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The NFL's irreplaceable players

By Bill Barnwell
Football Outsiders

Thursday, June 18, 2009

In the NFL, star players are considered irreplaceable until proved otherwise. Take Tom Brady: The 2007 NFL MVP would've topped any list of the most irreplaceable players in football this time last year, but by the end of the season, Matt Cassel was considered to be an adequate impersonation of the guy who had put up the best season of any quarterback in NFL history. If a guy who didn't start even a single college game could replace the best quarterback in the league, are there any irreplaceabl ...

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