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Why? Has everything to do with today's players compared to those 20 or more years ago. With #1 Qb's making on average 6-7 times as much money as their back ups, and in light of the star system which has taken over team sports in which superstars are sought out and identified as early as freshman yr of high school, the biggest concern any NFL coach has regarding his team is ego. If you bench your starter you may pull a win out of the fire but you introduce a whole hornet's nest, ie the great QB controversy, that can and most often does turn a locker room into mine field. As a consequence teams more often opt for the 3 yrs and your out scenario these days preferring to coddle their talent and keep competition to a minimum. Sadly it's brought us an inferior product in many ways with too many players chasing the record books and glory over championships. They all talk about wanting a ring but when you look at their actions up close you notice all to often that most modern players prefer to be starters on middle of the road teams to a diminished role on a champion.