After the ceremony, his longtime backup, Jim Hall, will be the p.a. announcer.

Rick Dennison, a longtime backup and special-teams guy, is now a starter at inside linebacker and a smart player.

Hostetler, a longtime backup, became the starter and led the Giants to a Super Bowl victory.

Paige's longtime backup, Marion Barber, described the situation as sad.

His longtime backup, Pat Ryan, would invariably suffer a concussion when he replaced O'Brien.

It has been quite a rise for Coslet, the longtime backup to Bob Trumpy in the 1970's.

Walton then benched O'Brien by nominating Ryan, the longtime backup, to start in the playoffs.

He had been Joe Klecko's longtime backup at nose tackle, and this summer he has seen duty mostly as a backup right end.

He notified his longtime backup, Jim Hall, who handled his duties for the next three games.

Thus, Handley said, the 30-year-old Hostetler, a longtime backup, would have to unseat Simms.