Mike Bercovici’s AAF starting job doesn’t last very long

Posted by Mike Florio on February 10, 2019, 10:56 AM EST
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The Mike Bercovici era is over in San Diego. There was one?

The Week One starting quarterback for the Fleet got himself blown up, sir early in the loss to the San Antonio Commanders and then, eventually, benched for Philip Nelson. After the game, Fleet coach Mike Martz made it clear that Bercovici won’t be back, at least for now.

“We made a change at quarterback and we’ll stay with that change,” Martz said after the game.

Bercovici lasted three quarters, completing 15 of 25 passes for 176 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. Even with rules that limit blitzing, Bercovici absorbed six sacks.

A former Arizona State starter, Bercovici bounced around the NFL after not being drafted in 2016. Originally assigned geographically to the Arizona Hotshots, he landed with San Diego during November’s Yankee Swap-style quarterback draft.

For Nelson, his background is slightly more complicated, but after a long journey from the University of Minnesota to Rutgers to East Carolina to Winnipeg to the AAF, he’s finally getting a chance to show what he can do.

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13 responses to “Mike Bercovici’s AAF starting job doesn’t last very long”

  3. Good to see Mike Martz’s offensive “system” is picking up right where it left off…..by getting the QB killed.

    No wonder he hasn’t been asked to come back to the NFL.

  6. Am I the only one who read between the lines when Kurt Warner was talking before the game and he said “if he can survive in Mike Martz’s system he can survive in any system”?

    He actually used the word “survive” and I guess we know the answer to that question as it pertains to Mr. Bercovici.

  7. his name will go down as the answer to the trivia question of who took the most brutal QB sack in modern history.

  9. And this is what you barbarians who are always complaining the NFL sissifying the rules really want, a QB being blown up by a vicious hit. You’re not interested in sport. All you want is violence.

  11. It was the right choice, he was rattled and ineffective which is unacceptable in any captain. Go Fleet!

  13. cardinealsfan20 says:
    February 10, 2019 at 12:50 pm
    And this is what you barbarians who are always complaining the NFL sissifying the rules really want, a QB being blown up by a vicious hit. You’re not interested in sport. All you want is violence.
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    There are sports that offended Sallies can watch. Golf, Tennis and Bowling.

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