Below you will find example sentences with "backup quarterback". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Backup Quarterback in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: quarterback
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 22.3 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "backup quarterback" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 22.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and intercepted backup quarterback mark vlasic, at a backup quarterback for justin, game, games and get stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with starting quarterback, quarterback joe, fame quarterback, starting quarterback, quarterback joe and rookie quarterback, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with backup quarterback
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Is this backup quarterback material? (5 words)
Backup quarterback Brett Rypien has replaced Stafford. (7 words)
Maalik Murphy has been Texas’ backup quarterback all season. (9 words)
Bagent is no lock to make the 53-player roster at all, let alone move ahead of both Walker and Peterman to get the No. 2 job, but he has done enough that he’s right in the thick of the Bears’ backup quarterback competition. (45 words)
Backup quarterback Gardner Minshew wasn’t terrible for most of the game — he did well to feed his two star receivers and keep the offense on track — but the explosive plays and rushing value usually provided by Hurts just weren’t there. (42 words)
The Eagles’ backup quarterback said on the team’s podcast he was told there was a chance another quarterback would be joining him and Wentz, so he didn’t take the drafting of Hurts as a surprise. (37 words)
Is this backup quarterback material? (5 words)
Example sentences (20)
Currently, Browning is competing against former backup Trevor Siemian to be Joe Burrow’s backup quarterback.
In high school, I played four sports but was a backup quarterback, backup point guard, light-hitting middle infielder and, senior year, barely squeaked into second doubles on the tennis team.
On Friday at Wilkes football practice, he learned that he was being promoted to backup quarterback for the Colonels because the normal backup came down with an illness.
The Eagles’ backup quarterback said on the team’s podcast he was told there was a chance another quarterback would be joining him and Wentz, so he didn’t take the drafting of Hurts as a surprise.
The quarterback spot is the most important position in all of football, so it stands to reason that the backup quarterback position is fairly important as well.
In addition, Buffalo's defense knocked Chiefs quarterback Steve DeBerg out of the game and intercepted backup quarterback Mark Vlasic four times.
The second is a starter–reliever system, in which the starting quarterback splits the regular season playing time with the backup quarterback, although the former will start playoff games.
Backup quarterback Brett Rypien has replaced Stafford.
Backup quarterback Devin Tate has thrown for nine touchdowns in nine games with no interceptions.
Backup quarterback Gardner Minshew wasn’t terrible for most of the game — he did well to feed his two star receivers and keep the offense on track — but the explosive plays and rushing value usually provided by Hurts just weren’t there.
Bagent is no lock to make the 53-player roster at all, let alone move ahead of both Walker and Peterman to get the No. 2 job, but he has done enough that he’s right in the thick of the Bears’ backup quarterback competition.
Both passes came from veteran backup quarterback Josh Johnson and Johnson said after the game that the plays were a taste of what the Ravens are seeing in practice every day.
Chiefs backup quarterback Chad Henne soaked up his final moments as an NFL player on Sunday night with his biggest supporters.
Expect that pressure, especially with Ja’Marr Chase potentially still not 100%, to get the backup quarterback.
Getsy, though, could get a good look at a backup quarterback for Justin Fields.
He’s won a couple games with a backup quarterback.
Indiana beat Wisconsin for its first Big Ten victory and Illinois rallied behind backup quarterback John Paddock, who replaced an injured Luke Altmyer, in the final minute to defeat Minnesota.
Is this backup quarterback material?
Maalik Murphy has been Texas’ backup quarterback all season.
Not with backup quarterback Jake Browning improving by the week.