREES WITH THINGS THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN!