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The good, bad and ugly from 40 years of trying to replace Hall of Fame QBs

Everyone knows the blueprint for replacing a Hall of Fame quarterback. Just draft an Aaron Rodgers a few years early. Or trade for a Steve Young. Or tank bad enough to get the No. 1 pick when a can't-miss prospect like Andrew Luck is coming out.

Unfortunately, if it were really that easy, we wouldn't have four decades' worth of Jim Druckenmillers, Tommy Maddoxes and Richard Todds, among other first-round follies.