After last night, isn't "What if the 2006 Dolphins had pursued Brees instead of stupidly going after Daunte Culpepper?" undeniably the best football "What If?" of this decade? If Miami gets Brees, the Saints don't win Super Bowl XLIV; Nick Saban doesn't flee Miami as quickly as he did, or at the very least, doesn't go to Alabama (now we're swinging this year's NCAA title as well); the AFC would have the four best QBs (Brees, Rivers, Brady and Manning); Miami's future is obviously altered; and the Saints are almost definitely playing in San Antonio right now. Good golly. -Bill Simmons
I think this is an excellent point. Taking it one step further, if the Saints don't have Brees going into the 2006 Draft, wouldn't they likely have taken Vince Young over Reggie Bush? Can you imagine how different both teams would be right now?
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I remember reading this, and I'd have to agree with him.
How about an all-time "What-If"?
The Minnesota/Dallas Hershell Walker trade would have to be up there...Without that trade Dallas never ends up with their Hall of Fame nucleus, their trio of Super Bowls, and the perhaps altered the career "outcomes" of a handful of present and future hall of famers.
What if some other team drafted Tom Brady other than the Patriots?
What if the Pistons had drafted Carmelo/Wade/Bosh instead of Darko?
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