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Teams forced to change mentality

By By Darrell Trimble
NFL Insider

Monday, February 23, 2004

Of the five quarterbacks who have started in the last three Super Bowls, none was picked on the first day of the draft. Rich Gannon was taken the earliest, in the fourth round, and he was supposed to be switched to free safety. Tom Brady was a sixth-round selection, Brad Johnson was chosen in the ninth round and neither Kurt Warner nor Jake Delhomme was even drafted. But while some teams have decided to look for diamonds in the rough, others are still convinced that a high-profile, franchi ...

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