#28 Washington Redskins
Starter - Alex Smith, Backup - Colt McCoy
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![march madness logo](http://staticg.sportskeeda.com/skm/assets/march-madness-logo.png)
Alex Smith might live up to his MVPesque season from last time but McCoy would live on as a below average backup QB forever. Alex Smith ain't the worst option after Kirk Cousins left.
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#27 Houston Texans
Starter - Deshaun Watson. Backup - Brandon Weeden
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Houston has Weeden as their backup to their sophomore superstar coming off an ACL injury, O'Brien would hope for a better option than that. The team hopes to stay fit next season and do some damage in AFC.
#26 Dallas Cowboys
Starter - Dak Prescott, Backup - Mike White, Cooper Rush
![Prescott will get his sidekick in Ezekial Elliott back for the season](https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2018/07/63560-1532787282-800.jpg?w=190 190w, https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2018/07/63560-1532787282-800.jpg?w=720 720w, https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2018/07/63560-1532787282-800.jpg?w=640 640w, https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2018/07/63560-1532787282-800.jpg?w=1045 1045w, https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2018/07/63560-1532787282-800.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2018/07/63560-1532787282-800.jpg?w=1460 1460w, https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2018/07/63560-1532787282-800.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2018/07/63560-1532787282-800.jpg 1920w)
Dak and Zeke form a formidable offense but the Cowboys quarterback room could do better than Mike White and Rush. Jason Garrett must be hoping for Kellen Moore (probably not).
#25 Cincinnati Bengals
Starter - Andy Dalton, Backup - Matt Barkley
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Cincinnati Bengals have changes looming in front of them, the coaching staff is in the hot seat and the QB room ain't helping. Andy Dalton has been used to define the term 'average' all over the NFL dictionary and Barkley never lived up to his high school potential.
#24 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Starter - Winston, Backup - Ryan Fitzpatrick
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Winston will serve his ban and Ryan Fitzpatrick will be QB-1 in the depth chart, sounds depressing, probably is.
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