By means of now it’s beautiful widely recognized that backup quarterbacks don’t get numerous reps in right through the season. And right through Saturday night time’s Peacock unique between the Buffalo Expenses and Los Angeles Chargers, Cris Collinsworth had a fascinating tackle what that suggests.
Chargers quarterback Easton Stick used to be making his 2d occupation get started towards Buffalo. His first, which got here on Thursday night time in Week 15 towards the Las Vegas Raiders, used to be an absolute crisis. However the early a part of Saturday’s sport towards the Expenses went a lot better.
Play-by-play guy Mike Tirico defined that Los Angeles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore “in reality had Easton Stick for per week of apply.”
Collinsworth elaborated on that, announcing “While you’re the backup quarterback, you’ll cross months with out even taking a unmarried play in apply.”
Tirico defined that whilst the backup quarterback getting so little apply time “sounds insane,” groups must be cautious about operating guys into the bottom right through the week. That set Collinsworth up completely.
“That’s the rationale numerous backup quarterbacks are fats,” he stated. “They don’t do anything else.”
With each males guffawing, Tirico started spelling “Collinsworth,” telling folks to “Ship ’em to Cris” earlier than completing with, “I really like the backup quarterback.”
Cris Collinsworth: If you end up the backup quarterback, you’ll cross months with out even taking a unmarried play in apply…that is the reason numerous backup quarterbacks are fats. They do not do anything else.
Mike Tirico: C-O-L-L-I-N-S…Ship ’em to Chris. percent.twitter.com/fscnm6gszq
— Terrible Saying (@awfulannouncing) December 24, 2023
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