if the 3rd qb is put in the game, the 1st and 2nd can't come in again?

[OverAndBack]

Bosworth was also 20+ years ago.

You can find exceptions, obviously. Brad Van Pelt wore #10 for the Giants because he was, ostensibly, their backup kicker, but that was 30+ years ago and I don't think he ever kicked anything.

I don't think they'd let a linebacker wear 44 today, either.

Remember Freddie Solomon? He was the 49ers' "disaster" quarterback for years because he had been a QB in college at the University of Tampa.

If you have to put a guy in a position in an emergency, they're not going to make him put a different number on.

I'm curious how long they're going to let Devin Hester wear #23 when he's obviously not a cornerback, no matter how they list him on the roster.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by OverAndBack

If you have to put a guy in a position in an emergency, they're not going to make him put a different number on.

Even if it's not an emergency, but you just want to use someone at other than his usual position for the surprise value, NFL officials won't stop it. Otherwise they'd have to ban the currently popular practice (which fad actually started slowly in the late 1990s) of putting the usual QB at a WR position and snapping to someone else in the backfield. For that matter, they'd even have to ban the shotgun formation: "Hey, QB number, get out of there. 5 yards behind the spot is reserved for someone wearing a number in the 40s."

Robert

[OverAndBack]

Green Bay's "personal protector" on a punt play last Monday night was their backup QB, #10. Should have been a tip-off, but wasn't, and he took the snap and ran for a first down.

The only tweaks I know of have been letting linemen (and then linebackers, I think) wear 90-99 and the wide receivers wear 10-19.

Originally Posted by OverAndBack

Green Bay's "personal protector" on a punt play last Monday night was their backup QB, #10. Should have been a tip-off, but wasn't, and he took the snap and ran for a first down.

Wow, and the return team and/or its coordinator didn't catch that? Dang, if I were the coordinator, I would have been calling timeout or going crazy to make sure the guys caught it before it developed. In other words, I'd go and act like the LB coach from Nebraska, one crazy dude.