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JoeMad
John Elway and Eli Manning did not start...
other notables, Alex Smith, Carson Palmer, Michael Vick, Vinny Testeverde... did not start the 1st game of the rookie season....
might be others......
There are many others.
Last decade or so, less examples...but then they may be swinging back. Wentz isn't starting (and they kept Bradford SO Wentz wouldn't start, it isn't the other way around). Lynch might not start immediately. Goff might not start immediately.
This is after a couple of experiments where teams in the league tried to adapt the offense to spread qbs, and the upshot was, those qbs didn't develop (RG3, Kaepernick).
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