1.   Any coach who would bench a quarterback with four Super Bowls rings to sharpen his backup would need his head examined, unless the game were meaningless.

2.   Colorado coach Rick Neuheisel is very close to benching senior quarterback John Hessler,who has been mediocre at best.

3.   Cunningham enjoyed most of his success, and an early taste of heartbreak, under Ryan, who was fired after benching the quarterback during a playoff game.

4.   He thought he was fixing a problem on offense when he benched quarterback Steve Beuerlein in favor of Jim McMahon.

5.   If the star quarterback suddenly is benched before a Friday night game, it said, everyone will assume the reason is that he is failing a class.

6.   It was a very unusual move because coaches typically bench quarterbacks at halftime or after a series to save them embarrassment.

7.   The boy-wonder quarterback was benched last week.

8.   The Dallas fans should be grateful because it is Ryan who is the cancer he said benched quarterback Steve Beuerlein was.

9.   The Jets coach once again had benched a quarterback, creating a situation so familiar with Parcells, unhappiness with a quarterback.