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Keenums, McCowns, & Ortons: Journeymen NFL QBs

A QB who is described as a 'journeyman' is usually a veteran who has been around the league a long time and with multiple times. They may have, at one time, been a regular starter but those years have passed by and they've become a clipboard holder. Other journeyman never even really had their chance to be the #1 guy. Let's test your knowledge of these less than famous NFL QBs.

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Keenums, McCowns, & Ortons: Journeymen NFL QBs

What journeyman QB who started for 6 teams in 17 years lost in his only Super Bowl appearance to Denver?

What journeyman QB who played for 7 teams in 14 years made the Pro Bowl as a Bengal in 1995?

What journeyman QB didn't play in the NFL until age 29 but then started for 5 teams in 11 years?

What journeyman CFL QB was a member of all 9 teams in the league between 2001 and 2018?

What journeyman QB started for 5 teams in 19 years and lead 3 of them to the playoffs?

What journeyman QB who played for 4 NFL teams in 16 seasons won a Super Bowl with Tampa Bay?

What journeyman QB from Harvard played for 9 NFL teams in 17 years?

What journeyman QB drafted by the Raiders in 1987 played for 6 teams in 17 years?

What journeyman QB started for 4 NFL teams in 17 years was the 2003 NFL Comeback Player of the Year?

What journeyman QB who started for 6 teams in 18 years was replaced by Joe Montana, John Elway, & Vinny Testaverde?

What journeyman QB who started for 6 teams in 17 years lost in his only Super Bowl appearance to Baltimore?

What journeyman QB started for 6 teams in 14 years and went 11-5 for the Patriots in 2008 when Tom Brady was hurt?

What journeyman QB who has played for 6 teams in 11 years was the MVP of Super Bowl LII?

What journeyman QB who has been on 7 teams in 11 years won 12 games starting for the Vikings in 2017?

What journeyman QB who played for 5 teams in 14 years won a Super Bowl with the Ravens?

What journeyman QB played 19 seasons, suiting up for 9 teams and starting for 6 of them?

What journeyman QB started for 7 teams in a 20 year NFL career that started with Tampa Bay?

What journeyman QB who played for 5 teams in 12 seasons was the #1 overall pick in the 1990 NFL Draft?

What journeyman QB started for 4 teams in 18 years and was the NFL MVP in 2002?

What journeyman QB who started for 5 teams in 18 years lead the Vikings to the playoffs 3 straight years?

What journeyman QB who has started for 7 NFL teams was recently released by the Raiders?

What journeyman QB who started for 6 teams in 15 years was drafted in the 7th round in 1994 by Washington?

What QB went 36-5 as a starter from 1984-1988 before becoming a journeyman backup with 4 other teams until 1994?

What journeyman QB from BYU started his career with the Packers in 1992 and ended it with a 6th team (Atlanta) in 2005?

What journeyman QB who played on 5 teams in 10 seasons ended his career starting for Buffalo in 2014?

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