AFC North Starting Quarterback Changes

Baltimore Ravens (1996-2016): Name stint Tenure [Year - Week (Game)] Starting QB First Start Last Start GS Reason for Change From * Record Vinny Testaverde 1996 - 1 (1) 1997 - 14 (13) 29 strained left knee 1 8-20-1 Eric Zeier 1997 - 15 (14) 1997 - 17 (16) 3 Testaverde signed with Jets as free agent; Ravens traded third rounder for Harbaugh 2-1 Jim Harbaugh 1998 - 1 (1) 1998 - 3 (3) 3 ineffective (benched before halftime in all three games) 1-2 Zeier 2 1998 - 4 (4) 1998 - 8 (7) 4 ineffective 1-3 Harbaugh 2 1998 - 9 (8) 1998 - 17 (16) 9 traded to Chargers in offseason; Ravens traded with Lions for Mitchell 4-5 Scott Mitchell 1999 - 1 (1) 1999 - 2 (2) 2 ineffective 0-2 Stoney Case 1999 - 3 (3) 1999 - 7 (6) 4 ineffective 2-2 Tony Banks 1999 - 8 (7) 2000 - 8 (8) 18 ineffective (no touchdowns for 4 games) 11-7 Trent Dilfer 2000 - 9 (9) 2000 - SB (20) 12 Ravens signed Grbac as free agent 11-1 Elvis Grbac 2001 - 1 (1) 2001 - 6 (6) 6 bruised ribs 3-3 Randall Cunningham 2001 - 7 (7) 2001 - 8 (8) 2 * 2-0 Grbac 2 2001 - 9 (9) 2001 - D (18) 10 released in offseason after refusal to renegotiate contract; retired three days later 6-4 Chris Redman 2002 - 1 (1) 2002 - 7 (6) 6 injured lower back 3-3 Jeff Blake 2002 - 8 (7) 2002 - 17 (16) 10 not re-signed as free agent; Boller drafted in first round 4-6 Kyle Boller 2003 - 1 (1) 2003 - 10 (9) 9 torn quadriceps 5-4 Anthony Wright 2003 - 11 (10) 2003 - WC (17) 8 * 5-3 Boller 2 2004 - 1 (1) 2005 - 1 (1) 17 hyperextended right big toe 9-8 Wright 2 2005 - 2 (2) 2005 - 9 (8) 7 * 2-5 Boller 3 2005 - 10 (9) 2005 - 17 (16) 8 Ravens traded with Titans for McNair 4-4 Steve McNair 2006 - 1 (1) 2007 - 1 (1) 18 injured groin 13-5 Boller 4 2007 - 2 (2) 2007 - 2 (2) 1 * 1-0 McNair 2 2007 - 3 (3) 2007 - 5 (5) 3 injured back 2-1 Boller 5 2007 - 6 (6) 2007 - 7 (7) 2 * 1-1 McNair 3 2007 - 9 (8) 2007 - 10 (9) 2 subluxed left shoulder 0-2 Boller 6 2007 - 11 (10) 2007 - 15 (14) 5 concussion 0-5 Troy Smith 2007 - 16 (15) 2007 - 17 (16) 2 Ravens drafted Flacco in first round 1-1 Joe Flacco 2008 - 1 (1) 2015 - 11 (10) 137 torn left ACL/MCL 85-52 Matt Schaub 2015 - 12 (11) 2015 - 13 (12) 2 cracked ribs/separated shoulder 1-1 Jimmy Clausen 2015 - 14 (13) 2015 - 15 (14) 2 ineffective 0-2 Ryan Mallett 2015 - 16 (15) 2015 - 17 (16) 2 * 1-1 Flacco 2 2016 - 1 (1) 2016 - 17 (16) 16 8-8 * Normal starter returned from injury/rest. 1 The Ravens were the former Cleveland Browns, but are considered a new franchise by the NFL due to a settlement with the city of Cleveland.  Testaverde started the last 5 weeks for the 1995 Browns. Cincinnati Bengals (1968-2016): Name stint Tenure [Year - Week (Game)] Starting QB First Start Last Start GS Reason for Change From * Record Dewey Warren 1968 - 1 (1) 1968 - 1 (1) 1 ineffective 0-1 John Stofa 1968 - 2 (2) 1968 - 7 (7) 6 ineffective 2-4 Warren 2 1968 - 8 (8) 1968 - 8 (8) 1 concussion 0-1 Sam Wyche 1968 - 9 (9) 1968 - 11 (11) 3 * 1-2 Warren 3 1968 - 12 (12) 1968 - 12 (12) 1 ineffective 0-1 Stofa 2 1968 - 13 (13) 1968 - 13 (13) 1 ineffective 0-1 Warren 4 1968 - 14 (14) 1968 - 14 (14) 1 Cook drafted 1969 #5 overall; Stofa and Warren released in training camp 0-1 Greg Cook 1969 - 1 (1) 1969 - 3 (3) 3 torn right rotator cuff 3-0 Wyche 2 1969 - 4 (4) 1969 - 4 (4) 1 * 0-1 Cook 2 1969 - 5 (5) 1969 - 5 (5) 1 torn right rotator cuff 0-1 Wyche 3 1969 - 6 (6) 1969 - 7 (7) 2 * 0-2 Cook 3 1969 - 8 (8) 1969 - 14 (14) 7 torn right rotator cuff 1-5-1 Wyche 4 1970 - 1 (1) 1970 - 3 (3) 3 ineffective 1-2 Virgil Carter 1970 - 4 (4) 1971 - 3 (3) 15 separated shoulder 8-7 Ken Anderson 1971 - 4 (4) 1971 - 7 (7) 4 * 0-4 Carter 2 1971 - 8 (8) 1971 - 14 (14) 7 lost 1972 training camp battle 3-4 Anderson 2 1972 - 1 (1) 1972 - 10 (10) 10 coach Paul Browns thought Carter  would be more effective in the snow 5-5 Carter 3 1972 - 11 (11) 1972 - 11 (11) 1 * 1-0 Anderson 3 1972 - 12 (12) 1974 - 13 (13) 31 damaged back vertebrae 19-12 Wayne Clark 1974 - 14 (14) 1974 - 14 (14) 1 * 0-1 Anderson 4 1975 - 1 (1) 1975 - 10 (10) 10 bruised chest 8-2 John Reaves 1975 - 11 (11) 1975 - 11 (11) 1 * 1-0 Anderson 5 1975 - 12 (12) 1977 - 6 (6) 24 bruised thigh 14-10 Reaves 2 1977 - 7 (7) 1977 - 7 (7) 1 * 1-0 Anderson 6 1977 - 8 (8) 1977 - 14 (14) 7 broken right hand in 1978 preseason 5-2 Reaves 3 1978 - 1 (1) 1978 - 4 (4) 4 * 0-4 Anderson 7 1978 - 5 (5) 1979 - 3 (3) 15 bruised back 4-11 Jack Thompson 1979 - 4 (4) 1979 - 4 (4) 1 * 0-1 Anderson 8 1979 - 5 (5) 1979 - 16 (16) 12 stretched left knee ligament in 1980 preseason 4-8 Thompson 2 1980 - 1 (1) 1980 - 1 (1) 1 * 0-1 Anderson 9 1980 - 2 (2) 1980 - 3 (3) 2 stretched left knee ligament 1-1 Thompson 3 1980 - 4 (4) 1980 - 4 (4) 1 * 0-1 Anderson 10 1980 - 5 (5) 1980 - 14 (14) 10 sprained ankle 4-6 Thompson 4 1980 - 15 (15) 1980 - 16 (16) 2 * 1-1 Anderson 11 1981 - 1 (1) 1983 - 6 (6) 35 sprained/bruised neck 22-13 Turk Schonert 1983 - 7 (7) 1983 - 9 (9) 3 * 2-1 Anderson 12 1983 - 10 (10) 1984 - 5 (5) 12 back spasms;  ineffective 4-8 Boomer Esiason 1984 - 6 (6) 1984 - 8 (8) 3 ineffective 1 2-1 Anderson 13 1984 - 9 (9) 1984 - 11 (11) 3 sore shoulder 1 2-1 Schonert 2 1984 - 12 (12) 1984 - 14 (14) 3 separated right shoulder 1 2-1 Esiason 2 1984 - 15 (15) 1984 - 15 (15) 1 ineffective 1-0 Anderson 14 1984 - 16 (16) 1985 - 2 (2) 3 ineffective 1-2 Esiason 3 1985 - 3 (3) 1987 - 2 (2) 32 strike 18-14 Adrian Breen 1987 - 4 (3) 1987 - 4 (3) 1 ineffective 0-1 Dave Walter 1987 - 5 (4) 1987 - 6 (5) 2 strike ended 1-1 Esiason 4 1987 - 7 (6) 1989 - 3 (3) 32 sore ankle 18-14 Schonert 3 1989 - 4 (4) 1989 - 4 (4) 1 concussion; Esiason entered after first series 1-0 Esiason 5 1989 - 5 (5) 1991 - 8 (7) 37 separated left (throwing) shoulder 15-22 Erik Wilhelm 1991 - 9 (8) 1991 - 9 (8) 1 * 0-1 Esiason 6 1991 - 10 (9) 1991 - 12 (11) 3 bruised left (throwing) hand 1-2 Donald Hollas 1991 - 13 (12) 1991 - 13 (12) 1 * 0-1 Esiason 7 1991 - 14 (13) 1992 - 12 (11) 15 ineffective; Klingler 1992 1st rounder 6-9 David Klingler 1992 - 13 (12) 1992 - 16 (15) 4 bruised hip 1-3 Hollas 2 1992 - 17 (16) 1992 - 17 (16) 1 torn left knee ligament/cartilage damage 0-1 Klingler 2 1993 - 1 (1) 1993 - 7 (6) 6 bruised lower back 2 0-6 Jay Schroeder 1993 - 8 (7) 1993 - 11 (9) 3 2* 0-3 Klingler 3 1993 - 12 (10) 1994 - 8 (7) 14 sprained right knee 3-11 Jeff Blake 1994 - 9 (8) 1997 - 12 (11) 52 ineffective 21-31 Esiason 8 1997 - 13 (12) 1997 - 17 (16) 5 retired; Bengals signed O'Donnell as free agent 4-1 Neil O'Donnell 1998 - 1 (1) 1998 - 11 (10) 10 ineffective 2-8 Paul Justin 1998 - 12 (11) 1998 - 13 (12) 2 ineffective 0-2 O'Donnell 2 1998 - 14 (13) 1998 - 14 (13) 1 broken bone in right hand 0-1 Blake 2 1998 - 15 (14) 1998 - 16 (15) 2 broken bone in right wrist 1-1 Justin 2 1998 - 17 (16) 1998 - 17 (16) 1 released 0-1 Blake 3 1999 - 1 (1) 1999 - 4 (4) 4 ineffective; Smith 1999 #3 overall 0-4 Akili Smith 1999 - 5 (5) 1999 - 8 (8) 4 sprained big toe on right foot 1-3 Blake 4 1999 - 9 (9) 1999 - 17 (16) 8 signed with Saints as free agent 3-5 Smith 2 2000 - 2 (1) 2000 - 11 (10) 10 ineffective 2-8 Scott Mitchell 2000 - 12 (11) 2000 - 12 (11) 1 sprained knee 0-1 Smith 3 2000 - 13 (12) 2000 - 13 (12) 1 * 0-1 Mitchell 2 2000 - 14 (13) 2000 - 17 (16) 4 lost 2001 training camp battle 2-2 Jon Kitna 2001 - 1 (1) 2001 - 13 (12) 12 sprained finger on right hand 4-8 Smith 4 2001 - 14 (13) 2001 - 14 (13) 1 torn left hamstring 0-1 Kitna 2 2001 - 15 (14) 2001 - 17 (16) 3 lost 2002 training camp battle 2-1 Gus Frerotte 2002 - 1 (1) 2002 - 3 (3) 3 ineffective 0-3 Smith 5 2002 - 4 (4) 2002 - 4 (4) 1 ineffective 0-1 Kitna 3 2002 - 5 (5) 2003 - 17 (16) 28 Palmer 2003 #1 overall 10-18 Carson Palmer 2004 - 1 (1) 2004 - 14 (13) 13 sprained right knee 6-7 Kitna 4 2004 - 15 (14) 2004 - 17 (16) 3 * 2-1 Palmer 2 2005 - 1 (1) 2008 - 3 (3) 52 sore right elbow 26-26 Ryan Fitzpatrick 2008 - 4 (4) 2008 - 4 (4) 1 * 0-1 Palmer 3 2008 - 5 (5) 2008 - 5 (5) 1 frayed ligament in right elbow 0-1 Fitzpatrick 2 2008 - 6 (6) 2008 - 17 (16) 11 * 4-6-1 Palmer 4 2009 - 1 (1) 2010 - 17 (16) 33 held out during 2011 training camp; traded to Raiders 10/18 14-19 Andy Dalton 2011 - 1 (1) 2015 - 14 (13) 81 broken right thumb 3 50-30-1 A.J. McCarron 2015 - 15 (14) 2015 - WC (17) 4 * 2-2 Dalton 2 2016 - 1 (1) 2016 - 17 (16) 16 6-9-1 * Normal starter returned from injury/rest. 1 Pro Football Reference mistakenly lists Anderson as the starter for Week 8; Wilhelm as the starter for Week 11; and Esiason as the starter for Week 13. 2 Pro Football Reference mistakenly lists Schroder as the starter for Week 7 and Klingler as the starter for Week 11. 3 Dalton lined up at WR for the opening play of the 2012 Week 3 game vs. Redskins; Mohamed Sanu took the snap and threw a 73-yard TD pass.  The NFL considers Dalton as the starting QB for streak and W-L purposes. Cleveland Browns (1950-1995; 1999-2016): Name stint Tenure [Year - Week (Game)] Starting QB First Start Last Start GS Reason for Change From * Record Otto Graham 1950 - 1 (1) 1953 - 10 (10) 50 meaningless game (Browns had already clinched division) 41-9 George Ratterman 1953 - 11 (11) 1953 - 11 (11) 1 * 1-0 Graham 2 1953 - 12 (12) 1955 - C (13) 28 retired 20-7-1 Ratterman 2 1956 - 1 (1) 1956 - 4 (4) 4 career-ending right knee injury 1-3 Babe Parilli 1956 - 5 (5) 1956 - 7 (7) 3 injured 1-2 Tommy O'Connell 1956 - 8 (8) 1957 - 4 (4) 9 injured 6-3 Milt Plum 1957 - 5 (5) 1957 - 5 (5) 1 * 1-0 O'Connell 2 1957 - 6 (6) 1957 - 10 (10) 5 injured ankle 4-0-1 Plum 2 1957 - 11 (11) 1957 - 12 (12) 2 * 1-1 O'Connell 3 1957 - C (13) 1957 - C (13) 1 retired 0-1 Plum 3 1958 - 1 (1) 1958 - 6 (6) 6 ineffective 5-1 Jim Ninowski 1958 - 7 (7) 1958 - 7 (7) 1 ineffective 0-1 Plum 4 1958 - 8 (8) 1961 - 5 (5) 35 dislocated right thumb 22-12-1 Len Dawson 1961 - 6 (6) 1961 - 6 (6) 1 * 1-0 Plum 5 1961 - 7 (7) 1961 - 14 (14) 8 traded to Lions for Ninowski 4-3-1 Ninowski 2 1962 - 1 (1) 1962 - 7 (7) 7 broken collarbone 4-3 Frank Ryan 1962 - 8 (8) 1963 - 9 (9) 16 ineffective 10-5-1 Ninowski 3 1963 - 10 (10) 1963 - 10 (10) 1 * 0-1 Ryan 2 1963 - 11 (11) 1965 - 2 (2) 21 15-5-1 Ninowski 4 1965 - 3 (3) 1965 - 3 (3) 1 * 1-0 Ryan 3 1965 - 4 (4) 1965 - 12 (12) 9 meaningless game (Browns had already clinched division) 8-1 Ninowski 5 1965 - 13 (13) 1965 - 13 (13) 1 * 0-1 Ryan 4 1965 - 14 (14) 1967 - 13 (13) 29 meaningless game (Browns had already clinched division) 19-10 Gary Lane 1967 - 14 (14) 1967 - 14 (14) 1 * 0-1 Ryan 5 1967 - D (15) 1968 - 3 (3) 4 sore right elbow; ineffective 1-3 Bill Nelsen 1968 - 4 (4) 1970 - 2 (2) 31 injured knee 22-8-1 Don Gault 1970 - 3 (3) 1970 - 3 (3) 1 * 1-0 Nelsen 2 1970 - 4 (4) 1970 - 8 (8) 5 ineffective 2-3 Mike Phipps 1970 - 9 (9) 1970 - 9 (9) 1 ineffective 0-1 Nelsen 3 1970 - 10 (10) 1971 - 8 (8) 13 general soreness 7-6 Phipps 2 1971 - 9 (9) 1971 - 9 (9) 1 * 0-1 Nelsen 4 1971 - 10 (10) 1972 - 1 (1) 7 ineffective 5-2 Phipps 3 1972 - 2 (2) 1974 - 7 (7) 35 ineffective 19-14-2 Brian Sipe 1974 - 8 (8) 1974 - 12 (12) 5 ineffective 2-3 Phipps 4 1974 - 13 (13) 1975 - 5 (5) 7 bruised shoulder/strained arch 0-7 Sipe 2 1975 - 6 (6) 1975 - 7 (7) 2 ineffective 0-2 Will Cureton 1975 - 8 (8) 1975 - 8 (8) 1 * 0-1 Phipps 5 1975 - 9 (9) 1976 - 1 (1) 7 separated right shoulder 4-3 Sipe 3 1976 - 2 (2) 1976 - 8 (8) 7 * 3-4 Phipps 6 1976 - 9 (9) 1976 - 9 (9) 1 ineffective 1-0 Sipe 4 1976 - 10 (10) 1977 - 9 (9) 14 fractured left shoulder 9-5 Dave Mays 1977 - 10 (10) 1977 - 13 (13) 4 ineffective 1-3 Terry Luck 1977 - 14 (14) 1977 - 14 (14) 1 * 0-1 Sipe 5 1978 - 1 (1) 1982 - 14 (6) 71 ineffective 35-36 Paul McDonald 1982 - 15 (7) 1982 - WC (10) 4 * 2-2 Sipe 6 1983 - 1 (1) 1983 - 8 (8) 8 tired arm 4-4 McDonald 2 1983 - 9 (9) 1983 - 10 (10) 2 * 1-1 Sipe 7 1983 - 11 (11) 1983 - 16 (16) 6 signed with USFL New Jersey Generals 4-2 McDonald 3 1984 - 1 (1) 1984 - 16 (16) 16 Kosar drafted as first pick of supplemental draft; Browns traded with Lions for Danielson 5-11 Gary Danielson 1985 - 1 (1) 1985 - 5 (5) 5 dislocated right shoulder 3-2 Bernie Kosar 1985 - 6 (6) 1985 - 11 (11) 6 * 2-4 Danielson 2 1985 - 12 (12) 1985 - 12 (12) 1 dislocated right shoulder 1-0 Kosar 2 1985 - 13 (13) 1987 - 2 (2) 25 strike 16-9 Jeff Christensen 1987 - 4 (3) 1987 - 5 (4) 2 Danielson crossed picket line a week early 1-1 Danielson 3 1987 - 6 (5) 1987 - 6 (5) 1 strike ended 1-0 Kosar 3 1987 - 7 (6) 1988 - 1 (1) 13 sprained right elbow 9-4 Danielson 4 1988 - 2 (2) 1988 - 2 (2) 1 broken left ankle 0-1 Mike Pagel 1988 - 3 (3) 1988 - 6 (6) 4 separated right shoulder 2-2 Don Strock 1988 - 7 (7) 1988 - 7 (7) 1 * 1-0 Kosar 4 1988 - 8 (8) 1988 - 15 (15) 8 sprained left knee 5-3 Strock 2 1988 - 16 (16) 1988 - WC (17) 2 * 1-1 Kosar 5 1989 - 1 (1) 1990 - 8 (8) 26 ineffective 12-13-1 Pagel 2 1990 - 9 (9) 1990 - 9 (9) 1 ineffective (lost 42-0); coach Bud Carson fired 0-1 Kosar 6 1990 - 11 (10) 1990 - 15 (14) 5 fractured right thumb 1-4 Pagel 3 1990 - 16 (15) 1990 - 17 (16) 2 * 0-2 Kosar 7 1991 - 1 (1) 1992 - 2 (2) 18 broken right ankle 6-12 Todd Philcox 1992 - 3 (3) 1992 - 3 (3) 1 broken right thumb 1-0 Mike Tomczak 1992 - 4 (4) 1992 - 12 (11) 8 * 4-4 Kosar 8 1992 - 13 (12) 1993 - 6 (5) 10 ineffective 5-5 Vinny Testaverde 1993 - 7 (6) 1993 - 8 (7) 2 separated right shoulder 2-0 Kosar 9 1993 - 10 (8) 1993 - 10 (8) 1 controversially released by coach Bill Belichick 0-1 Philcox 2 1993 - 11 (9) 1993 - 14 (12) 4 * 1-3 Testaverde 2 1993 - 15 (13) 1994 - 9 (8) 12 concussion 7-5 Mark Rypien 1994 - 10 (9) 1994 - 12 (11) 3 * 2-1 Testaverde 3 1994 - 13 (12) 1995 - 8 (7) 14 ineffective 7-7 Eric Zeier 1995 - 9 (8) 1995 - 12 (11) 4 ineffective 1-3 Testaverde 4 1995 - 13 (12) 1995 - 17 (16) 5 team moved to Baltimore 1 1-4 Ty Detmer 1999 - 1 (1) 1999 - 1 (1) 1 ineffective (lost 43-0); Couch first overall pick 0-1 Tim Couch 1999 - 2 (2) 1999 - 15 (15) 14 sprained left foot 2-12 Detmer 2 1999 - 16 (16) 1999 - 16 (16) 1 * 0-1 Couch 2 2000 - 1 (1) 2000 - 7 (7) 7 broke right thumb in practice 2-5 Doug Pederson 2000 - 8 (8) 2000 - 13 (13) 6 injured finger on right hand 1-5 Spergon Wynn 2000 - 14 (14) 2000 - 14 (14) 1 * 0-1 Pederson 2 2000 - 15 (15) 2000 - 16 (16) 2 * 0-2 Couch 3 2001 - 1 (1) 2001 - 17 (16) 16 injured right elbow in 2002 preseason 7-9 Kelly Holcomb 2002 - 1 (1) 2002 - 2 (2) 2 * 1-1 Couch 4 2002 - 3 (3) 2002 - 17 (16) 14 broken right leg 8-6 Holcomb 2 2002 - WC (17) 2003 - 3 (3) 4 hairline fracture in right leg 1-3 Couch 5 2003 - 4 (4) 2003 - 8 (8) 5 * 2-3 Holcomb 3 2003 - 10 (9) 2003 - 14 (13) 5 ineffective 1-4 Couch 6 2003 - 15 (14) 2003 - 17 (16) 3 released in offseason; Browns signed Garcia 1-2 Jeff Garcia 2004 - 1 (1) 2004 - 11 (10) 10 sprained shoulder 3-7 Holcomb 4 2004 - 12 (11) 2004 - 12 (11) 1 coach Butch Davis resigned; interim coach Terry Robiskie tried to spark team 0-1 Luke McCown 2004 - 13 (12) 2004 - 16 (15) 4 ineffective 0-4 Holcomb 5 2004 - 17 (16) 2004 - 17 (16) 1 released in offseason; Browns traded with Seahawks for Garcia 1-0 Trent Dilfer 2005 - 1 (1) 2005 - 12 (11) 11 injured knees 4-7 Charlie Frye 2005 - 13 (12) 2006 - 13 (12) 17 injured right wrist 6-11 Derek Anderson 2006 - 14 (13) 2006 - 16 (15) 3 * 0-3 Frye 2 2006 - 17 (16) 2007 - 1 (1) 2 traded to Seahawks two days after 2007 opener 0-2 Anderson 2 2007 - 2 (2) 2008 - 9 (8) 23 ineffective; Quinn former first rounder 13-10 Brady Quinn 2008 - 10 (9) 2008 - 12 (11) 3 broken right index finger 1-2 Anderson 3 2008 - 13 (12) 2008 - 13 (12) 1 injured left MCL 0-1 Ken Dorsey 2008 - 14 (13) 2008 - 16 (15) 3 concussion 0-3 Bruce Gradkowski 2008 - 17 (16) 2008 - 17 (16) 1 released; Quinn beat Anderson in 2009 training camp battle 0-1 Quinn 2 2009 - 1 (1) 2009 - 3 (3) 3 ineffective 0-3 Anderson 4 2009 - 4 (4) 2009 - 8 (8) 5 ineffective 1-4 Quinn 3 2009 - 10 (9) 2009 - 15 (14) 6 injured left foot 2-4 Anderson 5 2009 - 16 (15) 2009 - 17 (16) 2 released; Delhomme beat Wallace in training camp 2-0 Jake Delhomme 2010 - 1 (1) 2010 - 1 (1) 1 sprained ankle 0-1 Seneca Wallace 2010 - 2 (2) 2010 - 5 (5) 4 sprained ankle 1-3 Colt McCoy 2010 - 6 (6) 2010 - 11 (10) 5 sprained ankle 2-3 Delhomme 2 2010 - 12 (11) 2010 - 14 (13) 3 ineffective 2-1 McCoy 2 2010 - 15 (14) 2011 - 14 (13) 16 concussion 4-12 Wallace 2 2011 - 15 (14) 2011 - 17 (16) 3 released in 2012 training camp 0-3 Brandon Weeden 2012 - 1 (1) 2012 - 16 (15) 15 sprained right shoulder 5-10 Thaddeus Lewis 2012 - 17 (16) 2012 - 17 (16) 1 * 0-1 Weeden 2 2013 - 1 (1) 2013 - 2 (2) 2 injured right thumb 0-2 Brian Hoyer 2013 - 3 (3) 2013 - 5 (5) 3 * 3-0 Weeden 3 2013 - 6 (6) 2013 - 7 (7) 2 ineffective 0-2 Jason Campbell 2013 - 8 (8) 2013 - 12 (11) 4 concussion 1-3 Weeden 4 2013 - 13 (12) 2013 - 13 (12) 1 concussion 0-1 Campbell 2 2013 - 14 (13) 2013 - 17 (16) 4 both Campbell and Weeden released in offseason 0-4 Hoyer 2 2014 - 1 (1) 2014 - 14 (13) 13 ineffective; Manziel 2014 first rounder 7-6 Johnny Manziel 2014 - 15 (14) 2014 - 16 (15) 2 injured hamstring 0-2 Connor Shaw 2014 - 17 (16) 2014 - 17 (16) 1 McCown beat out Manziel in 2015 training camp 0-1 Josh McCown 2015 - 1 (1) 2015 - 1 (1) 1 concussion 0-1 Manziel 2 2015 - 2 (2) 2015 - 2 (2) 1 * 1-0 J. McCown 2 2015 - 3 (3) 2015 - 8 (8) 6 injured ribs 1-5 Manziel 3 2015 - 9 (9) 2015 - 10 (10) 2 lied to coaching staff about partying; demoted to 3rd string 0-2 J. McCown 3 2015 - 12 (11) 2015 - 12 (11) 1 broken collarbone 0-1 Austin Davis 2015 - 13 (12) 2015 - 13 (12) 1 ineffective 0-1 Manziel 4 2015 - 14 (13) 2015 - 16 (15) 3 concussion 1-2 Davis 2 2015 - 17 (16) 2015 - 17 (16) 1 Griffin signed as as free agent 0-1 Robert Griffin III 2016 - 1 (1) 2016 - 1 (1) 1 broken bone in left shoulder 0-1 J. McCown 4 2016 - 2 (2) 2016 - 2 (2) 1 broken collarbone 0-1 Cody Kessler 2016 - 3 (3) 2016 - 7 (7) 5 concussion 0-5 J. McCown 5 2016 - 8 (8) 2016 - 8 (8) 1 * 0-1 Kessler 2 2016 - 9 (9) 2016 - 11 (11) 3 concussion 0-3 J. McCown 6 2016 - 12 (12) 2016 - 12 (12) 1 * 0-1 Griffin 2 2016 - 14 (13) 2016 - 17 (16) 4 1-3 * Normal starter returned from injury/rest. 1 The Browns franchise is considered by the NFL to have been inactive from 1996 to 1998. Pittsburgh Steelers (1950-2016): Name stint Tenure [Year - Week (Game)] Starting QB First Start Last Start GS Reason for Change From * Record single wing 1950 - 1 (1) 1951 - 12 (12) 24 Steelers adopted T formation after 1951 season 1 10-13-1 Jim Finks 1952 - 1 (1) 1953 - 9 (9) 21 injured knee 9-12 Bill Mackrides 1953 - 10 (10) 1953 - 12 (12) 3 * 2-1 Finks 2 1954 - 1 (1) 1955 - 12 (12) 24 retired 9-15 Ted Marchibroda 1956 - 1 (1) 1956 - 9 (9) 9 3-6 Jack Scarbath 1956 - 10 (10) 1956 - 10 (10) 1 * 1-0 Marchibroda 2 1956 - 11 (11) 1956 - 12 (12) 2 broke right thumb in 1957 preseason 1-1 Earl Morrall 1957 - 1 (1) 1957 - 9 (8) 8 4-4 Len Dawson 1957 - 10 (9) 1957 - 10 (9) 1 0-1 Morrall 2 1957 - 11 (10) 1958 - 2 (2) 5 traded to Lions for Layne 2-3 Bobby Layne 1958 - 3 (3) 1960 - 4 (4) 26 injured thumb 15-9-2 Rudy Bukich 1960 - 5 (5) 1960 - 5 (5) 1 * 0-0-1 Layne 2 1960 - 6 (6) 1961 - 3 (3) 10 hematoma on left side of body 3-7 Bukich 2 1961 - 4 (4) 1961 - 10 (10) 7 * 4-3 Layne 3 1961 - 11 (11) 1961 - 14 (14) 4 Steelers traded with Bears for Brown in April 1962; Layne had yet to sign 1962 contract 2-2 Ed Brown 1962 - 1 (1) 1962 - 1 (1) 1 ineffective 0-1 Layne 4 1962 - 2 (2) 1962 - 11 (11) 10 ineffective 2 6-4 Brown 2 1962 - 12 (12) 1962 - 13 (13) 2 2-0 Layne 5 1962 - 14 (14) 1962 - 14 (14) 1 retired 1-0 Brown 3 1963 - 1 (1) 1964 - 9 (9) 23 ineffective 10-10-3 Bill Nelsen 1964 - 10 (10) 1964 - 10 (10) 1 ineffective 0-1 Brown 4 1964 - 11 (11) 1964 - 14 (14) 4 Nelsen promoted to starter by new coach Mike Nixon 2-2 Nelsen 2 1965 - 1 (1) 1965 - 9 (9) 9 torn cartilage in right knee 2-7 Tommy Wade 1965 - 10 (10) 1965 - 10 (10) 1 * 0-1 Nelsen 3 1965 - 11 (11) 1965 - 13 (13) 3 torn cartilage in right knee 0-3 Wade 2 1965 - 14 (14) 1965 - 14 (14) 1 * 0-1 Nelsen 4 1966 - 1 (1) 1966 - 2 (2) 2 torn cartilage in left knee 1-0-1 Ron C. Smith 1966 - 3 (3) 1966 - 5 (5) 3 ineffective 0-3 George Izo 1966 - 6 (6) 1966 - 8 (7) 2 waived 0-2 Smith 2 1966 - 9 (8) 1966 - 12 (11) 4 * 2-2 Nelsen 5 1966 - 13 (12) 1967 - 2 (2) 5 torn muscle above left knee 3-2 Kent Nix 1967 - 3 (3) 1967 - 7 (7) 5 ineffective 1-4 Nelsen 6 1967 - 8 (8) 1967 - 10 (10) 3 ineffective 0-2-1 Nix 2 1967 - 11 (11) 1968 - 3 (3) 7 ineffective 2-5 Dick Shiner 1968 - 4 (4) 1969 - 5 (5) 16 broken jaw 3-12-1 Terry Hanratty 1969 - 6 (6) 1969 - 9 (9) 4 * 0-4 Shiner 2 1969 - 10 (10) 1969 - 11 (11) 2 concussion 0-2 Hanratty 2 1969 - 12 (12) 1969 - 12 (12) 1 * 0-1 Shiner 3 1969 - 13 (13) 1969 - 14 (14) 2 traded to Giants; Bradshaw drafted #1 overall 0-2 Terry Bradshaw 1970 - 1 (1) 1970 - 7 (7) 7 ineffective 3-4 Hanratty 3 1970 - 8 (8) 1970 - 9 (9) 2 ineffective 1-1 Bradshaw 2 1970 - 10 (10) 1970 - 10 (10) 1 injured left arm 0-1 Hanratty 4 1970 - 11 (11) 1970 - 14 (14) 4 * 1-3 Bradshaw 3 1971 - 1 (1) 1971 - 12 (12) 12 ineffective 5-7 Hanratty 5 1971 - 13 (13) 1971 - 13 (13) 1 separated left shoulder 1-0 Bradshaw 4 1971 - 14 (14) 1973 - 7 (7) 24 separated shoulder 18-6 Hanratty 6 1973 - 8 (8) 1973 - 11 (11) 4 sprained wrist 2-2 Joe Gilliam 1973 - 12 (12) 1973 - 12 (12) 1 * 0-1 Bradshaw 5 1973 - 13 (13) 1973 - D (15) 3 lost 1974 training camp battle 2-1 Gilliam 2 1974 - 1 (1) 1974 - 6 (6) 6 ineffective; drug problem 4-1-1 Bradshaw 6 1974 - 7 (7) 1974 - 9 (9) 3 ineffective 2-1 Hanratty 7 1974 - 10 (10) 1974 - 10 (10) 1 ineffective (2 of 15, 3 interceptions) 3 1-0 Bradshaw 7 1974 - 11 (11) 1976 - 5 (5) 29 injured back/neck 22-7 Mike Kruczek 1976 - 6 (6) 1976 - 8 (8) 3 * 3-0 Bradshaw 8 1976 - 9 (9) 1976 - 10 (10) 2 sprained right wrist 2-0 Kruczek 2 1976 - 11 (11) 1976 - 13 (13) 3 * 3-0 Bradshaw 9 1976 - 14 (14) 1980 - 7 (7) 63 jammed thumb 47-16 Cliff Stoudt 1980 - 8 (8) 1980 - 8 (8) 1 * 0-1 Bradshaw 10 1980 - 9 (9) 1981 - 14 (14) 22 broken pinkie finger on right hand 4 13-9 Mark Malone 1981 - 15 (15) 1981 - 16 (16) 2 * 0-2 Bradshaw 11 1982 - 1 (1) 1982 - WC (10) 10 torn ligament in right elbow 6-4 Stoudt 2 1983 - 1 (1) 1983 - 14 (14) 14 * 9-5 Bradshaw 12 1983 - 15 (15) 1983 - 15 (15) 1 torn ligament in right elbow 1-0 Stoudt 3 1983 - 16 (16) 1983 - D (17) 2 signed with USFL Birmingham Stallions; Steelers traded with Dolphins for Woodley 0-2 David Woodley 1984 - 1 (1) 1984 - 6 (6) 6 concussion 3-3 Malone 2 1984 - 7 (7) 1984 - 7 (7) 1 * 1-0 Woodley 2 1984 - 8 (8) 1984 - 8 (8) 1 bruised right leg; ineffective 0-1 Malone 3 1984 - 9 (9) 1985 - 8 (8) 18 dislocated big toe on right foot 9-9 Woodley 3 1985 - 9 (9) 1985 - 11 (11) 3 stomach virus 3-0 Scott Campbell 1985 - 12 (12) 1985 - 12 (12) 1 * 0-1 Woodley 4 1985 - 13 (13) 1985 - 15 (15) 3 bruised left shoulder; meaningless game 5 1-2 Campbell 2 1985 - 16 (16) 1985 - 16 (16) 1 * 0-1 Malone 4 1986 - 1 (1) 1986 - 5 (5) 5 sprained right thumb 1-4 Bubby Brister 1986 - 6 (6) 1986 - 7 (7) 2 * 0-2 Malone 5 1986 - 8 (8) 1987 - 2 (2) 11 strike 6-5 Steve Bono 1987 - 4 (3) 1987 - 6 (5) 3 strike ended * 2-1 Malone 6 1987 - 7 (6) 1987 - 16 (15) 10 traded to Chargers for 8th rounder 5-5 Brister 2 1988 - 1 (1) 1988 - 5 (5) 5 dislocated thumb 1-4 Todd Blackledge 1988 - 6 (6) 1988 - 8 (8) 3 * 1-2 Brister 3 1988 - 9 (9) 1989 - 5 (5) 13 sprained knee 5-8 Blackledge 2 1989 - 6 (6) 1989 - 7 (7) 2 * 1-1 Brister 4 1989 - 8 (8) 1991 - 7 (6) 33 sprained right knee 19-14 Neil O'Donnell 1991 - 8 (7) 1991 - 15 (14) 8 ineffective 2-6 Brister 5 1991 - 16 (15) 1991 - 17 (16) 2 lost 1992 training camp battle 2-0 O'Donnell 2 1992 - 1 (1) 1992 - 11 (10) 10 pulled left hamstring 7-3 Brister 6 1992 - 12 (11) 1992 - 12 (11) 1 * 1-0 O'Donnell 3 1992 - 13 (12) 1992 - 14 (13) 2 broken lower right leg 2-0 Brister 7 1992 - 15 (14) 1992 - 17 (16) 3 * 1-2 O'Donnell 4 1992 - D (17) 1992 - D (17) 1 sore elbow; Tomczak signed as free agent 0-1 Mike Tomczak 1993 - 1 (1) 1993 - 1 (1) 1 * 0-1 O'Donnell 5 1993 - 2 (2) 1994 - 11 (10) 26 bruised left elbow/sore hip 16-10 Tomczak 2 1994 - 12 (11) 1994 - 13 (12) 2 * 2-0 O'Donnell 6 1994 - 14 (13) 1995 - 1 (1) 7 broken pinkie finger on right hand 5-2 Tomczak 3 1995 - 2 (2) 1995 - 5 (5) 4 * 2-2 O'Donnell 7 1995 - 6 (6) 1995 - SB (19) 14 signed with Jets as free agent 10-4 Jim Miller 1996 - 1 (1) 1996 - 1 (1) 1 ineffective 0-1 Tomczak 4 1996 - 2 (2) 1996 - D (18) 17 lost 1997 training camp battle 11-6 Kordell Stewart 1997 - 1 (1) 1999 - 12 (11) 45 ineffective 24-21 Tomczak 5 1999 - 13 (12) 1999 - 17 (16) 5 Graham signed with Steelers as free agent 1-4 Kent Graham 2000 - 1 (1) 2000 - 4 (3) 3 strained muscle in right hip 0-3 Stewart 2 2000 - 5 (4) 2000 - 6 (5) 2 * 2-0 Graham 2 2000 - 7 (6) 2000 - 8 (7) 2 ineffective 2-0 Stewart 3 2000 - 9 (8) 2002 - 4 (3) 30 ineffective 20-10 Tommy Maddox 2002 - 5 (4) 2002 - 11 (10) 7 concussion 4-2-1 Stewart 4 2002 - 12 (11) 2002 - 13 (12) 2 * 2-0 Maddox 2 2002 - 14 (13) 2004 - 2 (2) 24 ligament damage in right elbow 11-13 Ben Roethlisberger 2004 - 3 (3) 2004 - 16 (15) 13 bruised ribs; meaningless game (Steelers had clinched homefield) 13-0 Maddox 3 2004 - 17 (16) 2004 - 17 (16) 1 * 1-0 Roethlisberger 2 2004 - D (17) 2005 - 5 (4) 6 hyperextended/bruised right knee 4-2 Maddox 4 2005 - 6 (5) 2005 - 6 (5) 1 * 0-1 Roethlisberger 3 2005 - 7 (6) 2005 - 8 (7) 2 hyperextended/bruised right knee 2-0 Charlie Batch 2005 - 9 (8) 2005 - 10 (9) 2 broken bone in right hand 2-0 Maddox 5 2005 - 11 (10) 2005 - 11 (10) 1 * 0-1 Roethlisberger 4 2005 - 12 (11) 2005 - SB (20) 10 emergency appendectomy 8-2 Batch 2 2006 - 1 (1) 2006 - 1 (1) 1 * 1-0 Roethlisberger 5 2006 - 2 (2) 2007 - 16 (15) 30 injured ankle; meaningless game (Steelers had clinched division) 17-13 Batch 3 2007 - 17 (16) 2007 - 17 (16) 1 * 0-1 Roethlisberger 6 2007 - WC (17) 2009 - 11 (10) 30 concussion 21-9 Dennis Dixon 2009 - 12 (11) 2009 - 12 (11) 1 * 0-1 Roethlisberger 7 2009 - 13 (12) 2009 - 17 (16) 5 suspended by NFL for 4 games for bar incident 3-2 Dixon 2 2010 - 1 (1) 2010 - 2 (2) 2 torn meniscus in left knee 2-0 Batch 4 2010 - 3 (3) 2010 - 4 (4) 2 * 1-1 Roethlisberger 8 2010 - 6 (5) 2011 - 15 (14) 29 high ankle sprain 21-8 Batch 5 2011 - 16 (15) 2011 - 16 (15) 1 * 1-0 Roethlisberger 9 2011 - 17 (16) 2012 - 10 (9) 11 sprained right shoulder; dislocated rib 7-4 Byron Leftwich 2012 - 11 (10) 2012 - 11 (10) 1 fractured ribs 0-1 Batch 6 2012 - 12 (11) 2012 - 13 (12) 2 * 1-1 Roethlisberger 10 2012 - 14 (13) 2015 - 3 (3) 40 sprained MCL 22-18 Michael Vick 2015 - 4 (4) 2015 - 6 (6) 3 injured right hamstring 2-1 Landry Jones 2015 - 7 (7) 2015 - 7 (7) 1 * 0-1 Roethlisberger 11 2015 - 8 (8) 2015 - 9 (9) 2 sprained left foot 1-1 Jones 2 2015 - 10 (10) 2015 - 10 (10) 1 sprained left ankle 1-0 Roethlisberger 12 2015 - 12 (11) 2016 - 6 (6) 14 torn left meniscus 8-6 Jones 3 2016 - 7 (7) 2016 - 7 (7) 1 * 0-1 Roethlisberger 13 2016 - 9 (8) 2016 - 16 (15) 8 meaningless game (Steelers had clinched #3 seed) 6-2 Jones 4 2016 - 17 (16) 2016 - 17 (16) 1 0-1 * Normal starter returned from injury/rest. 1 The 1950-51 Steelers were the last NFL team to run the single wing as its base offense.  The single wing did not use a quarterback in the modern sense of the word. 2 Steelers coach Buddy Parker: "I don't think [Layne] should be subjected to the abuse of the [Pittsburgh] fans.  Bobby doesn't play as well at home as he does away.  The booing has affected his play."  3 Terry Bradshaw, on the Steelers' frequent changes at quarterback: "This is no way to operate a pro football team."  4 Backup Cliff Stoudt broke his right arm after the next week's game testing his strength on a mechanical punching bag in a bar. 5 It was probably not a coincidence that the Steelers would have had to trade their 1986 3rd rounder to the Dolphins had Woodley played 50% of the snaps in the 1985 season.