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There is an old, tired joke in the football world: Boy, I’d love to be a backup quarterback in the NFL. Those dudes make millions to do nothing. Hardy har-har.  It’s the epitome of low-hanging fruit, because the outlines of the joke are true. Veteran backup QB salaries this year range from about $1.5 million to $8 million, if we exclude the Kirk Cousins and Deshaun Watson situations. In a perfect world, none...

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