Injuries are a part of football; that's why you have a depth chart full of hopefully capable backups. But what if the worst happens and every quarterback you have on the team gets hurt? Does your team have a wide receiver who's prepared to step in and lead the team? This week's Absurd Power Ranking finds out!
1. New England -- Though he hasn't thrown a pass as a professional, Julian Edelman played quarterback in 31 games for Kent State, finishing his college gunslinging career with nearly 5000 yards and 30 touchdowns.
2. Green Bay -- Remember when Randall Cobb was Kentucky's quarterback? It's cool if you don't, since he only threw five touchdowns, but I can find you a dozen SEC fans that'll tell you Georgia's defense is better than Minnesota's.
3. Cincinnati -- Mohamed Sanu was a triple option quarterback in high school, and he's completed all four passes he's attempted in the NFL for 166 yards and two touchdowns.
4. Jacksonville -- Like Denard Robinson would have been THAT much worse than Chad Henne was.
5. New York Jets -- Jeremy Kerley's passing line as a pro: 2-for-3, 83 yards. I say he starts by Week 10.
6. Buffalo -- Mike Williams has only thrown one pass (a 28-yard completion when he was in Tampa), but he's barely doing anything for the Bills as a receiver so it's not like they'd be losing much.
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7. Seattle -- Jermaine Kearse threw a 17-yard completion last week which, by definition, means he's thrown a successful pass more recently than the Buccaneers.
8. Denver -- Emmanuel Sanders is 1-for-1 for 15 yards, and yes, we should definitely start a "BRONCOS QB CONTROVERSY?" series of columns and unfounded rumors.
9. Arizona -- Ted Ginn, Jr. played quarterback in high school and has completed his only pass attempt in the NFL. I will use this fact to argue that Miami drafted him instead of Brady Quinn not in spite of, but because of, their need at quarterback.
10. Pittsburgh -- Big drop off in quality here. Antonio Brown's thrown three passes. One was incomplete, one was a fifteen yard gain, and one was picked off. That's Jake Lockerian.
11. Dallas -- Dwayne Harris hasn't attempted a pass as a professional, but at ECU he was 4-for-9 for 153 yards and 2 touchdowns.
12. Indianapolis -- The Colts barely avoid the logjam that follows because they have two receivers that have tried (and failed) to complete a pass. T.Y. Hilton's 0-for-1, and Reggie Wayne's 0-for-1 with an interception.
13 (tie). San Diego, St. Louis, and Chicago -- They all have one receiver on the roster who has a career passer line of one attempt, zero completions. Trying is something, right?
16. San Francisco -- Wrong. Trying is bad for Anquan Boldin, who's 1-for-3 for negative six yards and a pick.
17. Washington -- DeSean Jackson's only career passing attempt, in 2008, was picked off, though it would be super Washington to dump a bunch of money on a guy who can't play quarterback. #MissUPatrickRamsay
18. New York Giants -- None of them have thrown a pass in the NFL or played the position in college, but the Giants have four wideouts with some experience as a high school quarterback: Odell Beckham, Marcus Harris, Jerrel Jernigan, and Rueben Randle.
19 (tie). The Dolphins, Eagles, Ravens, Lions, Titans, Bucs, and Raiders -- They each have one wide receiver on the roster who played quarterback in high school. Rather than parse out which of them would be most suited to taking snaps professionally, we will simply smile and imagine a Ravens-Dolphins game with wideouts playing quarterbacks that looks almost exactly the same as one with Joe Flacco and Ryan Tannehill.
26. Cleveland -- The Browns don't have any apparent quarterback experience amongst their wide receivers, but Josh Gordon has some free time on his hands that could be used to groom him to take over if needed.
27. (tie) -- And, finally, the teams that, as far as I can tell, do not have a single wide receiver who has played quarterback at any meaningful level of football. If all their QBs go down, the Vikings, Texans, Falcons, Panthers, Saints, and Chiefs are all screwed. (By "screwed" I mean "calling Rex Grossman's agent").