Third quarterback rule
The Third Quarterback Rule (German Third Quarterback Rule ) was a rule in the National Football League , which allowed an additional third quarterback to have. The rule was abolished in 2011.
The third quarterback is not considered an additional player: if the third quarterback is substituted in during the first three quarters, the starting or backup quarterback may no longer be substituted; In the fourth quarter, the third quarterback can also be substituted on without the first or second quarterback losing their eligibility for the game.
The exact wording was:
“Teams will be permitted an Active List of 45 players and an Inactive List of eight players for each regular-season and postseason game. Provided, that if a club has two quarterbacks on its 45-player Active List, a third quarterback from its Inactive List is permitted to dress for the game, but if he enters the game during the first three quarters, the other two quarterbacks are thereafter prohibited from playing. "
“Each team is required to make a list of 45 active and 8 inactive players for each regular season and each postseason game. Provided the team has only two quarterbacks on the list of active players, they are allowed to use a third quarterback from their list of inactive players in the game, but if that quarterback is used during the first three quarters, the other two quarterbacks are quarterbacks excluded from the game. "
history
The third quarterback rule was the 1991 season in response to a game between the Washington Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles in the previous season introduced. In that game, both the Redskins' starting quarterback Jeff Rutledge and his backup Stan Humphries were injured . Without a third quarterback, the Redskins had to use a player who normally played in a different position. Brian Mitchell, a running back who was quarterback in college, became quarterback for the remainder of the game. The Redskins lost 14:28.
The rule was abolished in 2011 after the size of the active squad was increased from 45 to 46 men.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b NFL drops third quarterback rule, 46 active players on game day.
- ^ New NFL rules for 2008 . Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
- ↑ Ethan J. Skolnick: Miami Dolphins: Pat White presents interesting game-day dilemma . Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
- ↑ George Bretherton: Vick and the 'Third Quarterback' Rule . In: The New York Times , September 26, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
