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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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[–] RRaVeNN-@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most don't know this but when they had Colts camp in Terre Haute Sanders wasn't allowed to play with the team much. He'd be on his own field practicing separately with a coach and maybe a couple other players. He said he couldn't mentally not blast someone to next year if playing full speed. Like he couldn't overcome all out game day tackles to practice day tackles so Dungy kept him like a caged tiger lol

[–] AbrahamDrincoln@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same for him in college at Iowa. As a true freshman he was injuring too many teammates, so they stopped allowing him to practice in any contact drills. He did individual work for most of his career.