The Giants are always supposed to make the playoffs, but Fassel got a team with no franchise players, no leader, no established quarterback.

But at least then he had an established quarterback in Phil Simms and a secondary that had three good veterans.

This is what happens when a team does not have an established quarterback.

Plum, meanwhile, became the established starting quarterback, bringing a measure of stability to the squad not seen since Graham's retirement.

Longshore entered 2007 as the established starting quarterback.

He answered each challenge thrown at him and got the kind of breaks that come the way of established quarterbacks.

But there are only two established quarterbacks in that division - the Eagles and Giants.

The Browns have the third pick in the draft and no established starting quarterback.

With free agency looming in a new labor structure, the Vikings are expected to bid for an expensive established quarterback.

They have a good young football team, an established quarterback in Mark Brunell.