If you’ve thought to yourself while watching the start of the 2026 NFL season, “Wow, there have been a lot of injuries to quarterbacks,” you certainly wouldn’t be wrong. We’re only two weeks into the current campaign, and we’ve already seen six teams forced to turn to their backups.
The Falcons began the year with Cooper Rush under center after Tua Tagovailoa hurt his back in the lead-up to their season opener, and the Seahawks and Vikings turned to Drew Lock and Carson Wentz, respectively, when Sam Darnold (glute) and Kyler Murray (concussion) went down in Week 1. Then, this past weekend, the Bears and Commanders handed the keys over to Tyson Bagent and Marcus Mariota after Caleb Williams (hamstring) and Jayden Daniels (elbow) sustained injuries on Sunday. Closing out the unfortunate barrage of injuries was the Giants, who went with Jameis Winston to close out their eventual loss to the Rams on Monday night after Jaxson Dart left the game with what’s now been deemed a potentially season-ending knee injury.
