“When you, as a defender, see a guy at quarterback who has not played a lot, you are going to lick your chops and you assume he's not going to be in rhythm and you assume he's not going to be ready to go," Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott said. “Our coach, Bill Walsh, basically said, ‘Hey, Ronnie, a team's only as good as the backup quarterback, because if the backup quarterback can't come in and do the things he needs to be able to do, a team is going to be in trouble.'
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