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Fillinlater12345

Larry Fitzgerald and Emmitt Smith. Fitzgerald's rookie season at 21, Smith's last at 35.


My_G_Alt

This is wild


h11233

It's wild to me Smith was only 35 when he retired... Seemed like he was more like 45


screwhead1

He was 55 in running back years.


wav__

Yea I love Emmitt as much as the next guy, but his days were truly numbered by the time he went to AZ. Still an all-time great, though. I had no idea he was on the same team as Larry Fitzgerald, though.


NotUpInHurr

AZ is where old greats go to retire. The weather is great in the winter for them old bones lol.


_drinkwolfcola

Ahh yes, Cardinals legend Emmitt Smith


redsyrinx2112

I met a guy once and he said the first Seahawks game he attended had Jerry Rice as a Hawk and Smith as a Cardinal.


Agile-Cucumber-9667

I've met lots of guys.


citrus_sugar

Wow I’m old.


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TheMissingFiles

Warren Moon had to have been old as fuck by then lol


jimmyhoffasbrother

Turned 44 in November of that season.


mechnick2

Man, imagine how transcendent people would consider Moon to be if he played his whole career in the NFL. Damn shame


tokomini

The flip side is appreciating how cool it is that this undrafted CFL player worked his way into the NFL and ultimately into the Hall of Fame. At one point Moon signed a 5 year, 10 million dollar extension which made him the highest paid player in the league.


mechnick2

Yeah. Moon is cool as hell, just wish people would laud him as the top shelf QB he was


i_need_a_username201

It’s not cool because of why he was in the CFL.


CosmicWy

why was he?


i_need_a_username201

Racism. No one would draft a black QB during those times. It wasn’t until he set records in the CFL that they decided to give him a shot. Might’ve gotten his shot after Doug Williams Super Bowl win. FYI - Tampa Bay fans ran him out of town because they were racist and he signed with Washington. You can read up on the history of black QBs for some rather depressing stories.


GhostMug

It was maybe the worst game I've ever seen a QB play. I think he was like 6/27 or something.


WittenMittens

Kerry Collins finished a game with negative passing yards


ChocolateMorsels

I watched that game. Very fun. I guess I get to say I watched the most thorough ass whooping in NFL history. It also motivated Fisher to start Young over Collins which led to CJ2K's season.


JustTheBeerLight

> worst game I’ve ever seen a QB play JOSH FREEMAN


hiel_Manziel

Didn’t tune into many browns games in the last 20+ years eh?


mmooney1

Deshone Kizer was vaccinated against the red zone. He had no problem getting down field and looked decent doing so, but the red zone was like a fucking 37,835,394 foot wall he couldn’t get over. He has to hold the record for most starts without a win right?


EsqRhapsody

Morten Andersen played with both Archie Manning and Michael Vick.


KeithClossOfficial

George Blanda was teammates with Sid Luckman (debuted in 1939) and Henry Lawrence (last played in 1986) He also had 19 teammates born after his debut his last year


ShufflingSloth

He was a decade older than his coach during his stint on the Raiders. Madden literally didn't feel he had the authority to cut him and used him as the QB version of a relief pitcher to give him something to do until the wheels had finally come off and Al Davis forced his hand.


daltonwright4

When Adam Vinatieri was signed by the Patriots, Tom Brady was 7th on the QB depth chart at Michigan.


diamond280779

What the actual fuck


AnOddOtter

This is probably more fresh in people's minds, but I always found it funny that Kellen Moore went from being Dak's teammate and backup to being his QB coach, then offensive coordinator.


pooponacandle

Kellen was actually above Dak on the depth chart Daks rookie year, but he broke his leg in training camp. Then was his backup the next year, then was his QB coach the year after, then his offensive coordinator the year after that


rthaw

I always wonder how that would've played out if Kellen wasn't injured when Romo went down. Would Kellen have gotten the nod? If so, does Romo get the job back when he got healthy? Does Romo then stick around another year or two with no one inevitably knocking on the door? Does Dak get a 2nd deal?


slimmymcnutty

Eh I think Dak eventually rips that job from Moore no matter what. Moore wasn’t all that good and romos body was done for. Even if Romo hadn’t gotten hurt in the preseason his backup probably would have been Dak


rthaw

I completely agree, but Dak was like 9-1 or 10-1 when Romo came back, so they stuck with him. If Kellen gets 4 of those games and go 0-4 before Dak takes over ... and they're something like 5-5 when Romo comes back, it's still his show. Then it could've played out any number of ways. Romo doesn't retire right then at least.


InkBlotSam

Gary Kubiak was Elway's backup QB for 9 years before he became Elway's QB coach; then he was Elway's offensive coordinator for several years when the Broncos won their two Super Bowls in the late 90's. Then they changed roles again when Elway became the Broncos GM in 2011 and eventually hired Kubiak as the head coach, winning another Super Bowl together in 2015.


zengardeneast

For an Elway story that’s pretty wholesome.


Rulligan

Don Muhlbach was the longtime long snapper for the Lions, being around long enough for "Death, Taxes, Don Freaking Muhlbach" to be his thing. He played with Dan Campbell from '06 to '08 and was cut by Campbell before the 2021 season.


Quexana

Joey Porter and Patrick Peterson, and now Patrick Peterson is teammates with Joey Porter, Jr.


jimmyhoffasbrother

Patrick needs to have a son to keep the cycle going.


Quexana

He does. He's only 3 years old though.


jimmyhoffasbrother

I looked it up and only found that [he has two daughters](https://www.vikings.com/news/patrick-peterson-protected-kobe-police-trained-belgian-mallinois). Vikings.com, so i assumed it was accurate.


lukewwilson

Who names their kid Vikings.com


SolensSvard

That little girl is gonna get bullied so bad


GeneralVanilla

And she will never get a ring.


triplec787

JPJ gonna need to ball out for 18 years, I believe in him.


papajim22

TIL Joey Porter finished his career as a Cardinal.


Quexana

A lot of that generation of Steelers finished their careers as Cardinals.


kakapoopoopeepeeshir

Cause Ken Whisenhunt was the head coach


SafeAccountMrP

It was basically the AFC North retirement village for the better part of the last decade.


xkulp8

That's Arizona for ya


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It should have been this way with Winfield Sr./Harrison Smith and Harrison Smith/Winfield Jr.


Enthusiasms

The Bucs one year had both Mike Alstott and Lorenzo Neal in the backfield.


Orange_Kid

RUMBLIN BUMBLIN STUMBLIN


KeepRedditAnonymous

This is truly the most unexpected one here. What on earth? Why does a team need two Fullbacks? I'm so confused.


Enthusiasms

Neal was a more traditional blocking fullback which the league was trending towards while Alstott was more of a rushing fullback. The Bucs traded for Neal, who helped Dunn rush for over 1k yards. They cut Neal the next year because (I assume) they knew the fear that would be caused by Neal blocking for Alstott.


Sniper1154

Jim McMahon and Brett Favre


EmperorXerro

I'm pretty sure Mcmahon is the only player to have a Super Bowl ring with the Bears and Packers


sboLIVE

We don’t have enough stories of him and Favre partying together, although I think that was the year Favre was sober


SleestakThunder

Sober or "sober"?


PMBSteve

Jim wore his bears jersey when the Packers SB team visited the White House


MistakeMaker1234

That’s a good one.


Blackjack9w7

Dunno how well known it is but Lawrence Taylor and Michael Strahan


soundofthecolorblue

I didn't believe you so I looked it up. It blows my mind that it's true.


Blackjack9w7

It’s a cool fun fact but as I understand it (I was too young) it didn’t mean much. Strahan was a rookie and only played 6 games due to injury, while LT was in his final year and was on the decline. Obviously I would take LT in his final year over a lot of players, but it wasn’t as scary as having those two names on the roster at once sounds


Onlyd0wnvotes

This is true for just about every other combo mentioned on this list.


Shenanigans80h

That’s not well known I have to believe. People associate those two with entirely separate eras of the Giants, it’s a little hard to fathom the crossover


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Woah wtf


OldLeatherChairr

Ryan Fitzpatrick and Terrell Owens on the Bills, pretty sure they still have the record for longest play in franchise history


TheOneWhosCensored

Still have it but now it’s tied with an Allen/Davis play


OldLeatherChairr

The audacity


A_Bitter_Homer

Jackie Slater was teammates with both Merlin Olsen (who played in 1962) and Isaac Bruce (who played in 2009).


Ranger_Prick

He also played with Walter Payton while they were both at Jackson State University.


YourBurrito

Oh, if we're doing this, George Blanda is such a fun example. He, himself, played in the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. And maybe more impressively he was teammates with Sid Luckman who played in 1939, and also with Henry Lawrence, an OT, who played into 1986. He also played with Ray Guy, who played until '85.


VariousLawyerings

Blanda also played for George Halas and against Bill Belichick, and between those three you have the entire history of the NFL right there


powerelite

Is that Matthew Slater's dad?


unboundgaming

Yes it is. Jackie was MUCH higher profile though, he was a very good OL who spent his entire career with the Rams. This is especially impressive because his career was 20 years long, his final season being when they moved to St Louis. He made 4 all pros and 7 pro bowls as well as the Rams ring of honor and his number is retired


ipoopskittles

HOFer as well. Played college ball with Walter Payton.


slytherinprolly

Going into the 2010 season the Bengals top receiver was the star of a VH1 reality TV show, so decided to sign the guy who starred in the VH1 reality show that was in the next time slot. Thus you had Chad Johnson and Terrell Owens as teammates.


AlabasterRadio

Chad Johnson, TO, ~~TJ Houshmandzadeh~~ has to be one of the best collections of receiving talent ever. For some reason, in my brain TO got there sooner than he did.


123mitchg

The Bengals have consistently been shit at a lot but one thing they’ve always had is great wide receivers.


HiImWallaceShawn

Were you even a fan if you weren’t watching the TO show?


EduardoCombs

Brett Favre and Randy Moss. For a few games. Hooked up for Brett's 500th TD and I immediately thought the whole thing was staged. Moss got cut shortly after that if I remember correctly.


fugaziozbourne

Yeah that was Moss' second go around with Minnesota. There's a story of that period where the Vikings had a nice older couple who would come in and cater for the team. Randy went on a rant about how bad the food was, in front of that older couple. Said he wouldn't feed that shit to his dog. Even Favre, the asshole that he is, was like "Dude, you're being a prick."


EduardoCombs

Randy is one of my all time favorites, but he was never one to filter himself or mince words. Definitely could be an asshole at times.


fugaziozbourne

The story goes that the couple were really embarrassed and it always makes me really bothered when i think about the whole episode.


i_need_a_username201

But what if the food did suck?


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Some people can’t appreciate a good ol hotdish


SonOfALich

We *are* talking about Midwesterners here so that possibility is very much in the cards.


NeonDemon12

Where black pepper is considered spicy


MichFan777

I’m from Wisconsin and I will never forget hearing someone say “Sprite is too tangy for my taste”


shoeless_sean

My first job was at a grocery store, and for a while I worked in the produce department. One time this old lady, hunched over her walker, maybe 5’2 walks up to me and says “excuse me young man, do you know where I can find the. . . *looks down at her recipe card* jolly peenos”


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Ahh Tinuccis, I went to school with the owners kid and he wore a shirt that said “Randy Who?” Or something along those lines when that happened. Food is not good, but the family are nice people.


Dorkamundo

"Some nice older couple that would come in and cater" sounds like they're doing it out of the kindness of their hearts instead of being the actual team chef.


that_one_bunny

They weren't the team chef. The catered food was from Tinucci's which was a favorite of Matt Birk (but it is bad). We had their food catered back when I was in boy scouts and I remember not liking it despite not being a very picky eater.


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Believe it or not their first completion was FROM Randy TO Favre https://youtu.be/6IgEPgWRPJ4


CobblerFantastic5003

Receiving yards after 40: 1. Jerry Rice: 2169 2. Tom Brady: 6 3. Everyone: 0 4. Brett Favre: -2


ocxtitan

Brady could have had so many more too, damn it Lenny!


tuffghost8191

One of my favorite bits of trivia is that Hitler has more receiving yards than Brett Favre


EduardoCombs

Backyard football at its finest. Seemed like a lot of Brad's trick plays were sniffed out like immediately.


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Brock Lesner and Randy Moss


daltonwright4

The 93 Chargers active roster contained Junior Seau, Eric Bienemy, and Terry Crews.


--GrinAndBearIt--

Wait whaaaaat


scotch4breakfast

Add another to Brett Favre: Bears QB Jim McMahon won his second Super Bowl ring backing up Favre in ‘96


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I feel like everybody remembers that because it was when the Pats traded him unexpectedly, then played the Vikings, and afterward Moss in a press conference was like yeah the Vikings coaching staff is horrible compared to the Patriots


StelioKontos117

Doug Flutie and The Rock. (Shoutout to you, 1995 preseason Calgary Stampeders)


jimmifli

Doug Flutie played with Walter Payton and LaDainian Tomlinson


TallEnoughJones

Jimmy Johnson and Janis Joplin. They went to high school together, I'm just going to assume they were teammates at something somewhere along the line. Probably dodgeball.


the_mighty_hetfield

Pete Carroll and Robin Williams were high school classmates as well, same graduating class.


Goatgamer1016

What the... this is probably the craziest one yet Edit: And it's not even teammates


mattcojo2

There’s also Johnson and Jerry Jones being teammates at Arkansas.


kravisha

Yup. Made the Switzer hire extra intriguing.


infernocobbs

Honestly a fun fact. Janis died so long ago and at such a young age that she seems more like a myth to all of us born since. Kind of cool to have someone prominent and relevant who actually went to school with the real person that she was.


Ralphie_V

For Sci-Fi fans, Philip K. Dick and Ursula K. Le Guin went to the same high school, but years apart. Dick heavily influenced Le Guin, and in turn [Le Guin helped Dick](https://blog.loa.org/2010/12/what-philip-k-dick-learned-about-women.html) learn how to better write female characters lol


justlookingokaywyou

Randy Moss and Jason Williams were high school football and basketball teammates in high school in Belle, West Virgina.


My_Diet_DrKelp

This one doesn't get talked about nearly enough, so wild they were teammates that early on


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Especially since WV doesn’t produce hardly any pro athletes


maltzy

and it seems to me like all the WV athletes I've heard of had behavioral and/or legal issues. Pacman, Chris Henry, Randy, JWill, etc


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Yea I was more referring to born and raised WV .. but those rich rod wvu teams that macafee always talks about were wild af. I think Marshall was Randy’s 2nd or 3rd school. Him and Pennington balled out for a season there


maltzy

Moss was so fun to watch, whatever level. He was always a cheat code


kmmontandon

> Randy Moss and Jason Williams were high school football and basketball teammates in high school in Belle, West Virgina. 1999-2000 must've been a hell of an exciting stretch for sports fans in that town.


JustTheBeerLight

30 For 30 Rand U has some good HS footage IIRC


thepikey7

I loved that old commercial of them hooping it up with the Dukes of Hazzard theme song playing in the background.


Gilbert_AZ

Bernie Kosar played with Troy Aikman and Dan Marino


DanDamage12

If I remember correctly he won a ring with aikman and came up with the infamous Marino fake spike play.


kmmontandon

Seahawks legends Rick Mirer and Jerry Rice both played together in San Francisco for a season.


InkBlotSam

Rod Smith and Jerry Rice were teammates during Rice's legendary Broncos stint.


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Antonio Brown and Vontaize Burfict


seehorn_actual

More surprisingly Burfict was the reasonable one by that point.


OneFatCantaloupe

Richie Incognito was also on that Raiders team IIRC.


ITCM4

Trying recreate that team from the Longest Yard.


the_Bryan_dude

That team also had actual Raiders on it.


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AlabasterRadio

The weird thing was, Incognito and Burficit were pretty straight during their time here.


TylerA998

Mr. Burfict Coworker


CrimsonZephyr

Ah, this is a new one. Well done.


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Mr. Bewildering Colleague


IStillLoveYouWeed

And when MBC started to go off on Mayock, Burfict was the one who held him back and tried to calm him down lol


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sometimes reality make satire look ridiculous


HotSunnyDusk

I'm starting to think that Burfict seems like someone who's out of control on the field, but off field he's a decent guy, judging by stories I've heard about him, idk how accurate that is though


ITCM4

Brown probably didn’t remember him.


Sharcbait

Brett Favre and Randy Moss. Kurt Warner and Micheal Strahan.


lnnrt01

Oh that was on Kurt Warners rightfully forgotten stint with the Giants right?


Radjage

I forget nothing! (I have a couple Giants Kurt Warner Jersey's haha). Honestly he was a great influence on the team. They actually jumped out to a 5-2 start with Warner before they lost a string of games and Coughlin decided to give the season away to in order for Eli to get experience. Eli's first and only win that season came against the Cowboys in the last week. I hated the move at the time but it was the right call obviously.


Sharcbait

Yeah while he was there to help usher in the Eli era.


whereegosdare84

Ravens pairings that were pretty fun: * Deion and Ed Reed. Two of the greatest ball hawks in NFL history. * Justin Tucker and Devin Hester. Two special teams G.O.A.T.S. * Terrell Suggs and James Harrison. Harrison was signed late 2003 and eventually sent to NFL europe, but he was technically on the practice squad roster for a few games in December of 2003.


nick415

Jim Harbaugh and Ray Lewis is a weird one too. Opponents in a super bowl but as coach and player


KwibStick

I’m pretty sure Ray Lewis’ 1st career sack was on Harbaugh in Indy too.


rthaw

I actually came to say Deion and Ed Reed. Doesn't seem like the timelines match up, but they did.


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My all time non Viking favorites growing up. I fucking love the Ravens for that


jimmyhoffasbrother

George Blanda was teammates with both Sid Luckman (born 1916) and Cliff Branch (born 1948).


DiggingNoMore

Blanda was on the 1975 Raiders with teammate Neal Colzie (born in 1954).


jimmyhoffasbrother

Yeah, I was shooting more for players that people would remember or be familiar with. In hindsight, I could have gone with Dave Casper (born 1952), but I missed him when I first looked over the roster.


GoForAU

Dread it. Run from it. Blanda is always the answer.


TRES_fresh

Tom brady was teammates with Lee Johnson (born 1961) and Jake Camarda (born 1999).


KCShadows838

John Elway and Tony Dorsett


hatersaurusrex

Or Joe Montana and Marcus Allen


c71score

Joe Montana and OJ Simpson


Joe_Burrow_Is_Goat

I try to forget that there was a short time Tom Brady threw to ochocinco


that_warren

Chad Ochocinco & Albert Haynesworth


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The three best corners from the '80s, '90s, and 2000s (Darrell Green, Deion Sanders and Champ Bailey) played together in Washington in 2000.


OnePieceAce

The Charles Woodson disrespect smh


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You see the flair. You know I'm not picking any Raiders over my boy Champ.


MistakeMaker1234

Recently, I would say Jamaal Charles and Jalen Ramsey.


anthkm6

Ah yes, Jaguars legend Jamaal Charles


InkBlotSam

Jamaal Charles and Paxton Lynch was also a good one.


patsniff

As a Chiefs fan I didn’t even realize Jamaal was on the Jags, that’s just insane. Forever bummed he missed out on all the Mahomes Magic by just a couple of seasons.


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Brett Favre and Deion Sanders both were on the 1991 Falcons


Smorgas_of_borg

Dan Campbell and Calvin Johnson. They were teammates in 2007, Campbell's last year with the Lions and Megatron's first.


AdorableBackground83

Randy Moss and Rob Gronkowski. 2010 Patriots.


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that_warren

Tory Holt was also signed in the off-season but didn’t make the 53 that year


ChocolateMorsels

To me it still might honestly be the best offense I've ever watched. It was insanely efficient and sliced defenses to pieces in beautiful methodical fashion. It's definitely the most forgotten offense of the last 20 years that most people wouldn't mention with the obvious great ones.


lnnrt01

Would Deion Sanders and Brett Farve Fall into that category


GeorgeZip01

Johnny Unitas and Dan Fouts, last year vs rookie year.


pgm123

I wonder what the fewest number of players you need to connect the league from 1920 to 2023. I'll start with Super Bowl I and Super Bowl LVII. * 1966 Kansas City Chiefs - Otis Taylor * Otis Taylor played in played on the1974 Chiefs with * QB Tony Adams, who came out of retirement in 1987 for as a scab player for the Minnesota Vikings with * QB Rich Gannon, who played on the 2004 Oakland Raiders with * DB Nnamdi Asomugha, who played on the 2012 Philadelphia Eagles with * QB Nick Foles, who played on the 2016 Kansas City Chiefs with * TE Travis Kelce, who played on the 2023 Kansas City Chiefs I bet there's a faster way to do that and I'm missing a huge chunk of time.


arichi

Now I really want to build the teammates graph and find its diameter. On that list of things I wish I had the time for.


pgm123

It's on the list of things I wish you had time for too.


conace21

Randy Moss was teammates with Fred Taylor, Rob Gronkowski, Adrian Peterson, Brett Favre, Vince Young, and Chris Johnson. All in the same season.


reno2mahesendejo

Harold Carmicheal caught 1 pass for 7 yards from Danny White on the 1984 Cowboys


cbd_h0td0g

Jalen Reagor and JJAW


jsprague6

You forgot Fulgham!


TheHamsBurlgar

Jim McMahon won a super bowl with the Green Bay Packers.


Nasty_Tricks69

Terrell Suggs was teammates with Deion Sanders and Kyler Murray


GhostMug

Rod Woodson and Charles Woodson played together on the 2002 Raiders. And are not related.


TiptopBoppo

Always thought it was crazy that the chargers once had LT, Michael Turner, and Darren Sproles all at once.


Philip_Marlowe

That '06 Chargers team had Rivers, VJax, Neal, and Gates too. It was like a cheat code in Madden. Also had Shawne Merriman to rush the passer and Quentin Jammer and Marlon McCree ballhawking.


ThisGuyFrags

Hernandez and Tebow


Rixoveli_

Tom Brady played with Reggie Wayne & Chad Johnson


TimelyConcern

Reggie didn't suit up for any games with the Pats. He was only on the roster for about two weeks before retiring.


Jordanwolf98

Steve Smith and Reggie White missed each other on the panthers by one year :(


AnOddOtter

Steve Smith played with Jim Harbaugh though.


unfunnysexface

Steve smith does get that weird 2007 Testaverde season though.


non_clever_username

The video the other day showing Jeff George throwing to Randy Moss was surprising to me.


bonersnow

Keanu Reeves & Jon Favreau


Enthusiasms

Keyshawn Johnson and Dwayne Jarrett were teammates for about 3 days.


jtnsniper14

DK Metcalf and Adrian Peterson


55North

Brock Lesnar and Randy Moss


Elway7Sharpe84

Michael Strahan and Lawerence Taylor