The journeyman quarterback has started 14 and played in 15 games with Sam Bradford sidelined.
Baltimore could not stop
journeyman quarterback Charlie Batch late, but a huge offensive miscue by their own quarterback helped turn the tide.
With the Broncos, McDaniels has
journeyman quarterbacks in Kyle Orton and Chris Simms, a defense that ranked 30th in points allowed and special teams that contributed to Denver's ranking last in average starting field position.
Not exact matches
But just how will this team, starting such
journeymen as Shepherd, Ty Detmer at
quarterback and Terry Kirby at running back, score enough to win any games?
On a day when Iowa State beat Baker Mayfield and No. 3 Oklahoma with a converted linebacker and an inexperienced
journeyman throwing passes, it became clear that you don't need a perfect
quarterback to navigate the chaos of the Big 12, just a
quarterback with perfect timing.
The Chicago Bears have had three different starting
quarterbacks during the 2016 NFL regular season: the overpaid «franchise»
quarterback (Jay Cutler), the veteran
journeyman (Brian Hoyer) and the youngster (Matt Barkley).
In 1979, Bill Walsh, with only veteran
journeyman Steve DeBerg to give him a chance to win that season, waited until the end of round three to take a lightly regarded Midwestern
quarterback, Joe Montana.
In 2017, John Lynch, with only veteran
journeyman Brian Hoyer to give him a chance to win this season, waited until the end of round three to take a lightly regarded Midwestern
quarterback, C.J. Beathard.
The only other
quarterback on the roster now is Brian Hoyer, a
journeyman passer who has been on six rosters in the last six years and turns 33 in October.