It may seem silly now, but replacing the No. 1-overall draft pick/face of the franchise with a little-known backup was once a big deal in New England.
Teetering on the brink of a dynasty, the
Steelers went into their first
Super Bowl season and chose
Joe Gilliam over
Terry Bradshaw.
Looking to light a fire in No. 1 pick
Troy Aikman,
Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson drafted a second QB --
Steve Walsh -- in the same offseason.
After being shamed by
Jay Schroeder in the NFC title game,
Doug Williams got the last laugh by taking the
Redskins to
a Super Bowl win a year later.
After signing
Rob Johnson to a hefty contract, the
Bills got fan favorite
Doug Flutie for much less. What followed is still a point of contention in Buffalo.
Having two
Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks on the same roster competing for one job put the
Giants in a precarious spot.
With
Drew Brees already on the roster, the
Chargers made a draft-day move for
Philip Rivers. Immediately, there was controversy.
The Los Angeles
Rams of the 1950s were on the cutting edge of offensive innovation, thanks to the play of
Norm Van Brocklin and
Bob Waterfield.
Tom Landry's decision to go with Roger Staubach over Craig Morton helped set the course for the Cowboys to become "America's Team."
Like Van Brocklin and Waterfield before them, the
49ers had two future
Hall of Famers at QB. Unlike those '50s
Rams, the
49ers' QBs couldn't coexist.
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