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NFL players that could have been great? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Ampddaynnight@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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What player in the NFL, past or present, would you have wanted to see succeed so badly but due to injuries, off the field issues, or whatever happened just derailed their career? For me it was unfortunate to see players like Josh Gordon or Justin Blackmon have their careers end or never getting back on track because of off-field issues.

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[–] AdaptiveVariance@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Koren Robinson in the 2000s was a high draft pick by the Seahawks who appeared to have all the physical ability, but never made much of an impact. He kept getting drunk driving arrests, maybe domestic violence iirc, bs like that, and washed out of the league pretty fast - except that in that one year when all the receivers were injured (2008? 2009?) they brought him back. Maybe Billy McMullen or Keary Colbert were injured too at the time, idk. I’m gonna look up some of those guys, that was a strange time in Seahawk history. Jim Mora Jr. seemed like kind of an idiot lol.