NFC South Starting Quarterback Changes

Atlanta Falcons (1966-2016): Name stint Tenure [Year - Week (Game)] Starting QB First Start Last Start GS Reason for Change From * Record Randy Johnson 1966 - 1 (1) 1966 - 4 (4) 4 ineffective 0-4 Dennis Claridge 1966 - 5 (5) 1966 - 7 (7) 3 ineffective 0-3 R. Johnson 2 1966 - 8 (8) 1967 - 3 (3) 10 ineffective 3-7 Steve Sloan 1967 - 4 (4) 1967 - 4 (4) 1 ineffective 0-1 R. Johnson 3 1967 - 5 (5) 1967 - 5 (5) 1 injured abdomen 0-0-1 Terry Nofsinger 1967 - 6 (6) 1967 - 6 (6) 1 * 0-1 R. Johnson 4 1967 - 7 (7) 1968 - 5 (5) 13 sprained ankle 2-11 Bob Berry 1968 - 6 (6) 1968 - 11 (11) 6 * 1-5 R. Johnson 5 1968 - 12 (12) 1968 - 12 (12) 1 ineffective (lost 44-0) 0-1 Berry 2 1968 - 13 (13) 1968 - 13 (13) 1 ineffective 0-1 R. Johnson 6 1968 - 14 (14) 1968 - 14 (14) 1 lost 1969 training camp battle 0-1 Berry 3 1969 - 1 (1) 1969 - 3 (3) 3 torn ligaments in right thumb 1-2 R. Johnson 7 1969 - 4 (4) 1969 - 5 (5) 2 ineffective 1-1 Bruce Lemmerman 1969 - 6 (6) 1969 - 7 (7) 2 ineffective 1 0-2 R. Johnson 8 1969 - 8 (8) 1969 - 10 (10) 3 torn knee ligaments 1 1-2 Berry 4 1969 - 11 (11) 1970 - 12 (12) 16 ineffective 6-8-2 R. Johnson 9 1970 - 13 (13) 1970 - 14 (14) 2 traded to Giants * 1-1 Berry 5 1971 - 1 (1) 1971 - 5 (5) 5 pulled left hamstring 1-3-1 Dick Shiner 1971 - 6 (6) 1971 - 9 (9) 4 injured back 3-1 Berry 6 1971 - 10 (10) 1972 - 14 (14) 19 traded to Vikings for Lee 10-9 Shiner 2 1973 - 1 (1) 1973 - 4 (4) 4 ineffective 1-3 Bob Lee 1973 - 5 (5) 1974 - 2 (2) 12 ineffective 8-4 Pat Sullivan 1974 - 3 (3) 1974 - 3 (3) 1 ineffective 0-1 Lee 2 1974 - 4 (4) 1974 - 10 (10) 7 ineffective (team averaging 8.4 ppg) 2-5 Sullivan 2 1974 - 11 (11) 1974 - 12 (12) 2 ineffective 0-2 Kim McQuilken 1974 - 13 (13) 1974 - 14 (14) 2 Bartkowski drafted 1975 #1 overall 1-1 Steve Bartkowski 1975 - 1 (1) 1975 - 6 (6) 6 dislocated left elbow 2-4 McQuilken 2 1975 - 7 (7) 1975 - 8 (8) 2 ineffective (lost 38-0, 5/26, 43 yards, 5 interceptions) 0-2 Sullivan 3 1975 - 9 (9) 1975 - 9 (9) 1 * 0-1 Bartkowski 2 1975 - 10 (10) 1976 - 5 (5) 10 damaged ligaments in right knee 3-7 McQuilken 3 1976 - 6 (6) 1976 - 8 (8) 3 ineffective 1-2 Scott Hunter 1976 - 9 (9) 1977 - 7 (7) 13 2 6-7 Bartkowski 3 1977 - 8 (8) 1977 - 14 (14) 7 lost 1978 training camp battle 3-4 June Jones 1978 - 1 (1) 1978 - 3 (3) 3 ineffective 1-2 Bartkowski 4 1978 - 4 (4) 1979 - 11 (11) 26 bruised hip 13-13 Jones 2 1979 - 12 (12) 1979 - 13 (13) 2 * 0-2 Bartkowski 5 1979 - 14 (14) 1983 - 12 (12) 58 sprained right knee 31-27 Mike Moroski 1983 - 13 (13) 1983 - 14 (14) 2 * 1-1 Bartkowski 6 1983 - 15 (15) 1984 - 10 (10) 12 sprained right knee 4-8 Moroski 2 1984 - 11 (11) 1984 - 11 (11) 1 * 0-1 Bartkowski 7 1984 - 12 (12) 1984 - 12 (12) 1 sprained right knee 0-1 Moroski 3 1984 - 13 (13) 1984 - 16 (16) 4 * 1-3 Bartkowski 8 1985 - 1 (1) 1985 - 5 (5) 5 ineffective; injured right knee 0-5 David Archer 1985 - 6 (6) 1986 - 11 (11) 22 separated right shoulder 9-12-1 Turk Schonert 1986 - 12 (12) 1986 - 16 (16) 5 lost 1987 training camp battle 2-3 Archer 2 1987 - 1 (1) 1987 - 1 (1) 1 ineffective 0-1 Scott Campbell 1987 - 2 (2) 1987 - 2 (2) 1 strike 1-0 Erik Kramer 1987 - 4 (3) 1987 - 4 (3) 1 ineffective 0-1 Jeff Van Raaphorst 1987 - 5 (4) 1987 - 5 (4) 1 ineffective 0-1 Kramer 2 1987 - 6 (5) 1987 - 6 (5) 1 strike ended * 1-0 Campbell 2 1987 - 7 (6) 1987 - 14 (13) 8 meaningless games; Falcons wanted to get Miller experience 3 1-7 Chris Miller 1987 - 15 (14) 1988 - 4 (4) 6 sprained left ankle 1-5 Steve Dils 1988 - 5 (5) 1988 - 7 (7) 3 sore right wrist * 0-3 Miller 2 1988 - 8 (8) 1989 - 3 (3) 12 ligament damage in left knee 5-7 Hugh Millen 1989 - 4 (4) 1989 - 4 (4) 1 * 0-1 Miller 3 1989 - 5 (5) 1990 - 13 (12) 24 broken collarbone 5-19 Campbell 3 1990 - 14 (13) 1990 - 15 (14) 2 injured back 0-2 Millen 2 1990 - 16 (15) 1990 - 17 (16) 2 * 2-0 Miller 4 1991 - 1 (1) 1991 - 10 (9) 9 bruised ribs 5-4 Billy Joe Tolliver 1991 - 11 (10) 1991 - 11 (10) 1 4* 0-1 Miller 5 1991 - 12 (11) 1991 - 13 (12) 2 high fever 2-0 Tolliver 2 1991 - 14 (13) 1991 - 14 (13) 1 * 1-0 Miller 6 1991 - 15 (14) 1992 - 9 (8) 13 torn ACL in left knee 6-7 Tolliver 3 1992 - 10 (9) 1992 - 14 (13) 5 sore right shoulder 2-3 Wade Wilson 1992 - 15 (14) 1992 - 17 (16) 3 signed with Saints as free agent * 1-2 Miller 7 1993 - 1 (1) 1993 - 2 (2) 2 ineffective 0-2 Bobby Hebert 1993 - 3 (3) 1993 - 5 (5) 3 tendinitis in right elbow 0-3 Tolliver 4 1993 - 7 (6) 1993 - 8 (7) 2 sprained right shoulder 2-0 Hebert 2 1993 - 9 (8) 1993 - 18 (16) 9 Falcons traded with Colts for George 4-5 Jeff George 1994 - 1 (1) 1996 - 4 (3) 36 suspended one game by team 5 16-20 Hebert 3 1996 - 5 (4) 1996 - 17 (16) 13 retired; Falcons traded with Oilers for Chandler 3-10 Chris Chandler 1997 - 1 (1) 1997 - 3 (3) 3 bruised sternum 0-3 Tolliver 5 1997 - 4 (4) 1997 - 4 (4) 1 * 0-1 Chandler 2 1997 - 5 (5) 1997 - 8 (7) 3 concussion 1-2 Tony Graziani 1997 - 9 (8) 1997 - 9 (8) 1 * 0-1 Chandler 3 1997 - 10 (9) 1998 - 7 (6) 14 sprained left shoulder/bruised ribs 11-3 Steve DeBerg 1998 - 8 (7) 1998 - 8 (7) 1 * 0-1 Chandler 4 1998 - 9 (8) 1998 - 12 (11) 4 sprained right knee/ankle 4-0 Graziani 2 1998 - 13 (12) 1998 - 13 (12) 1 * 1-0 Chandler 5 1998 - 14 (13) 1999 - 1 (1) 8 strained right hamstring 6-2 Graziani 3 1999 - 2 (2) 1999 - 2 (2) 1 * 0-1 Chandler 6 1999 - 3 (3) 1999 - 3 (3) 1 strained right hamstring 0-1 Graziani 4 1999 - 4 (4) 1999 - 5 (5) 2 * 1-1 Chandler 7 1999 - 6 (6) 1999 - 14 (13) 8 sore ribs 2-6 Danny Kanell 1999 - 15 (14) 1999 - 15 (14) 1 torn MCL in left knee * 0-1 Chandler 8 1999 - 16 (15) 2000 - 10 (10) 12 concussion 5-7 Kanell 2 2000 - 11 (11) 2000 - 11 (11) 1 * 0-1 Chandler 9 2000 - 12 (12) 2000 - 13 (13) 2 ineffective 0-2 Doug Johnson 2000 - 14 (14) 2000 - 16 (15) 2 ineffective 0-2 Chandler 10 2000 - 17 (16) 2001 - 8 (7) 8 sore ribs 4-4 Michael Vick 2001 - 9 (8) 2001 - 9 (8) 1 * 1-0 Chandler 11 2001 - 10 (9) 2001 - 16 (15) 7 nerve damage in right elbow 3-4 Vick 2 2001 - 17 (16) 2002 - 5 (4) 5 sprained right shoulder 1-4 D. Johnson 2 2002 - 6 (5) 2002 - 6 (5) 1 * 1-0 Vick 3 2002 - 7 (6) 2002 - D (18) 13 broken right leg in 2003 preseason 8-4-1 D. Johnson 3 2003 - 1 (1) 2003 - 6 (6) 6 ineffective 1-5 Kurt Kittner 2003 - 7 (7) 2003 - 11 (10) 4 ineffective 1-3 D. Johnson 4 2003 - 12 (11) 2003 - 13 (12) 2 * 0-2 Vick 4 2003 - 14 (13) 2004 - 15 (14) 18 meaningless game (Falcons had clinched #2 seed); sore left (throwing) shoulder 14-4 Matt Schaub 2004 - 16 (15) 2004 - 16 (15) 1 * 0-1 Vick 5 2004 - 17 (16) 2005 - 4 (4) 7 sprained right knee 4-3 Schaub 2 2005 - 5 (5) 2005 - 5 (5) 1 * 0-1 Vick 6 2005 - 6 (6) 2006 - 17 (16) 27 jailed for operating dog fighting ring 12-15 Joey Harrington 2007 - 1 (1) 2007 - 6 (6) 6 ineffective 1-5 Byron Leftwich 2007 - 7 (7) 2007 - 7 (7) 1 sprained right ankle 0-1 Harrington 2 2007 - 9 (8) 2007 - 10 (9) 2 * 2-0 Leftwich 2 2007 - 11 (10) 2007 - 11 (10) 1 bruised tailbone 0-1 Harrington 3 2007 - 12 (11) 2007 - 13 (12) 2 ineffective 0-2 Chris Redman 2007 - 14 (13) 2007 - 17 (16) 4 Ryan drafted 2008 #3 overall 1-3 Matt Ryan 2008 - 1 (1) 2009 - 12 (11) 28 turf toe 17-11 Redman 2 2009 - 13 (12) 2009 - 14 (13) 2 * 0-2 Ryan 2 2009 - 15 (14) 2016 - 17 (16) 119 70-49 * Normal starter returned from injury/rest. 1 Pro Football Reference mistakenly lists Johnson as the starter for Week 7 and Lemmerman as the starter for Week 10. 2 Bartkowski tore cartilage in his right knee during the 1977 preseason. 3 Miller, a 1987 first rounder, didn't sign a contract until Week 8. 4 Brett Favre made his NFL debut in this game, coming in late in the 4th quarter with the Falcons trailing the Redskins 49-17.  He ended the game 0 of 4 with 2 interceptions.  5 The Falcons suspended George following his sideline confrontation with coach June Jones after his benching in the 3rd quarter of the 1996 Week 4 game against the Eagles. Carolina Panthers (1995-2016): Name stint Tenure [Year - Week (Game)] Starting QB First Start Last Start GS Reason for Change From * Record Frank Reich 1995 - 1 (1) 1995 - 3 (3) 3 ineffective; Collins 1995 1st rounder 0-3 Kerry Collins 1995 - 5 (4) 1996 - 2 (2) 15 sprained left knee 9-6 Steve Beuerlein 1996 - 4 (3) 1996 - 5 (4) 2 * 1-1 Collins 2 1996 - 6 (5) 1996 - 11 (10) 6 injured right shoulder 3-3 Beuerlein 2 1996 - 12 (11) 1996 - 13 (12) 2 * 2-0 Collins 3 1996 - 14 (13) 1996 - C (18) 6 broken jaw during 1997 preseason 5-1 Beuerlein 3 1997 - 1 (1) 1997 - 2 (2) 2 * 1-1 Collins 4 1997 - 3 (3) 1997 - 5 (5) 3 ineffective; returned from injury too soon 1-2 Beuerlein 4 1997 - 7 (6) 1997 - 7 (6) 1 * 0-1 Collins 5 1997 - 8 (7) 1998 - 5 (4) 14 loss of interest in football 1 5-9 Beuerlein 5 1998 - 6 (5) 2000 - 17 (16) 44 released before 2001 season; Weinke won training camp battle with Jeff Lewis 19-25 Chris Weinke 2001 - 1 (1) 2001 - 8 (8) 8 injured right shoulder 1-7 Matt Lytle 2001 - 9 (9) 2001 - 9 (9) 1 * 0-1 Weinke 2 2001 - 10 (10) 2001 - 17 (16) 7 lost training camp battle to Peete * 0-7 Rodney Peete 2002 - 1 (1) 2002 - 6 (6) 6 injured right knee 3-3 Weinke 3 2002 - 7 (7) 2002 - 7 (7) 1 concussion 0-1 Randy Fasani 2002 - 8 (8) 2002 - 8 (8) 1 * 0-1 Peete 2 2002 - 10 (9) 2003 - 1 (1) 9 ineffective 5-4 Jake Delhomme 2003 - 2 (2) 2006 - 13 (12) 66 sprained right thumb 39-27 Weinke 4 2006 - 14 (13) 2006 - 16 (15) 3 * 1-2 Delhomme 2 2006 - 17 (16) 2007 - 3 (3) 4 injured right elbow 3-1 David Carr 2007 - 4 (4) 2007 - 5 (5) 2 injured back 1-1 Vinny Testaverde 2007 - 6 (6) 2007 - 8 (7) 2 strained right Achilles 1-1 Carr 2 2007 - 9 (8) 2007 - 9 (8) 1 concussion 0-1 Testaverde 2 2007 - 10 (9) 2007 - 11 (10) 2 sore back * 0-2 Carr 3 2007 - 12 (11) 2007 - 12 (11) 1 ineffective 0-1 Testaverde 3 2007 - 13 (12) 2007 - 14 (13) 2 rest for 44-year-old QB 1-1 Matt Moore 2007 - 15 (14) 2007 - 17 (16) 3 * 2-1 Delhomme 3 2008 - 1 (1) 2009 - 12 (11) 28 broken finger on right hand 16-12 Moore 2 2009 - 13 (12) 2010 - 2 (2) 7 ineffective 4-3 Jimmy Clausen 2010 - 3 (3) 2010 - 5 (5) 3 ineffective 0-3 Moore 3 2010 - 7 (6) 2010 - 9 (8) 3 injured shoulder 1-2 Clausen 2 2010 - 10 (9) 2010 - 10 (9) 1 concussion 0-1 Brian St. Pierre 2010 - 11 (10) 2010 - 11 (10) 1 * 0-1 Clausen 3 2010 - 12 (11) 2010 - 17 (16) 6 drafted Newton #1 overall 1-5 Cam Newton 2011 - 1 (1) 2013 - D (17) 49 injured ribs 25-24 Derek Anderson 2014 - 1 (1) 2014 - 1 (1) 1 * 1-0 Newton 2 2014 - 2 (2) 2014 - 14 (13) 12 car accident 3-8-1 Anderson 2 2014 - 15 (14) 2014 - 15 (14) 1 * 1-0 Newton 3 2014 - 16 (15) 2016 - 4 (4) 27 concussion 21-6 Anderson 3 2016 - 5 (5) 2016 - 5 (5) 1 * 0-1 Newton 4 2016 - 6 (6) 2016 - 12 (11) 6 violation of team rules 3-3 Anderson 4 2016 - 13 (12) 2016 - 13 (12) 1 2* 0-1 Newton 5 2016 - 14 (13) 2016 - 17 (16) 4 1-3 * Normal starter returned from injury/rest. 1 Collins told coach Dom Capers that his heart was no longer into leading the team; Collins was quickly demoted to third string, then cut six days later. 2 Newton was benched for the first series for not wearing a tie on the team bus to the stadium.  Anderson was intercepted on his only play of the game. The Panthers lost 40-7. New Orleans Saints (1967-2016): Name stint Tenure [Year - Week (Game)] Starting QB First Start Last Start GS Reason for Change From * Record Billy Kilmer 1967 - 1 (1) 1967 - 3 (3) 3 ineffective 0-3 Gary Cuozzo 1967 - 4 (4) 1967 - 11 (11) 8 ineffective 2-6 Kilmer 2 1967 - 12 (12) 1967 - 12 (12) 1 ineffective 0-1 Cuozzo 2 1967 - 13 (13) 1967 - 14 (14) 2 traded to Vikings 1-1 Kilmer 3 1968 - 1 (1) 1968 - 8 (8) 8 broken ankle 3-5 Karl Sweetan 1968 - 9 (9) 1968 - 11 (11) 3 * 0-2-1 Kilmer 4 1968 - 12 (12) 1970 - 3 (3) 20 ineffective 7-13 Ed Hargett 1970 - 4 (4) 1970 - 5 (5) 2 * 0-1-1 Kilmer 5 1970 - 6 (6) 1970 - 6 (6) 1 ineffective 0-1 Hargett 2 1970 - 7 (7) 1970 - 7 (7) 1 * 0-1 Kilmer 6 1970 - 8 (8) 1970 - 14 (14) 7 traded to Redskins; Manning drafted #1 overall 1-6 Archie Manning 1971 - 1 (1) 1971 - 8 (8) 8 injured right elbow 2-4-2 Hargett 3 1971 - 9 (9) 1971 - 10 (10) 2 * 1-1 Manning 2 1971 - 11 (11) 1971 - 11 (11) 1 injured right elbow 1-0 Hargett 4 1971 - 12 (12) 1971 - 13 (13) 2 * 0-2 Manning 3 1971 - 14 (14) 1973 - 13 (13) 28 bruised right arm 7-20-1 Bobby Scott 1973 - 14 (14) 1973 - 14 (14) 1 * 0-1 Manning 4 1974 - 1 (1) 1974 - 5 (5) 5 ineffective; salary dispute with front office 1-4 Scott 2 1974 - 6 (6) 1974 - 6 (6) 1 sprained right knee 1-0 Manning 5 1974 - 7 (7) 1974 - 12 (12) 6 torn cartilage in right knee 2-4 Larry Cipa 1974 - 13 (13) 1974 - 14 (14) 2 * 1-1 Manning 6 1975 - 1 (1) 1975 - 13 (13) 13 tendinitis; missed 1976 after right shoulder surgery 2-11 Cipa 2 1975 - 14 (14) 1975 - 14 (14) 1 * 0-1 Scott 3 1976 - 1 (1) 1976 - 6 (6) 6 ineffective 2-4 Bobby Douglass 1976 - 7 (7) 1976 - 12 (12) 6 2-4 Scott 4 1976 - 13 (13) 1976 - 14 (14) 2 * 0-2 Manning 7 1977 - 1 (1) 1977 - 5 (5) 5 sprained ankle 1-4 Scott 5 1977 - 6 (6) 1977 - 8 (8) 3 ineffective 1-2 Douglass 2 1977 - 9 (9) 1977 - 10 (10) 2 * 1-1 Manning 8 1977 - 11 (11) 1981 - 2 (2) 54 pulled hamstring 17-37 Scott 6 1981 - 3 (3) 1981 - 3 (3) 1 ineffective 0-1 Dave Wilson 1981 - 4 (4) 1981 - 5 (5) 2 * 0-2 Manning 9 1981 - 6 (6) 1981 - 9 (9) 4 pulled stomach muscle 1-3 D. Wilson 2 1981 - 10 (10) 1981 - 11 (11) 2 * 1-1 Manning 10 1981 - 12 (12) 1981 - 16 (16) 5 Saints signed Stabler in August; Manning traded to Oilers one week later 1-4 Ken Stabler 1982 - 1 (1) 1982 - 15 (7) 7 bruised left arm 3-4 Guido Merkens 1982 - 16 (8) 1982 - 16 (8) 1 * 0-1 Stabler 2 1982 - 17 (9) 1983 - 9 (9) 10 bruised ribs 6-4 D. Wilson 3 1983 - 10 (10) 1983 - 11 (11) 2 * 1-1 Stabler 3 1983 - 12 (12) 1983 - 16 (16) 5 Saints traded 1st rounder to Jets for Todd 2-3 Richard Todd 1984 - 1 (1) 1984 - 14 (14) 14 ineffective 6-8 D. Wilson 4 1984 - 15 (15) 1985 - 10 (10) 12 ineffective 4-8 Bobby Hebert 1985 - 11 (11) 1986 - 2 (2) 8 broken bone in foot 3-5 D. Wilson 5 1986 - 3 (3) 1986 - 15 (15) 13 * 6-7 Hebert 2 1986 - 16 (16) 1987 - 2 (2) 3 strike 1-2 John Fourcade 1987 - 4 (3) 1987 - 6 (5) 3 strike ended 2-1 Hebert 3 1987 - 7 (6) 1989 - 13 (13) 40 ineffective 1 25-15 Fourcade 2 1989 - 14 (14) 1990 - 6 (5) 8 Saints traded with Cowboys for Walsh after Week 3 5-3 Steve Walsh 1990 - 7 (6) 1990 - WC (17) 12 Hebert returned from holdout 6-6 Hebert 4 1991 - 1 (1) 1991 - 7 (6) 6 bruised right shoulder 6-0 Walsh 2 1991 - 8 (7) 1991 - 8 (7) 1 * 1-0 Hebert 5 1991 - 9 (8) 1991 - 9 (8) 1 sprained right shoulder; bruised rotator cuff 0-1 Walsh 3 1991 - 10 (9) 1991 - 15 (14) 6 * 2-4 Hebert 6 1991 - 16 (15) 1992 - WC (17) 20 Saints signed Wilson as free agent; Hebert signed as free agent with Falcons 14-6 Wade Wilson 1993 - 1 (1) 1993 - 16 (14) 14 bruised left knee 7-7 Mike Buck 1993 - 17 (15) 1993 - 17 (15) 1 ineffective 0-1 Walsh 4 1993 - 18 (16) 1993 - 18 (16) 1 waived; Saints traded with Rams for Everett 1-0 Jim Everett 1994 - 1 (1) 1996 - 14 (13) 45 concussion 16-29 Doug Nussmeier 1996 - 15 (14) 1996 - 15 (14) 1 * 0-1 Everett 2 1996 - 16 (15) 1996 - 17 (16) 2 waived; Saints traded with Redskins for Shuler 1-1 Heath Shuler 1997 - 1 (1) 1997 - 7 (7) 7 ineffective 2-5 Danny Wuerffel 1997 - 8 (8) 1997 - 9 (9) 2 ineffective (shut out both games) 0-2 Shuler 2 1997 - 11 (10) 1997 - 12 (11) 2 injured foot/knee 2-0 Nussmeier 2 1997 - 13 (12) 1997 - 13 (12) 1 ineffective 0-1 Billy Joe Hobert 1997 - 14 (13) 1998 - 1 (1) 5 ruptured right Achilles tendon 3-2 Wuerffel 2 1998 - 2 (2) 1998 - 6 (5) 4 ineffective 2-2 Billy Joe Tolliver 1998 - 7 (6) 1998 - 10 (9) 4 Collins claimed on waivers from Panthers before Week 7; adjustment period 1-3 Kerry Collins 1998 - 11 (10) 1998 - 17 (16) 7 Collins signed with Giants as free agent 2-5 Hobert 2 1999 - 1 (1) 1999 - 5 (4) 4 pinched nerve in neck 1-3 Tolliver 2 1999 - 6 (5) 1999 - 7 (6) 2 * 0-2 Hobert 3 1999 - 8 (7) 1999 - 8 (7) 1 pinched nerve in neck 0-1 Tolliver 3 1999 - 9 (8) 1999 - 11 (10) 3 torn ligaments in left knee 1-2 Hobert 4 1999 - 12 (11) 1999 - 13 (12) 2 * 0-2 Tolliver 4 1999 - 14 (13) 1999 - 15 (14) 2 torn ligaments in left knee 0-2 Jake Delhomme 1999 - 16 (15) 1999 - 17 (16) 2 Saints signed Blake as free agent 1-1 Jeff Blake 2000 - 1 (1) 2000 - 12 (11) 11 broken right foot 7-4 Aaron Brooks 2000 - 13 (12) 2005 - 14 (13) 84 ineffective 39-45 Todd Bouman 2005 - 15 (14) 2005 - 17 (16) 3 Saints signed Brees as free agent; Brooks released, Bouman waived 0-3 Drew Brees 2006 - 1 (1) 2009 - 16 (15) 65 meaningless game (Saints had already clinched homefield) 39-26 Mark Brunell 2009 - 17 (16) 2009 - 17 (16) 1 * 0-1 Brees 2 2009 - D (17) 2015 - 2 (2) 90 bruised right rotator cuff 54-36 Luke McCown 2015 - 3 (3) 2015 - 3 (3) 1 * 0-1 Brees 3 2015 - 4 (4) 2016 - 17 (16) 29 15-14 * Normal starter returned from injury/rest. 1 Hebert held out for the entire 1990 season in a salary dispute. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1976-2016): Name stint Tenure [Year - Week (Game)] Starting QB First Start Last Start GS Reason for Change From * Record Steve Spurrier 1976 - 1 (1) 1976 - 6 (6) 6 injured/ineffective 0-6 Parnell Dickinson 1976 - 7 (7) 1976 - 7 (7) 1 injured right ankle 0-1 Spurrier 2 1976 - 8 (8) 1976 - 12 (12) 5 former Steeler Hanratty supposedly more familiar with Pittsburgh defensive alignments/personnel 0-5 Terry Hanratty 1976 - 13 (13) 1976 - 13 (13) 1 ineffective (1/4, -1 yard, interception) 1 0-1 Spurrier 3 1976 - 14 (14) 1976 - 14 (14) 1 released 2 0-1 Randy Hedberg 1977 - 1 (1) 1977 - 2 (2) 2 * 0-2 Gary Huff 1977 - 3 (3) 1977 - 3 (3) 1 ineffective/immobile 0-1 Hedberg 2 1977 - 4 (4) 1977 - 4 (4) 1 * 0-1 Huff 2 1977 - 5 (5) 1977 - 6 (6) 2 torn cartilage in ribs; Hedberg concussed in relief 0-2 Jeb Blount 1977 - 7 (7) 1977 - 10 (10) 4 * 0-4 Huff 3 1977 - 11 (11) 1977 - 11 (11) 1 ineffective 0-1 Hedberg 3 1977 - 12 (12) 1977 - 12 (12) 1 ineffective 0-1 Huff 4 1977 - 13 (13) 1977 - 14 (14) 2 Williams 1978 1st rounder; lost 1978 training camp battle 2-0 Doug Williams 1978 - 1 (1) 1978 - 1 (1) 1 sore shoulder 0-1 Mike Boryla 1978 - 2 (2) 1978 - 2 (2) 1 injured right knee * 0-1 Williams 2 1978 - 3 (3) 1978 - 10 (10) 8 broken jaw 4-4 Mike Rae 1978 - 11 (11) 1978 - 15 (15) 5 * 1-4 Williams 3 1978 - 16 (16) 1982 - WC (10) 62 signed with USFL Oklahoma Outlaws 30-31-1 Jerry Golsteyn 1983 - 1 (1) 1983 - 2 (2) 2 ineffective 0-2 Jack Thompson 1983 - 3 (3) 1983 - 11 (11) 9 sprained right elbow 1-8 Golsteyn 2 1983 - 12 (12) 1983 - 12 (12) 1 * 0-1 Thompson 2 1983 - 13 (13) 1984 - 3 (3) 7 ineffective 2-5 Steve DeBerg 1984 - 4 (4) 1985 - 11 (11) 24 ineffective 6-18 Steve Young 1985 - 12 (12) 1985 - 16 (16) 5 lost 1986 training camp battle 1-4 DeBerg 2 1986 - 1 (1) 1986 - 2 (2) 2 ineffective 0-2 Young 2 1986 - 3 (3) 1986 - 16 (16) 14 traded to 49ers 2-12 DeBerg 3 1987 - 1 (1) 1987 - 2 (2) 2 strike 1-1 John Reaves 1987 - 4 (3) 1987 - 5 (4) 2 ineffective; Zorn signed three days before Week 6 as free agent 1-1 Jim Zorn 1987 - 6 (5) 1987 - 6 (5) 1 strike ended 1-0 DeBerg 4 1987 - 7 (6) 1987 - 12 (11) 6 injured back; Testaverde 1987 #1 overall 1-5 Vinny Testaverde 1987 - 13 (12) 1988 - 8 (8) 12 sore back; ineffective 2-10 Joe Ferguson 1988 - 9 (9) 1988 - 9 (9) 1 * 0-1 Testaverde 2 1988 - 10 (10) 1989 - 5 (5) 12 bruised tendon in right knee 6-6 Ferguson 2 1989 - 6 (6) 1989 - 6 (6) 1 * 0-1 Testaverde 3 1989 - 7 (7) 1989 - 15 (15) 9 sprained left ankle 2-7 Ferguson 3 1989 - 16 (16) 1989 - 16 (16) 1 released * 0-1 Testaverde 4 1990 - 1 (1) 1990 - 7 (7) 7 turf toe 4-3 Chris Chandler 1990 - 8 (8) 1990 - 8 (8) 1 * 0-1 Testaverde 5 1990 - 9 (9) 1990 - 9 (9) 1 ineffective 0-1 Chandler 2 1990 - 10 (10) 1990 - 11 (11) 2 ineffective 0-2 Testaverde 6 1990 - 12 (12) 1991 - 4 (4) 9 turf toe 2-7 Chandler 3 1991 - 5 (5) 1991 - 5 (5) 1 * 0-1 Testaverde 7 1991 - 6 (6) 1991 - 6 (6) 1 chipped bone in right thumb 1-0 Chandler 4 1991 - 8 (7) 1991 - 9 (8) 2 ineffective * 0-2 Testaverde 8 1991 - 10 (9) 1991 - 15 (14) 6 muscle spasm in lower back 1-5 Jeff Carlson 1991 - 16 (15) 1991 - 16 (15) 1 signed as Plan B free agent with Giants * 0-1 Testaverde 9 1991 - 17 (16) 1992 - 8 (7) 8 ineffective 4-4 DeBerg 5 1992 - 9 (8) 1992 - 10 (9) 2 ineffective 0-2 Testaverde 10 1992 - 11 (10) 1992 - 17 (16) 7 signed as free agent with Browns 2-5 DeBerg 6 1993 - 1 (1) 1993 - 1 (1) 1 ineffective; second-year pro Erickson "ready to play" 0-1 Craig Erickson 1993 - 2 (2) 1994 - 6 (6) 21 ineffective; Dilfer 1994 1st rounder 7-14 Trent Dilfer 1994 - 8 (7) 1994 - 8 (7) 1 ineffective 0-1 Erickson 2 1994 - 9 (8) 1994 - 9 (8) 1 ineffective 0-1 Dilfer 2 1994 - 10 (9) 1994 - 10 (9) 1 injured rib muscle 0-1 Erickson 3 1994 - 11 (10) 1994 - 17 (16) 7 traded to Colts 4-3 Dilfer 3 1995 - 1 (1) 1999 - 7 (6) 72 ineffective 35-37 Eric Zeier 1999 - 8 (7) 1999 - 8 (7) 1 torn cartilage in ribs 0-1 Dilfer 4 1999 - 9 (8) 1999 - 12 (11) 4 broken right collarbone 4-0 Shaun King 1999 - 13 (12) 2000 - WC (17) 24 Bucs signed Brad Johnson as free agent 15-9 Brad Johnson 2001 - 1 (1) 2002 - 7 (7) 24 fractured ribs 14-10 Rob Johnson 2002 - 8 (8) 2002 - 8 (8) 1 strained gluteal muscle * 1-0 B. Johnson 2 2002 - 9 (9) 2002 - 15 (14) 6 lower back contusion 5-1 King 2 2002 - 16 (15) 2002 - 16 (15) 1 ineffective 0-1 R. Johnson 2 2002 - 17 (16) 2002 - 17 (16) 1 * 1-0 B. Johnson 3 2002 - D (17) 2004 - 4 (4) 23 ineffective 10-13 Chris Simms 2004 - 5 (5) 2004 - 5 (5) 1 sprained left shoulder 1-0 Brian Griese 2004 - 6 (6) 2004 - 16 (15) 10 sprained right foot 4-6 Simms 2 2004 - 17 (16) 2004 - 17 (16) 1 lost 2005 training camp battle 0-1 Griese 2 2005 - 1 (1) 2005 - 6 (6) 6 torn ligaments in left knee 5-1 Simms 3 2005 - 8 (7) 2006 - 3 (3) 14 ruptured spleen 6-8 Bruce Gradkowski 2006 - 5 (4) 2006 - 15 (14) 11 ineffective 3-8 Tim Rattay 2006 - 16 (15) 2006 - 17 (16) 2 Bucs signed Garcia as free agent; Rattay signed as free agent with Titans 1-1 Jeff Garcia 2007 - 1 (1) 2007 - 12 (11) 11 bruised lower back 7-4 Luke McCown 2007 - 13 (12) 2007 - 14 (13) 2 * 1-1 Garcia 2 2007 - 15 (14) 2007 - 16 (15) 2 meaningless game (Bucs had already clinched division) 1-1 L. McCown 2 2007 - 17 (16) 2007 - 17 (16) 1 * 0-1 Garcia 3 2007 - WC (17) 2008 - 1 (1) 2 ineffective; sprained ankle 0-2 Griese 3 2008 - 2 (2) 2008 - 5 (5) 4 sore right elbow 3-1 Garcia 4 2008 - 6 (6) 2008 - 14 (13) 8 injured right calf 6-2 Griese 4 2008 - 15 (14) 2008 - 15 (14) 1 * 0-1 Garcia 5 2008 - 16 (15) 2008 - 17 (16) 2 signed with Raiders as free agent; Bucs signed Leftwich as free agent 0-2 Byron Leftwich 2009 - 1 (1) 2009 - 3 (3) 3 ineffective 0-3 Josh Johnson 2009 - 4 (4) 2009 - 7 (7) 4 ineffective; Freeman 2009 1st rounder 0-4 Josh Freeman 2009 - 9 (8) 2011 - 12 (11) 36 sore right shoulder 17-19 J. Johnson 2 2011 - 13 (12) 2011 - 13 (12) 1 * 0-1 Freeman 2 2011 - 14 (13) 2013 - 3 (3) 23 ineffective; off-the-field issues 7-16 Mike Glennon 2013 - 4 (4) 2013 - 17 (16) 13 McCown signed as free agent from Bears; Glennon lost 2014 training camp battle 4-9 Josh McCown 2014 - 1 (1) 2014 - 3 (3) 3 torn right thumb ligament 0-3 Glennon 2 2014 - 4 (4) 2014 - 9 (8) 5 * 1-4 J. McCown 2 2014 - 10 (9) 2014 - 17 (16) 8 released; Winston drafted #1 overall 1-7 Jameis Winston 2015 - 1 (1) 2016 - 17 (16) 32 15-17 * Normal starter returned from injury/rest. 1 Coach John McKay on Hanratty's start: "He had no chance, but I didn't feel he had a chance coming in. Put their quarterbacks behind our line and they would be hurting tonight, too." 2 The Buccaneers traded with the Bears for Huff to be their starting QB, but Huff injured his knee during the 1977 preseason.