the phins can keep all three active for the game by only dressing 45 players, hence they would lose the exemption that allows a team to dress an extra player….

or they could list white at tailback or whatever they wanted as part of the 45 and then dress whomever else they have on the roster as the 4th QB….

to be honest, i hadn’t though of this situation at all lol

Some around the site are considering the 53 man roster. But that is kind of irrelevant. The important roster is the game day roster of 45 + 1. For White to be effective he has to be listed as the #2 QB. If he is listed as anything else, the negatively affects the 45 man game day roster.

Assuming he is the #2 QB, who then are the WR’s on the game day roster? I think the coaching staff will have only 5 WR’s: Ginn, Bess, Turner, Hartline, London. Ginn, Bess, & Turner are the main WR’s. Hartline and London are your special teams players. All other WR’s currently on the roster will either be cut or on the practice squad, IMO.

Since White’s not really a QB, WR, or RB. Then we’re wasting a spot somewhere on the roster? All that versatility’s a negative?
It does bring up a bunch of scenarios to consider. If they’re all so bad then
was this guy a player we took to keep him from other teams? Trade later?

I doubt he’ll ever take Henne’s position but I do think he’s going to play -(maybe not this year) alot.

I cant Goo but I can rec:>)

if the coaching staff is sold on using White in the wildpat and listing him at qb then its a no-brainer. Make White #2, and if anything happens to CP, put in Henne (if he’s the best option of course) and sit White for the rest of the day. But if CP has a chance to come back in the game, they would have to let White hold the fort for awhile. Hmmmm, maybe not a no-brainer. It depends on how much they would trust White.

I’ve read back through this a couple of times, and I was kind of worried that it came across as condescending or arrogant. If it did, I’m sorry, that wasn’t the intent. I just wanted to make sure that eveyrone understood why P-DUb may become the #2 QB, even if Henne is better.

Only reason I even know this rule is because of Tom Tupa with the Jets. He was their #3 QB, but was also their punter, so he had to be listed as the #2 QB so he could come on the field to punt.

I’m surprised I got the recs, so thank you again!

Tony and Bill are bright men, I do not think this will be a problem for them to figure out. Given Penny’s injury history, it would be a big loss to have him go down in the first for the remainder of game and have the dilemma of who to put in. Either they have 3 active QB’s for every game, or put Pat at a different position.

and utilize him at least part-time.

A) he’s able to come into the game and run our normal offense, and we can seamlessly transition into the Wildcat without sending in a substitution package that tips our hand to the defense (ie. White comes in for Pennington).

B) we can play him at any position we want without having to worry about the QB depth or the 3rd QB rules, and he can still play QB whenever we want him to. Just because you list him as a WR doesn’t mean he can’t QB 15 plays a game.

C) he’s a terrific athlete, and I think you waste much of that athleticism playing him at QB, unless we’re running a similar “spread option” offense he ran in college. If he’s in the shotgun, throwing it to other people all game long, he really never gets to be the explosive playmaker I believe he can be. Playing him at WR, RB, QB, KR, PR, hell anywhere a player can actually touch the ball, you get the full Pat White Package.