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NFL Week 16 Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by RecoveringJournalist, Dec 17, 2014.

  1. RecoveringJournalist

    RecoveringJournalist Well-Known Member


    But enough about his weekly press conferences. :D
     
  2. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    There's a lesson here. Remember when Lynch was released by Buffalo? In football more than other sports we have guys all the time who are declared busts or finished, only to achieve success at their next stop or coach. Even with QBs (Warner, Cunningham, Smith). If I were the Jets or one of the other teams with big holes at QB, I would absolutely buy low on Cutler.
     
  3. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    The problem is that Cutler's next stop will be his third, not second. A trend has been established.
     
  4. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    All Time Left-For-Dead players in no certain order....

    Fill in or add as needed.

    Offense
    1. Lynch
    2. Bettis
    3. Unitas
    4. Dawson
    5. Welker
    6. Plunkett
    7. Trent Green
    8. Langer
    9. Warner
    10. Kuechenburg

    Defense
    1. Harrison
    2. Haley
    3. Willie Brown
    4.
    5.
    6.
    7.
    8.
    9.
    10.
     
  5. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    Haley's a good example, not sure Welker qualifies.
     
  6. RecoveringJournalist

    RecoveringJournalist Well-Known Member


    He's also worked with some great QB coaches. It's hard to imagine any coach being able to "fix" him.
     
  7. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member


    The Chargers cut Welker when he was a rookie.
     
  8. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Unitas may be No. 1 there, followed closely by another Colts QB: Earl Morrall.
     
  9. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    When it's that early, I think that's a different category. Lynch, Haley, Warner, Smith all got full chances to succeed, some actually did, and then were cut.

    Also, hard to say this is Cutler's 3rd chance. Denver was not a failure, they traded him and got a lot of value for him.
     
  10. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    A surprising number of players in the Hall of Fame played for two or more teams and were either traded or cut by their original team to go onto success with another. I'm not counting the 1920s guys, because they bounced from team to team in search of paychecks that didn't bounce, but the three teamers include Night Train Lane and Bobby Layne, whom the Bears let go after his first two seasons. Also, Hall of Famer Paul Brown traded away no fewer than three guys who subsequently became Hall of Famers, Doug Atkins, Henry Jordan and Willie Davis. I suspect all these apparently bat-brained personnel decisions stemmed from the 33 man rosters of that era.
     
  11. RecoveringJournalist

    RecoveringJournalist Well-Known Member

    Most guys play for two teams

    Montana
    Lott
    Rice
    Manning
    Faulk
    Tomlinson
     
  12. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Agreed on Cutler. I'm not sure Bettis belongs on that list, either. He wasn't cut. The Rams traded him and a third-round pick to the Steelers for a second-rounder that season (1996) and a fourth rounder in 1997. He had a bad '95 season, but he wasn't left for dead.
     
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