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Conor Orr

How Nebraska’s Heinrich Haarberg Actually Became the Next Taysom Hill

Taysom Hill, soon to be 36, has been Taysom Hill long enough that there is now a cottage industry built on becoming the next Taysom Hill, whenever the NFL manages to finally get rid of him. 

Don’t mistake this with the common trope of labeling current NFL quarterbacks with the ability to list more than “throwing a football” on their cover letters (but without a role as a starting quarterback) as Taysom Hill. Poor Justin Fields, for example, said he was willing to be Taysom Hill in Pittsburgh, was reportedly less willing to be Taysom Hill with the Jets, and, having signed with the Chiefs, is—you’re never going to believe this—projected to be the next Taysom Hill.

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