Quarterbacks during the Ditka era.....

[mmm] sicboy · 08-04-2007, 05:33 PM

I was talking to a friend of mine, he being a Detroit fan, and we were both discussing the miserable QB history our teams have had over the years. But I really can't remember too many of our QB's prior to the Jeff Blake/Aaron Brooks year. I remember Tolliver, but that's about it. I tried to look it up online, but no such luck. Could somebody either list some of them for me or direct me to a link. Much appreciated.

Tobias-Reiper · 08-04-2007, 05:46 PM

Danny Wuerfel, Heath Shuler, Billy Joe Hobert, Billy Joe Tulliver, Jake Delhomme, Kerry Collins...

mighty12 · 08-04-2007, 05:51 PM

Let's see there was Hobert, Weurfell, Delhomme, Tolliver, Shuler and I believe that is all of the QBs that started duiring the Ditka era.

mighty12 · 08-04-2007, 05:51 PM

How could I forget Collins.

[mmm] sicboy · 08-04-2007, 07:16 PM

Thanks guys. I knew there was a reason I had forgotten.

LongTimeFan · 08-04-2007, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Tobias-Reiper

Danny Wuerfel, Heath Shuler, Billy Joe Hobert, Billy Joe Tulliver, Jake Delhomme, Kerry Collins...

Kerry Collins, another beer please....

BlueDevil1978 · 08-04-2007, 11:10 PM

I'm gagging and coughing up hairballs over here, thinking about that WASTE of 3 years under "Da-No Coach" Ditka. The scene where Wuerfel sat up after a sack peeping through the earhole in his helmet epitomizes that entire era. The sad part of it all, we were all estatic when AB became the starter -- that's how pitiful the quarterback play had become.

Some very slight glimmers of hope during that time . . . Delhomme, one of the Billy Joe's (Tolliver), and (a year after Ditka) Blake (he got the boot when Haz found his man in AB).

maximkat · 08-04-2007, 11:20 PM

ugh...don't get me started on the whole blake/ab thing. blake was having a career year before that injury.

BlueDevil1978 · 08-04-2007, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by maximkat

ugh...don't get me started on the whole blake/ab thing. blake was having a career year before that injury.

Yeah, he was dumped out with the trash because of Haz's man-crush on AB

MatthewT · 08-04-2007, 11:33 PM

During the three year Ditka era, four different quarterbacks made starts in all three years.

1997 - Heath Shuler, Danny Wuerffel, Billy Joe Hobert, Doug Nussmeier.

1998 - Billy Joe Tolliver, Danny Wuerffel, Billy Joe Hobert, Kerry Collins.

1999 - Billy Joe Tolliver, Danny Wuerffel, Billy Joe Hobert, Jake Delhomme.

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[mmm] sicboy Registered Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 34	Quarterbacks during the Ditka era..... I was talking to a friend of mine, he being a Detroit fan, and we were both discussing the miserable QB history our teams have had over the years. But I really can't remember too many of our QB's prior to the Jeff Blake/Aaron Brooks year. I remember Tolliver, but that's about it. I tried to look it up online, but no such luck. Could somebody either list some of them for me or direct me to a link. Much appreciated.
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mighty12 500th Post Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 980 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Quarterbacks during the Ditka era..... Let's see there was Hobert, Weurfell, Delhomme, Tolliver, Shuler and I believe that is all of the QBs that started duiring the Ditka era.

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LongTimeFan Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Louisiana Posts: 2,403	Re: Quarterbacks during the Ditka era..... Originally Posted by Tobias-Reiper Danny Wuerfel, Heath Shuler, Billy Joe Hobert, Billy Joe Tulliver, Jake Delhomme, Kerry Collins... Kerry Collins, another beer please....

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BlueDevil1978 Linebacker Forever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Picayune, MS Posts: 130	Re: Quarterbacks during the Ditka era..... Originally Posted by maximkat ugh...don't get me started on the whole blake/ab thing. blake was having a career year before that injury. Yeah, he was dumped out with the trash because of Haz's man-crush on AB

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MatthewT 1000 Posts + Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mississippi Posts: 2,729	Re: Quarterbacks during the Ditka era..... During the three year Ditka era, four different quarterbacks made starts in all three years. 1997 - Heath Shuler, Danny Wuerffel, Billy Joe Hobert, Doug Nussmeier. 1998 - Billy Joe Tolliver, Danny Wuerffel, Billy Joe Hobert, Kerry Collins. 1999 - Billy Joe Tolliver, Danny Wuerffel, Billy Joe Hobert, Jake Delhomme.