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One play away

By Joel Buchsbaum
Pro Football Weekly

Thursday, September 23, 1999

Backup quarterbacks are a lot like vice presidents. Unless something happens to the president, the vice president often becomes the forgotten man in Washington. If the president dies in office, however, the V.P. suddenly becomes the most important person around. GRADING KEY A = Injury to the starting quarterback would cost the team one game at most B = Two extra losses C = Three or more losses D = Devastating effect on the team; four or more losses There was a time n ...

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