(S28) PT 3 - What If?

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I think I've told this story many times before in similar articles or league history conversations, but it's still fun. Unless you've been in the league for quite some time or made a concerted effort to look into league history, you don't know anything about my first player, tight end Paul DiMirio. He was pretty good, leading all players in career catches in a record that will likely never be broken with 12 pro bowls and 7 TEotY awards (a record, also one that will never be broken.) And back in S3, he almost switched to quarterback. You see, back in the early days of the league, teams didn't have the machined QB cycles they have now. The Liberty started Jameis Christ in S2, then Clifford Rove in S3-5, then Tyler Oles in S6-8, a period with Logan Noble from S9-10, then finally settling down with franchise legend Ariana Falconi from S11 onward. Could you imagine a team now starting five QBs in ten years? They would get mocked relentlessly, and they would deserve it. But then, QBs were difficult to find; you couldn't just draft great ones in late rounds. It was for that reason that Paul DiMirio considered switching to the quarterback position. So, what happens next? Well, DiMirio never makes the hall, likely enough. But more importantly, perhaps the Liberty win more with defense in the mid S# with Tyler Oles at corner. Do they win more? Impossible to tell, but if DiMirio is the team's quarterback, does he get tapped for the GM job? Does this prevent the Liberty from burning it all down in S8, thus preventing the rise of the New Orleans Second Line? It's impossible to know for sure.

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