Rewriting history can be a tricky bit of busine s, but as Quentin Tarantino has , it makes for a good bit fun. It's an imperfect procedure, but the imperfections should be embraced, not maligned. Alternative history isn't as real as, say, , but it can be as satisfying as one. With that in mind, it might be fun to rewrite the 2012 now that we know the fate of , the No. 1 overall pick after only 86 career regular-season games. On Tuesday, Will Brinson took if the had kept instead of taking Luck at the top of the 2012 draft. Today, we're going to take a look at how the top of the 2012 draft would've changed if the teams picking in the top 10 knew what we know today: that Luck would retire before the 2019 season, that would emerge as one of the best quarterbacks in football, and so on. We're going to redraft the top-10 picks of the 2012 NFL Draft by using all of the information available to us -- the information teams didn't have available to them seven years ago. The most notable bit of information being, of course, Luck's early retirement. A reminder that the top of the 2012 draft did not go well for the teams involved: The top five picks of the 2012 NFL Todd Frazier Jersey Draft took a serious twist. Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) The rules are simple. For simplicity's sake, we're going to keep the draft order the same, including all of the trades that were made at the top of the draft. The order that the teams picked in originally in 2012 will remain the same in our redraft. In remaking the picks for the 10 teams at the top of the draft, we're allowed to use all of the information we know today. Even though Luck's fate likely would've changed if he hadn't landed with the Colts -- a suming his new team would've actually tried to protect him -- we're a suming in this draft that Luck will only play in 86 career games. Again, this is an imperfect and an imprecise way of rewriting history. It's more of a thought exercise. It's also an answer to the following question: If, in 2012, teams knew what we knew today -- if they knew how Luck's career would turn out -- how high would they draft him? 1. Indianapolis Colts Original pick: Andrew Luck New pick: Ru sell Wilson This will likely be the only uncontroversial selection. With the , Wilson has become one of the league's best quarterbacks, he's been to two Super Bowls, he's won one championship, and he's still getting better. Since entering the league as a third-round pick, he's yet to mi s a single start and with him as their starter, the Seahawks have mi sed the playoffs only once. , he ranks eighth in pa sing yards, Marcus Stroman Jersey seventh in touchdown pa ses, second in wins, second in game-winning drives, second in fourth-quarter comebacks, and sixth in pa ser rating (minimum: 16 starts). This shouldn't be interpreted as a slight against Luck, but Wilson pretty much fulfilled the destiny that Luck was supposed to fulfill coming out of Stanford as a generational quarterback prospect. With the benefit of hindsight, the Colts probably would've still moved on from Manning, but instead of moving forward with Luck, they would've done so with Wilson. 2. New York Mets Custom Jersey Original pick: New pick: Andrew Luck Even if the Redskins knew they'd only get Luck for 86 games, they still probably would've taken him at No. 2. Think of it this way: The Redskins would've had Luck for five seasons on his rookie deal, which would've allowed them to attempt to build a -caliber roster around their cheap, awesome quarterback. They would've been trying to follow the model the just used to reach the Super Bowl -- except instead of having on his rookie deal, they would've had Andrew Luck on his rookie deal. It hasn't been perfect, but with , , and , the Redskins would have also provided Luck with a much stronger offensive line than he ever had -- at least until the 2018 season -- in Indianapolis.Really, this goes to show two things: How valuable the quarterback position is and how great Luck was during his short career. A team like the Redskins -- most teams, really -- would've welcomed the chance to build a Super Bowl contender in 86 games with Luck. They would've gone all in during Luck's rookie deal and then dumped him soon after. Luck would've given the Redskins a five-year Super Bowl window. Most teams don't get five-season Super Bowl windows. 3. Original pick: New pick: Cousins certainly isn't the most beloved quarterback. He's definitely flawed. As of right now, he's probably overpaid. But he plays the most important position in sports and he's pretty darn good Jeurys Familia Jersey at it. Back in 2012, when the Browns drafted in the first round after starting and Seneca Wallace during the 2011 season, the Browns would've leaped at the chance to get Cousins, who for all his faults has completed 67.8% of his pa ses, and has averaged 4,368.5 yards, 27.8 touchdowns, and 11.5 interceptions while accumulating a 98.1 pa ser rating since he became a full-time starter in 2015. The thinking here is similar to the Redskins' thinking with Luck. The Browns would've had five years of Cousins on his rookie deal and in those five seasons, they could've tried to follow the Rams model of building a Super Bowl-caliber roster around their cheap, but good quarterback. After five years, the Browns could've ditched Cousins, because a lot of his value is lost when his cap hit nears $30 million. The only concern is that Cousins spent the first three seasons of his career split between the bench and the field before he performed like a good starting quarterback. During his first three years, he threw interceptions at an alarming rate -- on 4.7% of his pa ses, to be exact. But it's worth noting that Cousins only totaled nine starts during those three seasons, so there's reason to believe if the Browns started him for 16 games in Year 1, he could've worked his way through his interception i sues before Year 2. Just to reiterate, nobody is saying Cousins is a better football player than the likes of Bobby Wagner, Luke Kuechly, Stephon Gilmore, Fletcher Cox, and the other players who filled out the top 10. But the quarterback position is so much more important than every other position that simply having a good, not great quarterback on his rookie deal outweighs the value of having a great linebacker, cornerback or defensive tackle. That's the argument. 4. Original pick: New pick: Vikings general manager Rick Spielman which made a tempting pick, but Bobby Wagner is simply too David Wright Jersey good to pa s up. In 2012, the Vikings' starting middle linebacker was . Wagner would've been a substantial upgrade. Wagner gets the nod over because than Kuechly since they both entered the league, but you could flip this pick with the next one and nobody would really complain. 5. Original pick: New pick: Luke Kuechly Yes, the Jaguars