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Re: Least experienced QB corps ... ones with fewest wins going into season
Posted: Mon May 12, 2025 2:18 pm
by JohnTurney
Citizen wrote: ↑Mon May 12, 2025 7:27 am
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 ...
Re: Least experienced QB corps ... ones with fewest wins going into season
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 8:51 am
by 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.
Re: Least experienced QB corps ... ones with fewest wins going into season
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 11:16 am
by JohnTurney
Citizen wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 8:51 am
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.
Re: Least experienced QB corps ... ones with fewest wins going into season
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 1:21 pm
by Ten Minute Ticker
Citizen wrote: ↑Mon May 12, 2025 7:27 am
Ten Minute Ticker wrote: ↑Sun May 11, 2025 9:55 pm
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!
Re: Least experienced QB corps ... ones with fewest wins going into season
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 7:49 pm
by 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.
Re: Least experienced QB corps ... ones with fewest wins going into season
Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 9:03 pm
by JohnTurney
Throwin_Samoan wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 7:49 pm
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 ...