| Often times when a great player plays | | | | for both San Francisco and Kansas City. Earlier in |
| quarterback for one franchise for a very long | | | | his career he had backup experience with both |
| time it is interesting to look at who played backup | | | | Minnesota and Pittsburgh, and after this one |
| for him. Who developed into a starting | | | | season in Green Bay he would spend two more |
| quarterback of their own? Who had started at | | | | years in the league (backing up for the Rams and |
| other places but was winding their career down | | | | the Carolina Panthers) before retiring. |
| here? Here we look at Green Bay Packers | | | | 1998: Brett's 7th Year and Mike Holmgren's last |
| quarterback Brett Favre's backups through the | | | | year as the Packers head coach. |
| years. | | | | Backup: Doug Pederson - See Above |
| 1992: Brett Comes To The Green Bay Packers | | | | 1999: Brett's 8th Year and the one and only |
| Backup: Don Majkowski (University of Virginia) | | | | season Ray Rhodes was the head coach. |
| Majkowski had started for the Packers earlier in | | | | Backup: Matt Hasselbeck (Boston College) |
| his career and later on would start games for the | | | | Hasselbeck would go on to play for Holmgren in |
| Indianapolis Colts, he would also appear in a few | | | | Seattle and lead the Seahawks to the Super |
| games for the Detroit Lions. | | | | Bowl, only to lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers. |
| 1993: Brett's 2nd Year | | | | 2000: Brett's 9th Year and Mike Sherman's first |
| Backup: Ty Detmer (Brigham Young University) | | | | year as head coach. |
| Detmer won the Heisman Trophy playing QB for | | | | Backup: Matt Hasselbeck - See Above |
| the BYU Cougars and after backing up in Green | | | | 2001: Brett's 10th Year |
| Bay in 1993 and 1995 he would go on to start | | | | Backup: Doug Pederson - See Above |
| games for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1996 and | | | | 2002: Brett's 11th Year |
| 1997. He would also see playing time with San | | | | Backup: Doug Pederson - See Above |
| Francisco, Cleveland, and Detroit. | | | | 2003: Brett's 12th Year |
| 1994: Brett's 3rd Year | | | | Backup: Doug Pederson - See Above |
| Backup: Mark Brunell (University of Washington) | | | | 2004: Brett's 13th Year |
| Probably the quarterback that played behind | | | | Backup: Doug Pederson - See Above |
| Favre and went on to the most success (so far), | | | | Backup: Craig Nall (Northwestern State) |
| Mark Brunell would later start games for the | | | | Nall would throw for four touchdowns in his only |
| Jacksonville Jaguars and Washington Redskins. | | | | action in the NFL during this season. He would go |
| Brunell made numerous Pro Bowl appearances, | | | | on to backup Favre in 2005 before spending one |
| and in 1996 he led the league in total passing | | | | final year as a backup in Buffalo. |
| yards. Brunell also currently ranks in the all-time | | | | Backup: J.T. O'Sullivan (University of |
| top 25 in the following categories: Passing | | | | California-Davis) |
| attempts, passing completions, and passing yards. | | | | O'Sullivan saw no action for Green Bay other than |
| 1995: Brett's 4th Year | | | | two late game kneel downs, he didn't see any |
| Backup: Ty Detmer - See Above | | | | playing action at all in 2005 or 2006, but has |
| Backup: Jim McMahon (Brigham Young University) | | | | gotten on the field for the Detroit Lions during the |
| McMahon had already been a starting quarterback | | | | 2007 season. |
| for most of his career and had won a Super Bowl | | | | 2005: Brett's 14th Year |
| with the 1985 Chicago Bears. He would also be a | | | | Backup: Craig Nall - See Above |
| sometime starter with San Diego, Philadelphia, and | | | | Backup: Aaron Rodgers (University of California) |
| Minnesota. He also spent time with the Arizona | | | | Rodgers is the current backup for Brett Favre |
| Cardinals briefly before spending his last two | | | | and has been labeled the heir-apparent to take |
| years in the league backing up in Green Bay. | | | | over after he retires ever since the Packers |
| Backup: T.J. Rubley (University of Tulsa) | | | | drafted him. |
| Rubley had starting experience with the Los | | | | 2006: Brett's 15th Year and Mike McCarthy's first |
| Angeles Rams in 1993 but his time with the 1995 | | | | season as head coach of the Packers. |
| Packers would be his last in the NFL. | | | | Backup: Aaron Rodgers - See Above |
| 1996: Brett and the Packers win the Super Bowl | | | | Backup: Ingle Martin |
| Backup: Jim McMahon - See Above | | | | Martin made it into the game for the final game |
| Backup: Doug Pederson (NE Louisiana) | | | | of the year and handed the ball off one time and |
| Pederson would go on to see time as the starting | | | | took two kneel downs. |
| quarterback with Philadelphia and Cleveland in 1999 | | | | 2007: Brett's 16th Year |
| and 2000 respectively before returning to be the | | | | Backup: Aaron Rodgers - See Above |
| backup in Green Bay again for the 2001 through | | | | There you have it, Brett Favre's backups through |
| 2004 seasons. | | | | the years. This is by no means definitive and |
| 1997: A Super Bowl Loss | | | | focuses primarily on the quarterbacks who not |
| Backup: Doug Pederson - See Above | | | | only were on the roster but made it into the |
| Backup: Steve Bono (UCLA) | | | | game at some point during the season. |
| Bono had prior starting quarterback experience | | | | |