Out of all the players Jerry Rice had a decent ending to his career at least he helped the Raiders reach the AFC title game twice and got the Raiders to the Super Bowl
@@ii-kingfancy-ll3915 Cause he has rookie wideouts (Who weren't necessarily the Julio, Calvin, JJ of their class) playing significant minutes, its normal growing pains
Because you didn't mention it in the video, I'll mention it in the comments. The last play of Brett Favre's career was a sack to the Chicago Bears. And when he got up, he asked the trainer "What are the Bears doing here?"
You can't fault Aikman. He was basically running the team since JJ left and had all those concussions. Anyone would fold under that. I would hardly call him going out in embarrassing fashion.
Bill Simmons used to have the saying "Troy Aikman Concussion Face". With today's protocols, I wonder how much he would have actually played his last two seasons.
I would put Franco Harris' stint with the Seahawks in 1984 on this list. He was a shell of what he was & his stats proved it. Plus I believe he was only playing in order to attempt to break the all time rushing record.
@snwrist3 Emmitt Smith was halfway an effective runner when he was in Arizona. Franco Harris didn't even have a quarter of the yardage that Emmitt Smith had if you compare their stints in Arizona and Seattle.
Hard to blame him, Steelers O-line was garbage and still is. Saddest thing about it was moreso just watching him go from gunslinger to pocket passer after his arm was cooked imo.
Franco Harris played his last season with Seattle. In 1983, Franco posted his eighth and final 1,000 yard rushing season and needed only 362 yards to pass Jim Brown's career record (although Walter Payton wasn't far behind). Franco wanted a pay raise in 1984 but the Steelers refused citing his declining performance. Franco held out but the Rooney family don't play that game and released him. Franco would sign with Seattle and play very sparingly for one final season where he only picked up 170 yards, 192 short of Brown. Since Walter Payton passed Franco that season in career rushing yards and broke Jim Brown's record a couple of weeks later, Franco retired as 3rd all time in rushing yards.
You missed the most important Brett Favre stat. His final play at the Packers, the Jets and the Vikings was an interception. That's a feat no one will ever top.
Correction: Johnny Unitas did not spend the 1955 season on the Steelers practice squad. He played semi pro football for a team called the Bloomfield Rams for six dollars a game. He was a total free agent. When the Baltimore Colts invited him into camp in 1956. He became the very first superstar in the history of the national football league.
Well, not the very first (that would be Bronco Nagurski or Sammy Baugh, with Otto Graham wrapping it up in his first season), but how the Steelers could pet Unitas go, I'll never understand.
@@wvu05 No. John Unitas was the first superstar. Sammy Baugh, Bronko Nagurski, even Otto Graham were not superstars. Although all of them were great players. Because when they played the national football league, it was a minor league. Compared to baseball and college football. There is no such thing as a superstar in a minor league. December 28, 1958 changed all that. The NFL championship game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts. The first football game ever to go into overtime. Watched by a national audience. Johnny Unitas was the quarterback of the winning team. On that day, he became a superstar. And he followed it up by winning the championship in 1959.
@@shackdaddy7106 "There is no such thing as a superstar in a minor league." Well, in America, cycling and tennis are minor league sports, but I think it's safe to say that Lance Asteriskstrong was and Serena Williams is a superstar. Agree wholeheartedly that pro football arrived as a major sport in 1958. I'm not saying that Johnny Unitas was anything other than a total legend, just that others helped pave the path.
@@wvu05 The only major sports in the United States in the first half of the 20th century were baseball, boxing, horse racing, and college football. In regards of national fan interest and attendance. Pro football was actually looked down upon by some. Believe it or not something like professional wrestling. Football was seen as an amateur sport. And the definition of a superstar changed once television came into the picture. No pun intended. And you used poor examples will you mention Serena Williams and Lance because they became famous well after the advent of television. Cycling and tennis are not the most exciting sports on radio. And you are absolutely correct when you say that others paved the way for Johnny Unitas. But Unitas was the first to get the national attention that is commonplace today. Television is what made the difference for pro football, and it took about 10 years after television became a big thing.
I always believed and still believe that Jerry Jones unintentionally brought the Cowboys down in the late 1990s and early 2000s because he failed to hire a strong head coach to straighten the Cowboys back up after Barry Switzer turned the Cowboys into the NFL’s version of Animal House and the Dirty Dozen minus one plus he would have had to stay out of that coach’s way. I remember Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Archie Manning, Craig Morton, Ken Stabler, Earl Campbell, Bob Hayes, OJ. Simpson, and Conrad Dobler having had their careers end on less than happy terms due to age, injuries, and trying to play in the NFL longer than they should. And these players ended up with different teams at the end of their careers.
10 NBA Hall of Famers that went out in embarrassing fashion: 1. Micheal Jordan 2. Allen Iverson 3. Shaq 4. Hakeem Olajuwon 5. Patrick Ewing 6. Tracy McGrady 7. Russell Westbrook 8. Bob Cousy 9. Paul Pierce 10. Elgin Baylor
So being a fan of the NFL for most of my life I’ve always thought “why?” Why would any NFL athlete want to possibly drag out their career for 1 maybe 2 or 3 more seasons with a different team? Unfortunately, typically when this happens it’s pretty much all down hill! I’ve always thought that if most of these players would’ve stayed with the team that made them famous they could possibly go out at least looking like they’re on top! Opposed to finishing your career in a different jersey & in a city where the fan base was so excited to see you come & hopefully turn things around for they’re team! But unfortunately the exact opposite winds up happening… instead of recharging & reenergizing their career they wind up flopping around like a fish out of water! Oh! And I hate to even mention this but y’all forgot a big 1, Emmitt Smith!!! Just seeing him in the Cardinal’s red jersey was enough to make me physically sick!!!
Funny they had 2 of the 3 triplets and forgot the one who literally tarnished their legacy by leaving Dallas to break the all-time rushing record and did it in unremarkable fashion for a losing Cardinals team.
Aikman didn't have a "spectacular" career, he had a mediocre career on a team absolutely loaded on all sides of the ball with hoffers and all stars. Stats wise he was never more than middle of the pack, at best. He is the very definition of the oft-derided term, "game manager." During an era where teams were pass-happy he had over 20 tds once--once--, never threw for 4k yards, had a lot of INTs, only threw for over 3k yards 4 times, and road Emmit SMith's coattails for years. He wasn't bad, just very, very average. Talk about being in the right place at the right time.
If it wasn't for the cast and coach around him, Troy Aikman should go down as one of the most overrated quarterbacks in history. 165 to 141 pass to interception ratio? Brady makes him look like an equipment boy that should be carrying Brady's gym bag. Hoping to get some tips from the master.
Jim Kelly and Kent Hall who should be in the Hall of Fame losing to the second year Jacksonville Jaguars Steve Tasker losing to the Packers getting kicked out of that game then you had Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed in their last game as a as Buffalo Bills same thing with Bruce Smith but Bruce Smith has the all-time sack leader in the NFL
So having 1,000 yards receiving is a meh season? Rice had a good run in Oakland just age caught up to him and Moss became uninterested being a Raider that last year there.
Can't take the time to re-record the Dan Marino segment? Marino held over 40 NFL catches? Actually, other than that, not a bad video for once. I can't really complain about the list.
Where's Jackie Smith? He was going to retire after playing his entire career in Phoenix. Dallas talked him into playing one more season and he dropped a point blank pass in the end zone. He will forever be remembered for one play. Ouch
TPS you guys need to learn to pronounce the names of these players. Also, there are numerous times that you have given wrong stats and facts about various players and teams. Do better.
Weird to talk about how the Raiders are a place where HoF careers go to die when Rice and Rod Woodson had great years there in their mid to late 30s. Even Warren Sapp had a couple decent seasons.
Roger Staubach comes to mind, I was a kid at the time, but I remember some of his great games, but his last game and last pass was embarrassing, last game, a playoff loss to the Rams, who were a team in decline and only made the playoffs due to a weak division, his last pass was a completion to an offensive guard, not an eligible receiver, put Dallas back, and out of any luck for a comeback
Issac Bruce 21 catches in 10 games in final year. Steve Hutchinson to name an offensive lineman. Simeon Rice had a horrible injury plagued end. Fred Taylor like Peyton Manning was fortunate to get a ring despite horrible numbers. Thurman Thomas ended with a whopping 136 yards in nine games.
One of my favorites was Emmitt Smith. I loved the Dallas Cowboys. He is the NFLs all time leading rusher. When he went to the cardinals,he really stunk up the place. He got a nice paycheck, but his running days were long gone.
It's a bit inaccurate to say that Namath dueled with Johnny Unitas in Super Bowl III. Yes, Johnny U got in, but Earl Morrall was the starter in that game. Don Shula wanted to give Morrall one drive in the second half to see if he could write the ship. By the time Unitas got in, it was late in the third quarter.
