18 NFL legends and the players who replaced them

Tom Brady will be followed by another starter in New England. Who were some of the players who followed other NFL legends?

Terry Bradshaw

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This is tricky as the Terry Bradshaw era in Pittsburgh came to a screeching halt. The four-time Super Bowl champ started all nine games in the strike-shorted 1982 season. After undergoing off-season elbow surgery, Bradshaw was idle for the first 14 games of the 1983 NFL season. Then on Dec. 10, 1983, against the New York Jets, he felt a pop in his elbow while throwing his final pass, a 10-yard touchdown to Calvin Sweeney in the second quarter of the Steelers’ 34–7 win. Bradshaw later left the game and never played again. Cliff Stoudt was the starter in 1983 as Bradshaw recuperated. In 1984’s opener, both David Woodley and Mark Malone played. Woodley made seven starts that season with Malone making the other nine.

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