A veteran bkup quarterbk with some experience and who can play without much prtice is regarded by a lot of cohes and general managers as a necessity.But how often recently have we seen such a player step in and win?[+] Enlarge
Mark HumphreyAP PhotoThe Tennessee Titans will have bkup quarterbks Charlie Whitehurst (12) and rookie Zh Mettenberger in the fold this ing season.ESPN.’s Kevin Seifert suggests teams are better off going with a developmental bkup with potential to blossom than a guy who’s proven over time he’s not starting caliber.It’s an interesting way to look at things.Says Seifert:

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Ryan Clady Authentic Jersey , a veteran who has played enough to prove he isn’t a starter but is still valued as a fill-in, ould be a quaint notion in 2014. Smart teams are using the spot as a developmental rather than caretaker position, understanding how rare it is to find a veteran bkup who can maintain a team’s performance when the starter is injured…So what does this mean for the league overall? If you’ve mitted to a starter, as roughly 26 of the 32 teams already have for 2014 
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The Titans have picked from both serving dies.Charlie Whitehurst is the veteran with little experience and even less suess, but he’s been around and knows what Ken Whisenhunt wants, especially since they worked together last season in San Diego.Zh Mettenberger is the guy they are hoping to develop, a quarterbk out of LSU with a big arm who the Titans had graded as at least a fourth-rounder and got in the sixth.Jake Locker has own a propensity for getting hurt in his three seasons in the league. History and the odds suggest he’s not going to make it 16 games.I think the Titans believe they’ll be best with Whitehurst in relief if Locker gets hurt. But then if Locker is out for a stretch and Mettenberger has progressed 
Von Miller Jersey Sale , they could play him given a week to ape a game plan for him and a full week of first-team prtice snaps.The trouble with the developmental guy at the start is the workload. The Titans will break in half and run concurrent prtices with o units doing the same work, which will help Mettenberger get snaps.I like the idea of a developmental quarterbk in the second seat. But having an injury-prone starter and a rookie as that guy could be especially dangerous. If Mettenberger was a second year guy, I’d be more fortable with it.The Titans have gone from Matt Hasselbeck to Ryan Fitzpatrick to Whitehurst as the veteran bkup in the past three seasons.That’s trending downward, which make’s Seifert’s thinking make more sense in Tennessee than it may have in the past.