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Tua Tagovailoa Will Wear No. 1 on His Dolphins Jersey, and It's the Best Number in Football

The greatest passer to ever wear No. 1 consistently in the NFL chose the uniform for its symbolism. Fourteen years after Warren Moon retired, he told a reporter that, sure, there was an appeal because it was different and no other quarterback was wearing it at the time. But there was also the idea that it was something teammates could “look at on my back. Every time they looked at me as a leader on our football team, they saw the number 1.”

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The second greatest passer to ever wear No.