Record Pace: 50 Different Quarterbacks Set to Start by Week 10

Raiders quarterback Fernando Mendoza is scheduled to make his first career start on Sunday, and he won’t be the only signal-caller making a debut. The Cardinals’ Carson Beck and the Dolphins’ Kyle McCord are also set for their first career starts.

According to NBC Sports research, the trio will become the 48th, 49th, and 50th different quarterbacks to start a game during the 2026 season.

That marks just the second time in the past 15 years, setting aside the strike-shortened 1987 season, that 50 different quarterbacks have started games within the first 10 weeks of a campaign.

If another quarterback were to unexpectedly make his first start of the season on Sunday, an outcome that appears unlikely given that Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock carries no injury designation, it would rank as the second-highest total of starters through 10 weeks since 1950.

For historical context, 55 different quarterbacks started games through the first 10 weeks of the 1999 season.

Much of the turnover across the league has been driven by injuries. In Las Vegas, the shift to Mendoza followed Kirk Cousins’ trade to the Vikings.

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