An interesting thing happened in the NYG-OAK game (1 Viewer)

[tomarken]

With Carr coming in to replace Eli before the half, three different #1 overall draft picks have played QB in this game - Eli Manning, David Carr, and Jamarcus Russell.

IIRC this happened a couple years ago when the Panthers played the Colts, also involving Carr and a Manning. Carr came in to replace an injured Vinny Testaverde in that game.

Does anyone know if there are other instances of a game where three different #1 overall picks played QB?

 

[Mr. Retukes]

Can't think of any other instance (besides Testaverde) where two #1 were on the same roster at the same time.

 

[Mr. Retukes]

From 1963 to 1965 the Rams had both Terry Baker (#1 pick of the 1963 NFL draft) and Roman Gabriel (#1 pick of the 1962 AFL draft) on the roster.

 

[IDrinkyourMilkshake]

Paging Chase...

 

[Mr. Retukes]

From 1964 to 1966 the Eagles had both King Hill (#1 pick of 1958 NFL draft) and Jack Concannon (#1 pick of 1964 AFL draft) on the roster.

On November 8, 1964 the Eagles played The Rams, although it looks like only 2 of the 4 #1 picks actually played in the game.

 

[tomarken]

From 1964 to 1966 the Eagles had both King Hill (#1 pick of 1958 NFL draft) and Jack Concannon (#1 pick of 1964 AFL draft) on the roster.

On November 8, 1964 the Eagles played The Rams, although it looks like only 2 of the 4 #1 picks actually played in the game.

Yeah the Rams also played the Bears a few times with Billy Wade at QB, but I didn't see any instances where all three of them played in the same game.On a side note, this is long before my time, but did teams routinely rotate players at QB back in those days? I'm looking at game logs from the 60s and it doesn't seem uncommon for a team to have different players with the majority of passing attempts from week to week, or even multiple players with a significant number of attempts in the same game. I wonder if I'm just seeing some weird situations or if that actually happened on a fairly regular basis...

 

[Please See Mine]

Here are all of the number 1 QB picks.

Seems like it probably hasn't happened that much, considering that the QB as the overall number 1 is much more prevalent lately.

Year	No.	Round	Pick	Player	Name	Team	College2009	1	1	1	1	Matthew Stafford	Lions	Georgia2007	1	1	1	1	JaMarcus Russell	Raiders	Louisiana State2005	1	1	1	1	Alex D. Smith	49ers	Utah2004	1	1	1	1	Eli Manning	Chargers	Mississippi2003	1	1	1	1	Carson Palmer	Bengals	USC2002	1	1	1	1	David Carr	Texans	Fresno State2001	1	1	1	1	Michael Vick	Falcons	Virginia Tech1999	1	1	1	1	Tim Couch	Browns	Kentucky1998	1	1	1	1	Peyton Manning	Colts	Tennessee1993	1	1	1	1	Drew Bledsoe	Patriots	Washington State1990	1	1	1	1	Jeff George	Colts	Illinois1989	1	1	1	1	Troy Aikman	Cowboys	UCLA1987	1	1	1	1	Vinny Testaverde	Buccaneers	Miami (FL)1983	1	1	1	1	John Elway	Colts	Stanford1975	1	1	1	1	Steve Bartkowski	Falcons	California1971	1	1	1	1	Jim Plunkett	Patriots	Stanford1970	1	1	1	1	Terry Bradshaw	Steelers	Louisiana Tech1965	1	1	1	1	Joe Namath	Jets	Alabama1963	1	1	1	1	Terry Baker	Rams	Oregon State1962	1	1	1	1	Roman Gabriel	Raiders	North Carolina State1959	1	1	1	1	Randy Duncan	Packers	Iowa1958	1	1	1	1	King Hill	Cardinals	Rice1956	1	1	1	1	Gary Glick	Steelers	Colorado State1955	1	1	1	1	George Shaw	Colts	Oregon1954	1	1	1	1	Bobby Garrett	Browns	Stanford1952	1	1	1	1	Billy Wade	Rams	Vanderbilt1948	1	1	1	1	Harry Gilmer	Redskins	Alabama1946	1	1	1	1	Frank (Boley) Dancewicz	Yanks	Notre Dame1944	1	1	1	1	Angelo Bertelli	Yanks	Notre Dame