Brett Favre’s Backups – Through The Years

When a terrific participant performs quarterback for a franchise for a really very long time, it is typically attention-grabbing to see who performed backup for him. Who went on to develop into their very own beginning quarterback? Who had began elsewhere however ended their profession down right here? Right here we have a look at Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre’s backups through the years.

1992: Brett joins the Inexperienced Bay Packers

Backup: Don Majkowski (College of Virginia)

Majkowski had began earlier in his profession for the Packers and later began video games for the Indianapolis Colts. He additionally appeared in a couple of video games for the Detroit Lions.

1993: Brett’s 2nd 12 months

Assist: Ty Detmer (Brigham Younger College)

Detmer received the Heisman Trophy by enjoying QB for the BYU Cougars, and after backing up at Inexperienced Bay in 1993 and 1995, he started enjoying for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1996 and 1997. He would additionally play time with San Francisco, Cleveland, and Detroit.

1994: Brett’s third 12 months

Backup: Mark Brunell (College of Washington)

Most likely the quarterback who performed behind Favre and was probably the most profitable (to date), Mark Brunell would go on to start out video games for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Washington Redskins. Brunell made quite a few Professional Bowl appearances and led the league in passing yards in 1996. Brunell additionally presently ranks within the high 25 all-time within the following classes: passing tries, passing completions, and passing yards.

1995: Brett’s 4th 12 months

Backup: Ty Detmer – See above

Backup: Jim McMahon (Brigham Younger College)

McMahon has been a beginning quarterback for many of his profession and received a Tremendous Bowl with the Chicago Bears in 1985. He would even be an occasional starter with San Diego, Philadelphia and Minnesota. He additionally briefly hung out with the Arizona Cardinals earlier than spending his last two years within the league as a backup at Inexperienced Bay.

Backup: TJ Rubley (College of Tulsa)

Rubley had his first expertise with the Los Angeles Rams in 1993, however his 1995 stint with the Packers could be his final within the NFL.

1996: Brett and the Packers win the Tremendous Bowl

Backup: Jim McMahon – See above

Substitute: Doug Pederson (NE Louisiana)

Pederson would play as a beginning quarterback at Philadelphia and Cleveland in 1999 and 2000 earlier than returning to Inexperienced Bay as a backup for the 2001-04 seasons.

1997: A Tremendous Bowl loss

Backup: Doug Pederson – See above

Assist: Steve Bono (UCLA)

Bono beforehand had quarterback expertise for San Francisco and Kansas Metropolis. Early in his profession, he had backup expertise with each Minnesota and Pittsburgh, and after that one season at Inexperienced Bay, he spent two extra years within the league (backing up for the Rams and Carolina Panthers) earlier than retiring went.

1998: Brett’s seventh 12 months and Mike Holmgren’s last 12 months as Packers head coach.

Backup: Doug Pederson – See above

1999: Brett’s eighth 12 months and solely season Ray Rhodes was the top coach.

Assist: Matt Hasselbeck (Boston School)

Hasselbeck later performed for Holmgren in Seattle and led the Seahawks to the Tremendous Bowl solely to lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

2000: Brett’s ninth 12 months and Mike Sherman’s first 12 months as head coach.

Backup: Matt Hasselbeck – See above

2001: Brett’s tenth 12 months

Backup: Doug Pederson – See above

2002: Brett’s eleventh 12 months

Backup: Doug Pederson – See above

2003: Brett’s twelfth 12 months

Backup: Doug Pederson – See above

2004: Brett’s thirteenth 12 months

Backup: Doug Pederson – See above

Backup: Craig Nall (Northwest State)

Nall would throw for 4 touchdowns in his solely motion within the NFL this season. He would again Favre in 2005 earlier than spending a last 12 months as a backup in Buffalo.

Backup: JT O’Sullivan (College of California-Davis)

O’Sullivan noticed no motion for Inexperienced Bay apart from two late-sport knee knockdowns. He noticed no sport motion in any respect in 2005 or 2006 however got here on the sector for the Detroit Lions through the 2007 season.

2005: Brett’s 14th 12 months

Backup: Craig Nall – See above

Backup: Aaron Rodgers (College of California)

Rodgers is the present backup for Brett Favre and has been named as inheritor obvious to take over after his retirement for the reason that Packers drafted him.

2006: Brett’s fifteenth 12 months and Mike McCarthy’s first season as head coach of the Packers.

Backup: Aaron Rodgers – see above

Substitute: Ingle Martin

Martin made it into play for the final sport of the 12 months, passing the ball as soon as and taking two knockdowns.

2007: Brett’s sixteenth 12 months

Backup: Aaron Rodgers – see above

There you might have it, Brett Favre’s backups through the years. That is certainly not definitive and focuses totally on the quarterbacks who weren’t solely on the roster however made it into the sport sooner or later through the season.

A couple of observations:

Twice Favre had backups from small schools in Louisiana (Favre’s dwelling state), with Doug Pederson being from Northeast Louisiana and Craig Nall from Northwest State.

The Packers had two totally different ex-BYU quarterbacks as backup Brett (Jim McMahon and Ty Detmer). The quarterback who spent most years as Brett Favre’s backup was Doug Pederson, and he did so in two separate stints with the crew (1996-1998 and 2001-2004).

Brett Favre himself was drafted by the Falcons solely to play sparingly after which was traded to the Packers in 1992. In 1993, the Packers drafted Mark Brunell, who performed sparingly for them after which was traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars, the place he later starred for a few years. He is one of many longest-lived quarterbacks the league will ever see, and these guys backed him.