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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Here is the full Fourth & Know board from Wednesday, September 23, 2026: every category, every clue, and the answer to each. Answers stay hidden until you tap "Show answer," so you can read the recap and still play the board clean.

Round 1

Five TD Passes And A Rushing Score

  1. 5

    In 2025 he became the first quarterback in Jaguars history with 5 TD passes and a rushing touchdown in the same game.

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    Trevor Lawrence

  2. 10

    This Saints record-setter joined the five-plus-one club in 2019.

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    Drew Brees

  3. 15

    Green Bay's four-time MVP also managed the feat in 2019.

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    Aaron Rodgers

  4. 20

    This Washington quarterback did it during his 1991 championship season.

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    Mark Rypien

TACKLES & HITS THE LEAGUE BANNED

  1. 5

    A 15-yard foul for yanking a runner down by the inside back of his shoulder pads or jersey.

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    Horse-Collar Tackle

  2. 10

    The newest of these 15-yard fouls, it's the swivel technique of dropping your body weight onto the runner's legs.

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    Hip-Drop Tackle

  3. 15

    Listed at 15 yards, it covers butting, spearing or ramming an opponent with the crown of your headgear.

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    Use of the Helmet as a Weapon

  4. 20

    Twisting, turning or pulling this piece of an opponent's equipment costs 15 yards.

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    Facemask Foul

Champions In Year Two

  1. 5

    In February 2006 this second-year Steeler became the youngest QB ever to start and win a Super Bowl.

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    Ben Roethlisberger

  2. 10

    A 2000 sixth-round pick, he won his first ring in his second pro season by upsetting a 14-point favorite from St. Louis.

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    Tom Brady

  3. 15

    Bagging groceries a few years earlier, he was the Super Bowl XXXIV MVP in what was only his second NFL season.

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    Kurt Warner

  4. 20

    This third-round pick's second pro season ended with a 43-8 demolition of Denver.

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    Russell Wilson

First Start Of The Season... In January

  1. 5

    Denver's 2025 backup became the seventh QB ever to do it, with zero regular-season pass attempts on his ledger.

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    Jarrett Stidham

  2. 10

    Washington's out-of-nowhere wild-card starter in 2020 nearly toppled Tom Brady's Buccaneers.

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    Taylor Heinicke

  3. 15

    With Derek Carr and Matt McGloin hurt, this 2016 Michigan State rookie made his career debut start in the wild-card round.

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    Connor Cook

  4. 20

    The only one of these emergency starters to win, he did it by erasing a 32-point deficit for Buffalo in 1992.

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    Frank Reich

Round 2

RUNNING BACK, WIDE RECEIVER, WHATEVER

  1. 5

    In 2025 he became the fourth player ever with 600 rushing and 600 receiving yards through his team's first 10 games.

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    Christian McCaffrey

  2. 10

    In 2014 this Bear became one of the few with a 1,000-yard rushing season and 100 receptions.

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    Matt Forte

  3. 15

    This Charger paired 1,000 rushing yards with 100 catches in 2003, one of the rarest doubles in the book.

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    LaDainian Tomlinson

  4. 20

    The engine of the Greatest Show on Turf, he matched the 1,000/1,000 feat in 1999.

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    Marshall Faulk

PASSING GAME PENALTIES

  1. 5

    Costing loss of down with yardage — or a safety if done from your own end zone — it punishes a passer who throws the ball away to avoid a sack.

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    Intentional Grounding

  2. 10

    The receiving side's version of hindering an opponent's shot at the ball, worth 10 yards.

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    Offensive Pass Interference

  3. 15

    A five-yard defensive foul for chucking or restricting a receiver once he's past the permitted zone.

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    Illegal Contact

  4. 20

    Five yards when a lineman who can't catch the ball drifts too far past the line before the throw.

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    Ineligible Player Downfield on a Pass

Not With the Team That Drafted Him

  1. 5

    The third pick of the 2018 draft became just the second Jets-drafted quarterback to start a Super Bowl — wearing Seattle colors.

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    Sam Darnold

  2. 10

    Drafted by Detroit in the 1944 NFL Draft, he spent 1952-54 starting NFL Championship Games against the Lions while playing in Cleveland.

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    Otto Graham

  3. 15

    Dallas took him fifth overall in 1965; in Super Bowl XII he lined up for Denver against the Cowboys, having never beaten them.

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    Craig Morton

  4. 20

    Miami drafted this Notre Dame passer in 1971 — a decade later he beat the Dolphins in a Super Bowl while quarterbacking Washington.

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    Joe Theismann

SEAN PAYTON HAS STARTED THEM ALL

  1. 5

    The Saints' do-everything utility weapon went 7-2 when handed the starting job in 2020 and 2021.

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    Taysom Hill

  2. 10

    A former No. 1 overall pick from Tampa Bay, he was 5-2 as a starter in 2021 before a knee injury.

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    Jameis Winston

  3. 15

    Once a Broncos starter, he went 0-4 in emergency duty for the Saints in 2021.

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    Trevor Siemian

  4. 20

    This former Vikings first-rounder went 5-1 filling in for an injured star in New Orleans in 2019.

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    Teddy Bridgewater

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