The title of the quiz conveys a couple of weird things that happened in the NFL during 2022. Among other things, a player was suspended for a full year for placing three relatively small bets. Given the league's recent embracing of gambling, that seemed extreme. The season also featured a QB throw 4 interceptions in the 1st half of a playoff game and then come back to win it, a QB convert a 2 point convert with a very long scramble, and numerous other oddities. Let's see what you remember right now!
What Quarterback, starting for his 3rd different team in 3 years, was benched during the season after going 2-5 and then dumped after the season was over?
Given his very poor production, what team probably regrets signing Julio Jones to a contract last year?
What team acquired a new QB before the NFL season started and then found out he would be suspended for 11 games?
What team stopped the Vikings on a 4th and inches at the goal line and then had their own QB fumble the ball on the next play awarding Minnesota a touchdown?
What playoff team fell behind the lowly Colts 33 to 0 in the 1st half of an NFL game this year?
What team scored a TD in a game vs Green Bay on a play where the clock had hit zero for at least 2 full seconds before the ball was snapped?
On opening day, what team started their 5th different QB in 5 different years to start a season?
In week 1, what team let almost a full 40 seconds tick off the clock and unsuccessfully tried a 64 yard field goal instead of going for it on 4th and 5? Guess what? They lost!
What team signed running back Chase Edmonds to a 2 year, $12 million deal but then traded him midseason to Denver?
What team celebrated some of their touchdowns by jumping into a very large, red Salvation Army bin?
What wide receiver was suspended for the entire year for making three $500 bets on football games?
What quarterback threw 4 interceptions in the 1st half of a playoff game yet lead his team to victory in the 2nd half?
What QB headbutted his teammates while celebrating many times during the season? (Note: He had no helmet on but his teammates did!)
What QB reunited with his former O.C. (now a Head Coach) but subsequently went 5-8 with a QB rating of only 55.6 and was benched for the final 4 games?
What team hired a replacement coach midseason who had never even coached at the college or pro level at all?
What QB lined up at wide receiver during a game, ran a deep route, slipped, and then tripped the defender who intercepted the ball?
What Raider player fumbled twice in 3 plays, the 2nd one resulting in a defensive TD for the Cardinals allowing them to win in overtime vs Las Vegas?
What Buffalo Bill player lined up behind center on a 4th and 1 vs the Jets and drew the defense offsides?
What running back played one down as a center during the NFL season?
What team's offensive coordinator threw a huge tantrum in the booth when his QB didn't 'clock' the ball in time near the end of the game in a loss to Miami?
What New England player lateralled the ball 12 yards on the last play of the game to Raider DE Chandler Jones which he subsequently returned for a TD to win the game?
What defender got an unnecessary roughness penalty for merely standing still as Seattle QB Geno Smith ran into him?
On a successful 2 point conversion play vs the Raiders, how long did Cardinal QB Kyler Murray scramble vs the Raiders?
What player said he needed to go on a retreat into the darkness after the season to decide on his playing future?
