Least experienced QB corps ... ones with fewest wins going into season

[JohnTurney]

Douglass wasn't acquired until the season had already started, so the Packers' quarterbacks going into the first game were Whitehurst (two career wins), Dennis Sproul (zero), and Neil Graff (zero).

Pack must have been assuming the leg would be good to go for 1978 ... at least at some point. They IR'd or PUPed him in preseason. Maybe it was wishful thinking ... turns out Whitehurst was decent for that year ...

[Citizen]

Dickey's recovery was hampered by a number of factors, some of which were due to the incompetence of the doctors treating him. His injury was horrific, but he shouldn't have been out of commission for two entire years.

[JohnTurney]

Dickey's recovery was hampered by a number of factors, some of which were due to the incompetence of the doctors treating him. His injury was horrific, but he shouldn't have been out of commission for two entire years.

Didn't know that -- that docs messed up, thanks.

[Ten Minute Ticker]

My immediate thought was the 1978 Packers … if you don’t count Lynn Dickey, who wasn’t active that season.

But I forgot that Bobby Douglass was on that team.

Douglass wasn't acquired until the season had already started, so the Packers' quarterbacks going into the first game were Whitehurst (two career wins), Dennis Sproul (zero), and Neil Graff (zero).

So I wasn’t too far off! Thanks!

[Throwin_Samoan]

The 1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers opened with
Randy Hedberg (rookie, 0 wins, never did win one)
Gary Huff (5 career wins, all in Chicago)
Jeb Blount (rookie, 0 wins, never did win one)

Mike Boryla had 8 career wins (all with Philadelphia) but injured his knee in the preseason, else he likely would have been the starter on opening day.

[JohnTurney]

The 1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers opened with
Randy Hedberg (rookie, 0 wins, never did win one)
Gary Huff (5 career wins, all in Chicago)
Jeb Blount (rookie, 0 wins, never did win one)

Mike Boryla had 8 career wins (all with Philadelphia) but injured his knee in the preseason, else he likely would have been the starter on opening day.

good one ...

[conace21]

The 1970 Buffalo Bills only had 1 previous win amongst their QB corps.

The starting QB was rookie Dennis Shaw.

The backup was 2nd year player James "Shack" Harris, who went 0-1 in his rookie year. No wonder the Bills sent a ball boy to pick him up at the airport. (The ball boy was Joe Horrigan.)

Dan Darragh, who was a guest speaker (via Zoom) at the 2023 PFRA Convention, was the 3rd string quarterback. Dan had started one Bills win in his two-year career, but it was a memorable one - a 37-35 upset of 1968's Super Bowl champion Jets.

[JohnTurney]

The 1970 Buffalo Bills only had 1 previous win amongst their QB corps.

The starting QB was rookie Dennis Shaw.

The backup was 2nd year player James "Shack" Harris, who went 0-1 in his rookie year. No wonder the Bills sent a ball boy to pick him up at the airport. (The ball boy was Joe Horrigan.)

Dan Darragh, who was a guest speaker (via Zoom) at the 2023 PFRA Convention, was the 3rd string quarterback. Dan had started one Bills win in his two-year career, but it was a memorable one - a 37-35 upset of 1968's Super Bowl champion Jets.

Good one, thanks ...