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De-emphasis on QBs keeps them healthy

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Friday, October 17, 2003

Even though the NFL is in a new age of great quarterbacking, numbers show that the importance of the position has been slightly de-emphasized in lieu of better balance on offense. No example was better than the Baltimore Ravens 2000 Super Bowl. Trent Dilfer road a wave of easy games against suspect defenses and carried a defensive minded Ravens team to a Super Bowl title. Dilfer had been around long enough to know how to manage games well. Brian Billick didn't ask for 300-yard passing games. He ...

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