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Five players the Chargers should consider for their backup quarterback position

Mark L. Baer-US PRESSWIRE If the San Diego Chargers do not improve their backup quarterback situation and Philip Rivers gets injured, they could suffer the same fate as the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts in 2011. Billy Volek has not started a game since 2005, and has a career record of 3-7. Volek will be 36 by the start of the 2012 season, and here is a list of quarterbacks...
Via Rant Sports  |  12 days ago

Five positions that San Diego could improve on or get younger at

Backup quarterback: Billy Volek’s only season in which he got significant playing time resulted in him passing for 249 yards per game.  This was ninth in the NFL among QB’s, but it happened in 2004 and he is 35 years old. Linebacker: Takeo Spikes is third on the team with 58 tackles and leads San Diego in assisted tackles, but he is 35 years old and in his 14th NFL season...
Via Rant Sports  |  December 27, 2011

San Diego Chargers Re-sign QB Billy Volek to Two-Year Deal

Quarterback Billy Volek has spent the last five seasons with the San Diego Chargers as the backup to Philip Rivers–even though the team has never really needed to use him. Over the weekend, the Chargers made sure Volek will be around just in case anything were to happen to Rivers during the 2011 season. According to Scott Bair of the North County Times, San Diego inked Volek...
Via Rant Sports  |  August 01, 2011

Backup QB Volek staying with Chargers

Veteran quarterback Billy Volek is remaining with the San Diego Chargers, signing a two-year contract Saturday. Volek has spent the past five seasons with San Diego as the backup to Philip Rivers. He also played four seasons with Tennessee. The 35-year-old Volek has thrown for 27 touchdowns and 15 interceptions in 37 career games.
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  July 30, 2011

Chargers Free Agent QB Billy Volek Wants To Go Elsewhere For Starting Job?

Though not their greatest need, the Chargers do need to add a quarterback or two to their roster behind Philip Rivers. Right now, the depth chart is bare behind No. 17. The team's backup for the past five years, Billy Volek, is a strong candidate to return, though there is some chatter he'd like to go elsewhere to compete for a starting job. San Diego management could be willing...
Via GridironFans.com  |  July 03, 2011

Don’t expect Panthers to go after Billy Volek

The Panthers badly need a quarterback.  Even if they draft one first overall, it would make sense to add a veteran to the mix. That’s one reason why there has been speculation in Carolina that the team may want to add Billy Volek to the mix.  Volek is headed for free agency, has experience as…
Via Pro Football Talk  |  April 13, 2011

Billy Volek Could Get Starting Opportunity in Carolina

The San Diego Charegrs Backup QB Billy Volek is a free agent at the end of the season and he may be looking to get an opportunity to be the starting quarterback for some team. With Philip Rivers entrenched as the starting QB in San Diego, he will not have that opportunity with the Chargers as long as Philip is healthy, so he may be looking to find a new location. The Carolina...
Via Bolt Beat  |  January 18, 2011

Chargers QB Billy Volek Wants To Start, But Wants To Stay With Chargers

Billy Volek wants to be a starting quarterback, has been a starter and believes he’s better than some of the guys who end up starting at the position in the NFL. But he wants to continue being on the same team as Philip Rivers, who if all goes according to plan will start every Chargers game for at least the next five seasons. “I absolutely love being a Charger,” Volek said yesterday...
Via GridironFans.com  |  January 04, 2011

Chargers Fun Fact: QB Volek Setting Records

Billy Volek is the Chargers #2 quarterback. You may think that back-ups have no skills and no talent,because if they did they would be starters, but that is where you would be wrong. Volek is an experienced QB. He is only the fourth QB in NFL history to throw back-to-back 400-yard passing games and the second QB to ever have 900+ yards in a back-to-back game.Volek has played only...
Via NBC San Diego  |  October 21, 2010

Billy Volek...Frank Reich 2K8?!?!

Wait! Haven't we seen this act before?
Via Fantasy Sports Experience  |  January 15, 2008
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