NFL

Darrent Williams R.I.P

This will be a wild answer based on everyone else’s in here, but Johnny Manziel with no addictions and a good coach that didn’t hate him for being a lazy shithead would’ve had a great career. When he got drafted he was considered small but in the last decade a lot of teams have moved to smaller QBs with mobility. He’d be a pro bowl player in this years NFL if he actually focused on playing

Percy Harvin?

Aldon Smith might have been the best speed rusher in the NFL at like 24 and pissed it all away.

Bob Saunders

Jason Verrett had all the talent in the world at Corner, a shame he couldn’t stay healthy

Aaron Hernandez

I would have loved to see what a healthy Marcus Lattimore looked like in the NFL

David pollack

Tarik Cohen. He was electric on the field with the Bears, but then he tore his ACL/MCL and fractured his tibia. Then after all that, on Instagram live he popped his Achilles. He was signed to the Panthers practice squad this year and they just put him on injured reserve. I really hope he makes it back. Loved watching him play.

Jason Verrett

How good could Josh Gordon have been if he didn't have substance abuse issues? I know the league was super overzealous with weed suspensions, but he legitimately had major issues. If he had received proper treatment and kicked that stuff, who knows how good he could've been.

Martavis Bryant is making a comeback but he always felt like another Josh Gordon to me. Could’ve been awesome but unfortunately couldn’t stay in the league.

Two examples that hit closer to home for me are Aaron Williams and Tre White of the Bills. Tre was a top corner his first few years and has had a stretch of brutal injuries. He looked a little slow last year but was coming back in to shape this year only to get hurt again. Aaron was one of my favorite guys on the defense during the drought, but had a couple of neck injuries and ultimately left on sad terms.

My biggest NFL what-if is Michael Vick. What if he'd benefited from Andy Reid's coaching and some much better off-field support from the moment he was drafted? He could've developed as a pocket passer at the start of his career and avoided the bad crowd and stupid decisions that ruined his potential. I think under those circumstances, he could've been an MVP, maybe more than once, and made the Hall.

Josh Gordon

Eric Berry

Charles Rogers is a big one

Travis Frederick was up in the Jason Kelce category and a HOF trajectory before his diagnosis

Ryan Shazier

Josh Gordon

I still firmly believe that Aldon Smith would’ve been one of the best defensive players of all time if he just stayed out of trouble

If Jags had given Blackmon the support he needed, he would have been a generational talent. Knucklehead organization in a knucklehead NFL era though.

Johnny Manziel.

Percy Harvin

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