NFL’S “THIRD-QUARTERBACK” RULE - Ingles

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Nineteen years ago (1991) the third-quarterback rule was instituted to enable teams to have an emergency quarterback available who was not on the 45-man game-day active roster, since many teams, for strategic purposes, only carried two quarterbacks on their game-day roster.

Everybody thinks they understand the NFL’s “third-quarterback” rule. Here it is:

The rule states that if a third quarterback is inserted before the fourth quarter, a team’s first two quarterbacks cannot be used for the remainder of the game at any position.

Another aspect of the rule is sometimes misunderstood. It is a coach’s decision as to whether a third quarterback will be used.

The active quarterbacks do not have to be injured for a team to use its third quarterback.

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