The city of backup quarterbacks continues to shine when it comes to the QB2 spot. Philadelphia, a place that has seen not one, but two players who were originally brought in to be benchwarmers win Super Bowl MVP, has a new favorite son in third-year signal-caller Tanner McKee.

McKee dazzled in the preseason on Thursday night against Cincinnati’s starting defense, completing 80 percent of his passes while throwing for 252 yards and combining for three touchdowns. This is not the first time that McKee has turned heads in the preseason, but the 2024 regular season campaign illustrated that the Stanford product can bring the goods when the games matter too, completing 66.7 percent of his passes and throwing for four touchdowns across two games, including his first career start that he won.

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