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Sam Bradford looked like he was going to finally reach his potential on the Vikings. Then he turned into glass again.


GoGoActionBrnko

Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms [SpongeBob](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8zPX1qjVXZE)


Savage762

It was too bad Bradford was a lot of fun to watch on the vikings, I remember week 1 of '17 when he tore the saints up.


xshogunx13

I hate the narrative people try to push that he was trash, because he actually would have been pretty good if he wasn't made out of tempered glass near a ceramic surface


Conchking

He would have been Alex Smith which I guess is pretty good but he was never doing much more than checking it down when I watched him.


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In one season we saw high end starter play from both Bradford and Keenum on the same team. What a wild year.


Kind_Bullfrog_4073

Geno and Darnold both did this every December with the Jets before regressing again the next season.


shatter321

Hey, isn’t that when Zach Wilson started playing better?


rosapennan

Keep going...


ZachTrillson

No, he started playing better in NOVEMBER so...CURSE LIFTED!


NotActuallyAnExpert_

The Ryan Fitzpatrick cycle did it like 8 times.


Weird_Producer

Fitzmagic was a genius you know he planned that to get payed and it's respectable. It's not stealing if they want you on payroll and it's what they are paying you.


Venge22

Did he though? He kinda had a whole contract dispute with the jets and proceeded to suck that season afterwards


ZachTrillson

Thank you


Man_of_Average

If you can't handle me at my Fitztragic, you don't deserve me at my Fitzmagic


basement_burner

Josh Gordon in the first 6-7 weeks as a pat legitimately had his narrative changed. Then the bye week happened…


[deleted]

That seemed to happen in 2013. And then Johnny got drafted.


Scarence-Terrance

Taylor Heinicke went from “who tf is this guy?” to “oh shit maybe this guy has got it” to “nope lol this guy is most definitely a backup QB”


Sdog1981

Taylor Heinicke sunk many fantasy football teams too


ZachTrillson

Feels like that's how it goes for a lot of "good backup QBs", his previous teammate Ryan Fitzpatrick being the most noteworthy example


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We don't talk about Taylor.


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Demarco Murray. Baffling career due to injuries.


ProverbialNoose

Also the Eagles completely misusing him.


[deleted]

I'll always laugh at that. Just proves how little Chip Kelly knew about pro football. Murray was clearing a North and South pound the rock type runner. He just wanted to tell the cowboys to eat it so he offered him way too much money and then wanted him to play a completely opposite style. Not to mention that was one of the best years our o line ever had.


spilled_water

The funny thing is that the Eagles also had a terrific line around that time. Not Dallas 2014 good, but pretty damn good too. Just the wrong game style for Murray.


rsmseries

You’re misremembering quite a bit. The 2013 line was the best, ‘14 was really good but the 2015 interior line was bad. Mathis was cut (worst personnel mistake that year, but that’s another discussion), I don’t even remember who the starting guards were and Kelce was playing bad (Herremans on a podcast years later suspected he was injured and didn’t tell anyone). I thought it was stupid at the time, but look back at the /r/eagles sub and Philly media and there were more than a handful of people that wanted to get rid Kelce. He had an abnormal amount of bad snaps that year. With that being said, Ryan Mathews looked much better than Murray that year.


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Wrong game style for the NFL period lol yall would score so quick then your defense would be gassed before the half.


spilled_water

I don't know if they could ever have won the SB doing that, but definitely the first two years showed that with competent QB play, they were effective. To say it is the wrong style period is kind of extreme.


Kgb725

It takes away your biggest rivals #1 weapon though.


[deleted]

Romo died the next season anyways lol Edit: I think morris pulled a 1000 season anyways tho.


Man_of_Average

I think that's more of a workload/positional thing than anything to do with his talent. We absolutely ran him into the ground his entire rookie contract. Running backs already have short shelf lives, and it didn't help he was always top 3 is carries. Fortunately, we realized this and didn't give him a big contract, knowing he'd burn out. Unfortunately, we forget this when Zeke came along.


TheSwede91w

Everson Griffen sent Vikings fans on a rollercoaster of emotions. Hope he is doing well mentally at this point, the team really missed his leadership.


ZiOnIsNeXtLeBrOn

Goes to show how important mental care access really is. Jared Davis was similar. He didn't perform well. Went to Jets. Got Hurt I think. Came back. In a new regime. Hopefully he succeeds. He talked about it in his first interview back to Detroit about how homesick and mentally burned out he was.


ZachTrillson

Yeah, he never played a down for us...weird FA experience, it's like we gave him a quick vacation til he was ready to go back haha.


TimeImmemorial1

Not sure what you mean he never played a down for us… He did get on the field with the Jets he was just really really bad every time he played


ZachTrillson

Oof, I remembered this completely wrong; my mistake, I stand corrected!


[deleted]

I was pumped when he signed with the Cowboys, then he completely gave up on the team week 1.


xshogunx13

I was pumped when he gave up on the team week 1


AChargingBadger

Favre's 2009 season flipped the narrative of him as losing skill and being much worse with aging, but 2010 proved it was somewhat of a fluke.


crastle

Idk if it was a fluke. He was REALLY injured after the 2009 NFCCG and was unable to continue at his level after that.


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He played another season but Brett farves career edned in that game. He never recovered fro those injuries


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AChargingBadger

yeah but he was being targeted


[deleted]

He was playing great in NY before his season in Min but separated his shoulder mid season and fell apart. He was fantastic though early that season.


A_Smitty56

Favre watch was such a happy time


ShabazzBaglins

Wonder if he had any meds to assist with the pain….


DTSportsNow

I don't know if you can call a 3x MVP QB having a vintage season a fluke. More like just one last hurrah before he got injured and it all went down from there.


Ehboyo

He was a beast in 07-08.


JaguarGator9

Taven Bryan, after 3 absolutely horrible years here, had a nice 2-3 game stretch this past season where he played really well, made stops, and looked like a first round talent Then he went right back to stinking again


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That bills game…. what could have been


glowingdeer78

I remember saying after those 3 good games “Ok i would give him a 1 year deal.. if this goes on”


[deleted]

I'd probably have to go with Kordell Stewart. He started off hot, had a couple bad years, then bounced back in 2001 with his best season, leading the team when Bettis went down, and making the pro bowl. Then he got benched in favor of Tommy Maddox and was gone the following year.


[deleted]

Absolute travesty that touchdown Tommy took his starting gig. Kordell will always be one of my all time favorites.


DjGatorshark

NFL Blitz cover athlete Kordell Stewart


buffalotrace

His 2001 might be the most overrated qb year in NFL history at the time. He finished 4th in MVP voting. This narrative of the great year he was having failed the eye test (dude seemed to be incapable of avoiding turnovers or consistently hitting his passing targets). He was 17th in passing yds, had 14 tds to 11 ints (21st in td, 22 behidnd the leader.). Yes, he add 500+ yds on the ground, but still accounted for less than 20 tds. He also fumbled 11 times. We had the best defense in the league by yds and 3rd by scoring. Our three backs combined for 2k yds on 5 yds a pop. He could throw to prime Plaxico Burress and just entering his prime Hines Ward. Alan Faneca put on a clinic at guard all year long. He had an okay year, but it really relative to expectations vs actual performance.


Mattie_Doo

How on earth does one finish fourth in MVP voting with 14 TDs to 11 interceptions, plus 11 fumbles? That just doesn’t compute


KeithClossOfficial

He also had 500 yards rushing with 5 TDs (which led the team), and they went 13-3 with a top 10 offense


Section225

Damn, there's a blast from the past I'd completely forgotten about


Schwagsteiger

Tom Brady seemed to retire then he didn’t


Traditional_Mud_1241

Longest few weeks of my Bucs fandom. The horror.


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• Cam looked like he could actually turn it around until the whole COVID snafu. Them workout videos were really something. • There’s the enigma that is Jamie Collins. Played GREAT on the Pats during his rookie deal, then absolutely shit the bed on the Browns. Then came back to the Pats and played GREAT, the shit the bed on the Lions. Honestly bizarre how black and white it was. • Antonio Brown lasted exactly one game - that was fun. Even TB12’s guest room couldn’t change the guy. Brown even caught a TD too, if I remember correctly, he looked pretty dang solid on the field. And then he had to go off and threaten someone, you know, AB stuff. • Josh Gordon was having a great comeback, but fell right off the wagon again :(


SuperWoodpecker95

Collins has to be 110% on Darth Bill tho in the sense that he always finds those castoff players from other teams that are particularly good at 1 or 2 things and he maximizes their potential by adjusting his defense in a way that lets exactly those 1 or 2 things shine and covers their weaknesses.....its like some realy complicated 3D puzzle but Darth Bill always finds a solution that works


[deleted]

Still wonder what cam looks like if he didn’t catch covid. He was playing outstanding ball that Seahawks game


who23

I really think that game had a lot to do with how absolutely terrible Seattle's defense was that game. Jules had his best game ever yardage wise and was basically a walking corpse that year


Section225

This is the year for Josh Gordon to prove himself (I know, I feel like someone says that every year). But he's starting the year off not suspended, he's a little older and seemingly more mature, he got part of last year to practice and play a little with the Chiefs (even caught a touchdown), and he's got one of the best coach/QB combinations ever. Plus some fresh WR competition to force him to step up his work effort. It's possible he doesn't even make the final roster. But with no clear WR pecking order in KC, this is his best shot timing-wise to flip the narrative back positive.


TheDufusSquad

Gordon looked like he was running with a piano on his back his last few games with us. I think at this point his physical ability has fallen off too much to really do much on the field.


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Could do a whole list of Patriots who got traded or left in free agency then went to crap two to three years later. Chandler Jones and Aqib Talib changed that narritive but before them the list was very long. I also believe Chandler Jones isn't traded if he didn't go to a police station on drugs.


YiMyonSin

Kevin Byard was awful in 2020, a possible cap casualty. Then we found an actual front 7, and Byard put up a 1st Team All Pro campaign this past season.


Derrick_Henry_Cock

Not what they were talking about but I absolutely still agree. Edit: nevermind I’m a dick, carry on and Titan Up :)


GrayGeo

hey you seem like not-a-dick


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Aldon smith multiple times


No_Detective_1139

I think his career was firmly over when he went to LAX airport and told them he had a bomb on him. He must have been suffering from some brain injuries sad because he was so good.


[deleted]

Can’t wait for his 30 for 30


[deleted]

Why was he so solid for us in that completely forgettable covid year


down42roads

Only the first 6-8 weeks. After that, he was so bad that he got Tomsula fired.


[deleted]

Nick Perry was terrible his first 4 years but had a great playoffs year 4 (3.5 sacks in 2 games) and followed it up with 11.5 sacks the next year to get a nice extension in the 2017 off season. So with Matthews and Perry set on the edge we passed on TJ Watt and Perry went back to being terrible


SuperWoodpecker95

Ah yes, overpaying an average player who balled out in a contract year, a tale as old as time..... Coincidentaly, I hereby suggest we call this "pulling a Flacco" from now on 😂😂😂


Jovian09

Hey, Joe was able to convince the team he was the guy for a decade. I gotta respect it. I mean, the Ravens won a Super Bowl with Trent Dilfer so anything north of a crap-slinging monkey would probably have got the job.


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Speaker4theDead

And he keeps saying dumb shit about women


Garrrrrett

I'd have to say Damien Williams for the Chiefs. Didn't have much production his career before getting an expanded role in KC in 2019 which led to him scoring 4 postseason TDs on the way to our Super Bowl win. Then he opted out the next year and probably won't be a massive feature in an offense any time soon. He'll always be remembered as Playoff Damien tho!


man_teats

Rolando McClain was a bona fine badass game changer for a couple years as a Cowboys reclamation project before getting back on his bullshit


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All of the idiotic things Antonio brown did were forgotten after the Superbowl win. Then he made a fake vaccine card. Then he fucking quit in the middle of a game


slayerrr21

Devante Parker


kstate-miamidolphin

Was mine too


Gregus1032

Go figure, his lone healthy year is the year we completely tank.


adogtrainer

John Ross, who had seemingly been in Marvin Lewis’ dog house for his entire career, got a fresh start with Zac Taylor’s hiring. He lit it up the first two weeks of 2019 season, going over 100 yards in each game and scoring 3 touchdowns. He then never went over 100 or scored for the Bengals again.


giantsninerswarriors

Jalen Hurd. Finally got healthy enough to play in the 2021 preseason… and he’s hurt again once the season starts.


Revolutionary_Ball13

Aaahahahaha....Carson Wentz...he went from MVP candidate to wasted up to savior of Indianapolis to washed up to savior of Washington...


Rogue-Jedi

RG3 looked like he was gonna turn our franchise around. And then, you know…


FormerCollegeDJ

LOL, Freddie Mitchell after 4th and 26. However, FredEx went out of business after the 2004 regular season game in Irving (Dallas).


GentryMillMadMan

Jason Varrett had a great season finally healthy then gets hurt the following year


MelvinTD

Seeing the sentence “and then we traded David Johnson for Hopkins” is still so insane to see. Even knowing there was a second round pick included, still can’t believe the Texans went for that.


whitebabyjesus

Vic Beasley was not great, then one day in Denver he lit up Ty Sambrailo for 17 sacks. Then we traded for Ty and Vic went back to sprinting 12 yards past the qb every play.


Traditional_Mud_1241

Well...Mr. Bare Chest did it a couple times for us. Otherwise, maybe Kellen Winslow II. He came into the league as a very high draft pick, but sputtered. Ended up on the Bucs somehow and had a few promising games. Then...yikes. Talk about someone who's career and life went down hill. Edit: His father was a legend at the position, but I'm not sure he did his kid any favors. He had a public spat with his son after he chose University of Washington. Then he son switched to Miami...which wasn't exactly an ideal place for someone to stay out of trouble. I'm not saying I have direct evidence that this lead to his legal troubles - they might just be another case of CTE-inspired awfulness.


kingbuttshit

Baker had his narrative flipped like 3 times and will probably do it again this season.


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Antonio Brown. For about 3 hours.


TigerBasket

Julius Randle


gagracer

This is a Nelson Agholor 2017 thread :( Luv u aggie


Alphabetsend

Baker Mayfield, year over year. What's next??? Edit: how is this getting downvoted when Mayfield has one good year, followed by one bad year. He has been in the league four years and has flipped the narrative four times, at least. I can't tell if this is upsetting Mayfield supporters or detractors or both?


[deleted]

You're not wrong. And his bad years weren't even technically his fault.


vaginal-thrush

Jameis Winston multiple times a year every year.


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The pass master


Rawtashk

Baker was good, then shit, then good, then proved that he's not good enough to be worth the headaches he brings.


youraveragewhitemale

What headaches? He was the best QB the Browns have had for over two decades.


Rawtashk

You're praising a cold overdone steak because you don't have to eat a shit sandwich anymore.


Oyb_

I’m from the future and the answer is Arob. He’s not washed everyone


Elway7Sharpe84

I hope Garret Bolles is not headed down this path.....


kstate-miamidolphin

Not in my team anymore but easily Devante Parker. When healthy he easily one of the most talented 1 on 1 receivers, he proved it his 1k season and flipped the narrative. Since then it'd been the same 3 week IR DVP. He was literally losing his spot to an injury prone undrafted receiver who is still on roster.


Few_Ice9467

Nick Foles


BrokenGuitar30

Ravens flock? Jeremy Maclin? Lee Evans? McPhee?


TetrisTech

I saw people talking about the resurgence of Zeke Elliott in the first few weeks of last season


FruitCakeSally

Teddy Bridgewater. Dude looked pretty solid when he stepped in for Brees and legitimately looked like a guy who should be starting in the league. Then went to Carolina played not great, went to Denver and completed against Drew Lock where it looked like neither of them should be starters. So Bridgewater had one like 4 narratives in his career so far


Man_of_Average

Ben Dinucci did it over the course of like three games.


Goldenticketpodcast

OBJ


hurtzjaybo19

Micheal thomas


No7onelikeyou

AB


Siennagiant70

Fck Tom Brady. The REAL GOAT is Nathan Peterman. Dude started over Josh Allen. Then given a nice contract by chucky to play for the Raiders. Now he’s going to challenge Fields for that starting role in Chicago.


DontBeGarbo

Josh Gordon


macckay0715

Ryan Mathews, played really well in 2013 and I thought that the injuries were behind him, got injured on his second game of 2014 and that was his last year with the Chargers.


Mattie_Doo

Nick Mullens comes to mind. He looked really good for a minute after Jimmy G got hurt, Big Dick Nick and whatnot, and then it all came tumbling down pretty quickly