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Did you know that just under 2,000 (1,991) penalty flags were thrown and accepted over the course of the 2014 regular season. Do you know how many penalty flags were picked up and waved off by officials?

No stats can be found but even if one a game happened that would be 0.129 percent, not declined by an opposing team, but picked up by officials.

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ROOTS
How do you find an NFL quarterback? How do you go about getting a Super Bowl quarterback?

Tom Brady: Sixth round, 2000 draft, Michigan
He has played only for the New England Patriots
Played in five Super Bowls, won three

Aaron Rodgers: First round, 2005 draft, California
He has played only for the Green Bay Packers
Played in one Super Bowl, and won.

Peyton Manning: First round, 1998 draft, Tennessee
He played for the Indianapolis Colts 1998-2011, Denver Broncos 2012-2014
Played in three Super Bowls, winning one.

Russell Wilson: Third round, 2012, Wisconsin
He has played only for the Seattle Seahawks
Played in one Super Bowl, and won.

Joe Flacco: First round, 2008, Delaware
He has played only for the Baltimore Ravens
Played in one Super Bowl, and won.

Tony Romo: Undrafted, signed in 2003, Eastern Illinois
He has played only for the Dallas Cowboys
Has never appeared in a Super Bowl

Andrew Luck: First round, 2012, Stanford
He has played only for the Indianapolis Colts
Has never appeared in a Super Bowl

Cam Newton: First round, 2011, Auburn
He has played only for the Carolina Panthers
Has never appeared in a Super Bowl

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Of the seven Super Bowl victories among the quarterbacks still alive this post-season, four of them were won by quarterbacks that were not first round draft picks.

Peyton Manning along with Craig Morton (Dallas & Denver) are the only two quarterbacks in NFL history to start for different teams. Both lost, the second team for both was Denver.

No quarterback from Auburn University has ever started a Super Bowl

Of the 48 Super Bowls played, 26 have been won by quarterbacks taken in the first round.

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St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke is building a football stadium in Inglewood, California. It seems the tea has been thrown overboard, so you have to wonder what a 2015 season in St. Louis is going to look like for the Rams… Not pretty.

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Deluxe Recycling:

Former San Francisco General Manager Scott McCloughan has been named to the same post for the Washington Redskins.

Former New York Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum, fired after the 2012 season, will take over football operations for the Miami Dolphins.

The Chicago Bears will interview Mike Shanahan after they name a new GM. Shanahan , who has interviewed with the Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills, and San Francisco 49ers, went 3-13 in 2013 as the Redskins HC.

Former Chicago Bears HC Marc Trestman is interviewing to be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator. Trestman has worked with ten different NFL teams as a coordinator/quarterbacks coach.

Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Todd Bowles is making the circuit, he has coached for seven different NFL teams.