So quarterback Vinny Testaverde signed with the Carolina Panthers.

Apparently, George Blanda and Joe Kapp were unavailable.

The crazy thing is the 43-year-old QB may not be a bad fantasy football play this weekend.

Yes, that's where we've arrived in the world of NFL quarterbacks.

Carolina's Jake Delhomme and Arizona's Matt Leinart are done for the year. Miami's Trent Green may be done for his career. St. Louis' Marc Bulger has been relieved.

Seattle's Matt Hasselbeck, Kansas City's Damon Huard, Baltimore's Steve McNair, San Francisco's Alex Smith, Buffalo's J.P. Losman and the New York Jets' Chad Pennington have missed time. Chicago's Rex Grossman has been demoted and made Brian Griese look good.

Unless you have New England's Tom Brady, Dallas' Tony Romo, Cincinnati's Carson Palmer or Indianapolis' Peyton Manning, you probably have QB issues.

Add the byes (Peyton Manning, Jon Kitna, Ben Roethlisberger, Jay Cutler, plus the Bills' and 49ers' messes), and it could be time for the Vin-Man.

Testaverde was chucking the pigskin when the Tampa Bucs wore sherbet uniforms, the Cardinals were in St. Louis and the Carolina Panthers weren't even dreamed about.

Carolina backup David Carr is dinged up himself with a bad back. So Testaverde might play the Cards' pass defense, which is improved but has allowed seven touchdown passes.

QB quandaries

Handicapping the various signal-callers that may be options:

Miami's Cleo Lemon: His name sounds like you weren't happy with your phone psychic. Lemon gets the best matchup against the Browns, who have allowed 267 yards per game and 15 TD passes.

Washington's Jason Campbell: He's developing into a solid QB. Packers matchup isn't fantastic, but he's a good second-stringer.

Testaverde: Seriously, if you know Carr is out, give Vinny a call, but don't expect much more than one TD and 200 yards. More is gravy.

Arizona's Kurt Warner: With Leinart out, Warner wants to party like it's 1999. He may be great — until a bruised thumb reappears.

Baltimore's McNair: Another old warhorse hasn't been stellar, but the 0-5 Rams look like they've been de-horned and give up 27 points per.

St. Louis' Gus Frerotte: The Rams could be behind — shocker! — and Gus has some talent left. Plus, this Ravens defense isn't your father's Vinny Testaverde defense.

Kansas City's Huard: He was not good against a tough Jags' defense. Make sure he's playing and double check that he is playing the Bengals.