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Sitting in front of you are two girls.

One was salacious and good-looking. She might have been beautiful once, but age and gravity have come into play and she is showing signs of wear and tear.

Your friends think she's hot, so she's forever date-able, but you could never see yourself marrying her.

The other girl had astounding features: pale blue eyes, bordering on grey, flowing strands of blonde hair, highlighted in all the right spots, long, toned legs leading to a perfect bottom...only problem is she's wearing overalls with paint on them.

Rough around the edges would leave hyperbole chuckling at understatement, yet, there's just something special about this one. With a change of style and a little bit of time, this one could be the keeper. 

For the San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Cleveland Browns this is the situation they are looking at.

Each team has a quarterback in place; Shaun Hill for the 49ers, Byron Leftiwch for the Bucs, and Derek Anderson for the Browns. Each of these quarterbacks is tested on the NFL battlegrounds, and each one has shown the ability to manage games for wins.

What they haven't shown is the ability to win in the playoffs; Ravens rookie QB Joe Flacco has twice as many playoff wins in one year than all three of these QBs combined.

While these three quarterbacks might have been beautiful once, in their current states, they're simply future ex-girlfriends.

Standing behind these three dilapidated beauties are the paint-stained runners-up, brimming with promise.

Brady Quinn, Josh Freeman, and Alex Smith are all former first-round draft picks loaded with talent. Statuesque as they may be, they are still a few shadows short of a perfect silhouette.

Brady Quinn has upper-body strength rivaling some linebackers, but his touch and ability to read NFL defenses is still lacking.

At 6'5", 250-pounds, Josh Freeman is built like a larger Peyton Manning with a cannon arm to boot. But his accuracy in the intermediate range that wide receivers frequent so often is severely lacking.

Last and quite possibly least is one Alex Smith. Entering his fifth year in the league after being drafted first overall, Alex Smith has shown little to no signs of improvement. To his defense, non-existent wide receivers, constant coaching changes, and an unstable offense haven't really given him much to work with.

Going with the wily veterans would most likely, if we head back to that ideal world, lead to more wins, and in the NFL winning is all that matters, right?

The answer is yes, but it's not as black and white as the answer may seem.

Winning right now leads the way to losing in the future and vice versa; losing now could lead to winning in the future, you know, in that ideal world we're living in.

So, which is the right path to choose?

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