Royal was grateful to the second-stringer he had turned to with the game on the line.

Linden King, now starting, was supposed to be a second-stringer.

In some ways, she may look like a second-stringer in the changing game of women's sports.

Lucien sounded like a second-stringer on a high school football team.

As for Reasons, he has had to become accustomed to life as a second-stringer.

Their quarterback, a second-stringer pressed into action by injury, looked as if he were using Saturday's game to learn the forward pass.

Or, perhaps, he already has made his decision, but doesn't want his No. 2 quarterback thinking like a second-stringer.

He was supposed to be a second-stringer, but by the second week there was no stopping him.

Huard had set passing records at Washington and never imagined himself as a second-stringer.

On most clubs, the fourth receiver is a second-stringer.

"After he'd be in, they'd take him out and put in a second-stringer.

Parcells was asked why Taylor and not a second-stringer was in the game then.

But Maddox carries a $1 million salary that is high for a second-stringer and not cap friendly.

That, essentially, is the job description of a backup quarterback - whether he was once a starter or has never been anything but a second-stringer.

Second-stringer Jeff Garcia missed the game with a calf injury.

"A second-stringer just became President of the United States.

He was replaced by a young second-stringer Scott Zolak.

As the Patriots' second-stringer behind Bledsoe, he used to play the opposing quarterback.

The second-stringer was hurt in a scrimmage.

And I don’t think it would be wise to count on Lemon to be any more than a second-stringer.

Would have been a second-stringer, maybe . . . what?

Stay Thirsty ran like a second-stringer as well, especially when he left his preferred New York circuit.

The sudden-death winning basket had been sunk by second-stringer Donald Fox.

He could have taken out Hamadi if he had wanted to, but he didn't want to throw away his life on a second-stringer.

He competed with Marion Motley at the position, and said he was "not working to be a second-stringer".