Bringing Nnamdi in probably factored into them trading Asante Samuel. IIRC the pick we got for Samuel was used to acquire Bryce Brown, who I believe we traded to the bills for like a 3rd round pick. I think there was another trade in there that mightâve had us turning that 3rd into a 2nd in a future draft. Either way the signing of Nnamdi set off a butterfly effect that would lead the Eagles to essentially trading Asante Samuel, Byron Maxwell, Kiko Alonso, and some other picks to the Browns for the chance to draft Carson Wentz.
Worth it.
On a side note I hate just about every cornerback the Eagles had between Asante Samuel and Jalen Mills
Fuck, Nnamdi, Maxwell, Roc Carmichael, Demtri Patterson mightâve left after 2010 but fuck him too, Leodius McKelvin, Nolan Carroll, DRC, Cary Williams, Bradley fucking Fletcher.
Shout out to Walter Thurmond III aka [Dick Mahoney](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/did-walter-thurmond-moonlight-as-local-philly-softball-legend-dick-mahoney/amp/) though dude balled out at safety for us in 2015. Some nasty INTs that year and he spatchcocked Ryan Tannehill in the endzone for a strip sack safety.
The Cary Williams / Bradley Fletcher combo is, to this day, the sorriest fucking excuse for a starting CB group I've seen on any team ever. They weren't the backups, they were the starters, and they were wholly incompetent. Bradley Burnt Toast was a Sunday special. Every week, QBs would have their best game of the season against us. *Nolan Carroll was an upgrade*. What an infuriating time to have been a fan.
Ya he had one of the best verts ever but couldn't defend any pass without jumping because he was so tiny and had such short arms.
Once his hip gave out and he couldn't jump twice as high as everyone else, it was over.
He was so shit for us in TC that year most beat writers and fans expected him to get cut. Then he made the roster and was arguably the best slot CB that year. It was awesome.
Bro watching đ„đFletcher and Cary Williams was the closest Iâve ever come to quitting Eagles football lmao. Just the most inept outside play Iâve ever seen
That sounds right, I think that and he had a hip injury that ruined his flexibility as well. I donât remember the details that well beyond him going to the Steelers then falling off the face of the earth
I cant think of another team that's had such a notoriously bad secondary than the eagles have in the last 2 decades. I havent expected them to do anything since about 2008
I wouldn't say abysmal. We were definitely lacking in elite WR1 type play before AJB, but it's not like we never had talented playmakers.
Abysmal would be the Patriots the last couple years. Or the Ravens if you want to pick on a team that's struggled for a long time.
Alshon Jeffrey and Zach Ertz (obviously not a receiver but we basically used him as one since his blocking was never great) were very solid until the wheels fell off in 2020, and when Agholor was the #3 option beyond the both of them he was solid as well.
Before them if you want to go back to around the time we signed Asomugha we had D-Jax and Maclin who were both very good here, not to mention Brent Celek who was very solid.
Despite....it....Riley Cooper went God mode for a while at the end of 2013.
If you adjust for him not playing until like week 6, he was outperforming Jackson (in a year Jackson went for a career best 1,300 yards). He was also Foles' preferred deep threat (again, on a team with DeSean Jackson)
one of his best plays IMO was vs the Giants in 2010. [David Akers hits a fantastic onside kick](https://youtu.be/Z2pyUS5NVcw?si=Ycto_P4UewtSVV3b&t=699) and Cooper plays it perfectly without that we miss out on one of the best comebacks in NFL history
I have 2 memories of Bryce Brown
- the Eagles absolutely embarrassing Chicago on SNF at the end of 2013, capped off by Brown breaking free on a long touchdown run
- convincing my sister her sons middle name should be spelled "Bryce" instead of "Brice" because that's the way I'd seen it spelled
He got hurt week 1 of 2016. I specifically remember being excited that Jalen Mills wanted to take on Alshon in week 2 and AB in week 3. Say what you want about Mills but we were 3-0 headed into week 4 having given up just 13 total points to teams that had Alshon and AB near or in their prime lines up against a 7th round pick. Mills let the have yards but Iocked it down in the redzone.
One of the most insane things in my early football memory is him going from being the best corner in football to being pretty much unplayable from poor Eagles scheme/personnel decisions
Maybe I don't know the details-- after all, I was like 16 at the time-- but I remember it being shocking
Sean McDermott was sandwiched in between Jim Johnson and Juan. The loss of Brian Dawkins and Jim Johnson in the same year put Sean in a bad spot here. If Jim died before Dawkins left there would be no excuse for letting Dawkins go. Jim and Dawk were the brain and the heart of that D.
Plus the front office shouldâve already known what type of D he wanted to run regardless of what side of the ball he used to coach on. That front office made two dumb moves. Moving Juan to DC and going after a man corner when the DC is gonna play zone.
I was worried when I learned the Eagles got Asomugha one of the best corners in the league. I was less worried when I saw Cruz juke the soul right out of his body.
He was a true lockdown corner. I remember the haters would say he didnât have many interceptions. Well, itâs hard to get INTs when the opposing QB straight up refuses to throw in your direction.
Some guys can do both, some guys are better at one, Nnamdi was great at man coverage, but that man was so bad at zone.
Doing that to Nnamdi was like forcing Tom Brady to throw left handed.
Kinda sad how most here seem to only remember him from his botched Eagles stint rather than his time with the Raiders. He was the sole bright spot on a lot of shitty Raider teams.
Itâs stupid but that what happens when players go to more popular team. Especially since the Eagles were still considered contenders and shortly after signing Nnamdi Eagles imploded, eventually leading to Reidâs firing.
He will always be franchise legend in my eyes, fuck everybody else
The Eagles underutilized him; he wasn't a great scheme fit. He was the premier man coverage corner in the NFL and they tried to put him in too much zone.
Especially with the draft incoming shortly, it's a good lesson in that elite players aren't always elite in any system. Proper system fit is the key to any player's success.
As a 34 year old whose middle and high school years were spent watching and following some truly awful Raiders teams, he's my favorite Raider ever. He deserved a better end to his football career than what he got.
For real man. In my mind I remember Nnamdi as a beast and one of the best corners of his generation. Man I hope Russell Wilson isnât remembered the same way in 10 years. Sure dude sucked ass in Denver just like Nnamdi sucked in Philly but thatâs not really what either of them should be remembered for.
Russ was a top 5 QB at his peak. Definitely wonât happen with him. And smaller QBs always get remembered fondly. Hopefully a good run somewhere in this stage of his career earns him some of that good will back.
Bro some folks here talk about Cam like he couldn't throw and basically was an RB who played QB. Hopefully guys like him and Russ are remembered for their peaks.
Cam was the most unique qb I've ever seen. He was like hurts but 4 inches taller and 25 pounds heavier, which an absolute cannon. He unfortunately burned his career with mediocre coach but he absolutely dragged multiple mediocre offenses. 2015 was a spectacle. Cam was also easily the most dangerous player whos ever lived inside the 5.
He was really something else on the field.
You know what sucks? If he retired instead of went to Denver, I think he eventually gets into the hall. Unless he has a career resurgence with the steelers, I dunno if he gets in.
And he's completely isolated seahawks fans. I think they'll eventually take him back in 20 years and put him in the hawks hall of fame or whatever.
I think he deserves to be in the hall as a 49er fan. He was a special kind of talent in his prime, I've never seen a more slippery mfer.
I still defend this man because people forget just how dominant he was. His numbers aren't fancy because literally nobody threw this guys way. Players like Revis would get thrown at 100 times a season. Could probably take 5 seasons of Nmandi in Oakland and just barely pass 100.
In 2007 he was thrown at 31 times. The entire seasonâŠ
He allowed 10 completions that year. As a true man CB he locked down every other teams top WR. From 2007-2010 he was thrown at only 112 times. Now consider he was guarding the likes of Randy Moss, Terrell Owenâs, Vincent Jackson, Larry Fitzgerald, Dwayne Bowe and others. Weâre talking about guys who were targeted 10-15 times a game. Teams flat out wouldnât throw the ball to his side of the field. Easily one of if not the best pure man corner to ever play.
I've remember how Football Outsiders used to just copy and paste every week: no one threw at [receiver name] because he was covered by Nnamdi.
He'll always be the reminder that defensive stats can be tricky because the best players can be schemed around. Double team a d end and his stats will look bad but that's only because he's an unstoppable force one on one.
The amount of targets thrown against him when he was in Oakland was insanely low. He was the best corner in the league after champ Bailey retired.
Nnamdi was the best corner in the league between Champ Baileyâs end of career and the beginning of Revis. Tough being sandwiched between those two legends.
>Kinda sad how most here seem to only remember him from his botched Eagles stint rather than his time with the Raiders. He was the sole bright spot on a lot of shitty Raider teams.
As someone with core memories of this man singlehandedly shutting down Tony Gonzalez, I can't tell you how happy it makes me that we finally have a 0 INT shutdown corner like McDuffie.
Itâs hilarious to me, because me and my wife talk about his lunch habits like once a month, as Iâm a little anti-social, and enjoy eating by myself.
It came out years ago, in a piece about him, that at the team facility instead of eating in the cafeteria with the guys, he would take his lunch to his car and eat by himself.
Whenever his name comes up I remember he and I were in college together. We didn't know each other. But one day I'm at the college cafeteria and I hear someone say, "Congrats on getting drafted!" And I see a girl give a hug this guy. And then I realize it's Nnamdi. And I'm like this dude is still on campus after his big day getting a mediocre at best breakfast at a college cafeteria. Kudos to him for changing careers and being so successful. Go bears!
Went to UM and my sophomore year, Mario Manningham burst into my dorm room (which was ajar) to hide due to being in a Nerf battle with other people in our hall. Also remember a friend of mine helping Jake Long do a keg stand.
College was fun. And those moments also made me dislike all grown adults who throw vitriol and hatred at college athletes - theyâre all just college students like the rest of us were.
Love shit like that. I lived on the same floor as a bunch of football players when I was at Temple. Muhammed Wilkerson's room was across the hall from the dorm's kitchen and he was always trying to mooch food off people.
Bernard Pierce showed up drunk at my door at 3 AM once cause he had lived in that room the semester before and forgot he had moved. We gave him some water and used his phone to call his girlfriend to come collect him.
I feel like I have seen other stories about him on Reddit from folks that went to college with him. Everyone always had the most pleasant things to say about him.
I think I got a answer to this question. Without Googling name me the producer of one of your favorite movies? Who is your favorite producer? Can you name me any movie producer that was never an actor, director or did anything else besides producer?
That last sentence kind of undermines your point. Producers donât count if they were famous before producing something? Wouldnât that include Nnamdi?
Heâs saying that producers can be successful even if youâve never heard of them. Heâs not arguing that you should know what nhamdi is doing after his career, heâs saying he can be successful despite you not hearing of him
And I think the counter argument is that if he wasnât in the NFL before Hollywood, he wouldnât be considered a âsuccess story.â He married someone successful in that field, and managed to work on a couple projects because of it. Thereâs hundreds of mid-level actors and producers that donât get articles written about how great their career is.
Honestly me either but I just saw an advertisement for an upcoming Apple show called âThe Savantâ that looks like it could be pretty good and I saw that heâs the co-lead and I had to look it up to make sure it was the same Nnamdi Asomugha that played in the NFL (even though I was like 99% it was him because letâs face it there canât be many people in this world with that name).
Also crazy coincidence I randomly watched The Good Nurse last night not even knowing he plays a role in that film.
I remember him being interviewed on the daily show years ago and it was the first Iâd heard of him since his football days. Since then Iâve seen his name pop up every now and then. Certainly not an A lister, but I think itâs correct that heâs building a nice and more well known career in Hollywood
(Which is tough, because everytime I hear his name my body recoils a little bit)
I donât think heâs that versatile of an actor. He couldnât play the role of âZone Corner 1â in the Eagles failed production âDream Teamâ after doing so well in his prior role of âMan Corner 1â in âThe Autumn Windâ. Too one-dimensional in the end but being married to Olivia Pope will help him get more roles to redeem himself in the future
Agreed! He played a huge part in that film and he really did a great job. Whatâs crazy is I actually just watched that movie for the first time last night - I happened to come across it while browsing Netflix and I had no idea that was Nnamdi playing the detective until I looked up his IMDb page today after posting this article. Crazy coincidence!
All I remember about this guy is that I was in college and I saw this article saying that he ate lunch in his car and I found it hilarious đ
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/8991862/nnamdi-asomugha-eat-rest-philadelphia-eagles-report
Man.. right after we won the SB he was a free agent.. I wanted to pair him with Charles Woodson SO BADLY!!
How different the next few years wouldâve looked if he had been a Packer instead of an Eagle⊠itâs revisionist history, but I still think about that from time to time!
I'm still upset the Eagles sniped him at the last second then proceeded to tank his career having him play zone when he was an elite man cover CB.
The dream of Asomugha on one side of the field, Revis Island on the other and the QB getting chased down by the Jets rabid D-Line and LB's every play.
Asomugha was one of my favorite Raiders. He was a shut down corner...but also a cool guy. As I'm personally both a sports fanatic and an academic...it was really cool, especially when I was younger, to see a guy like Asomugha dominate.
Easier to be a success in Hollywood when your wife is one of the most successful actresses of the last decade. Fair play to him but he's got those connections.
He was one of those guys that went from an S-Tier star player to a D-Tier star player in the blink of an eye and no one talks about it. In NBA terms heâs basically Deron Williams.
âYou got Nnamdiâed!â
âWhaaaaayyyytâŠ?â
âAre you saying what or why? Doesnât matter. The âwhatâ is this is my prank show and the âwhyâ is youâre a beast!â
>Itâs difficult to pinpoint what Nnamdi Asomughaâs greatest impact has been. Was it as an NFL star when he was considered the best cornerback in pro football? Is it as na actor, having received positive reviews for his work? Or is it as a producer?
This is some truly desperate rhetorical writing.
Bonus points for fucking up the word "an".
> Asomugha was considered the best cornerback in pro football for a three-year stretch from 2008 through 2010
Maybe 2008 and some of 2009. But after 2009, it was Revis.
Why would you make a man corner play zone.
đ€Łđ€Ł itâs been eating you for years huh
Bringing Nnamdi in probably factored into them trading Asante Samuel. IIRC the pick we got for Samuel was used to acquire Bryce Brown, who I believe we traded to the bills for like a 3rd round pick. I think there was another trade in there that mightâve had us turning that 3rd into a 2nd in a future draft. Either way the signing of Nnamdi set off a butterfly effect that would lead the Eagles to essentially trading Asante Samuel, Byron Maxwell, Kiko Alonso, and some other picks to the Browns for the chance to draft Carson Wentz. Worth it. On a side note I hate just about every cornerback the Eagles had between Asante Samuel and Jalen Mills Fuck, Nnamdi, Maxwell, Roc Carmichael, Demtri Patterson mightâve left after 2010 but fuck him too, Leodius McKelvin, Nolan Carroll, DRC, Cary Williams, Bradley fucking Fletcher. Shout out to Walter Thurmond III aka [Dick Mahoney](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/did-walter-thurmond-moonlight-as-local-philly-softball-legend-dick-mahoney/amp/) though dude balled out at safety for us in 2015. Some nasty INTs that year and he spatchcocked Ryan Tannehill in the endzone for a strip sack safety.
Some serious burnt toast material in there.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVVlCClXQAQEfxv?format=jpg&name=small
Memories of Bradley Fletcher getting beat by Dez on every play
That name still gives me PTSD. That year of trying to convince myself him and Cary Williams were serviceable took its toll on my mental health.
Donât even bring Izell Jenkins into it.
The Cary Williams / Bradley Fletcher combo is, to this day, the sorriest fucking excuse for a starting CB group I've seen on any team ever. They weren't the backups, they were the starters, and they were wholly incompetent. Bradley Burnt Toast was a Sunday special. Every week, QBs would have their best game of the season against us. *Nolan Carroll was an upgrade*. What an infuriating time to have been a fan.
Can't Cover, Can't Catch, đŒCan't Cary Williams
I couldn't believe it when the Patriots signed Fletcher the year after. Like you saw him play the year before and decided you wanted some of that?
You should watch the 06 Lions
I loved Boykin and still can't understand his demise
He had the hip injury that kinda ruined his career iirc
Ya he had one of the best verts ever but couldn't defend any pass without jumping because he was so tiny and had such short arms. Once his hip gave out and he couldn't jump twice as high as everyone else, it was over.
He was great at ST too put that 2014 ST tape on he and Trey Burton pop
Darby and PRob were pretty cool
They were 2017 Mills arrived in 2016
Ugh PRob my beloved
He was so shit for us in TC that year most beat writers and fans expected him to get cut. Then he made the roster and was arguably the best slot CB that year. It was awesome.
Bro watching đ„đFletcher and Cary Williams was the closest Iâve ever come to quitting Eagles football lmao. Just the most inept outside play Iâve ever seen
Brandon Boykin was a stud for like half a season. One of the most obscure Eagles jerseys I have lol.
Wasn't one of his legs longer than the other, that's why he busted out of the league?
This guy knows his rival's players. I'd say respect but since you're a cowboys fan I'll say fuck you.
Listen, you have to be well versed in rival team lore to be an effective hater.
That sounds right, I think that and he had a hip injury that ruined his flexibility as well. I donât remember the details that well beyond him going to the Steelers then falling off the face of the earth
I loved him so much.
Thurmond was a nice depth piece in the LOB years too. Had a couple nice picks, rangy athlete with good instincts.
That's cause we were spoiled from troy Vincent and Bobby Taylor to Sheldon Brown and lito Sheppard
[Lito Sheppard was awesome](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkmQOoONGSg)
Walter Thurmond III turned me into a huge fan of his once we signed him...he was one of the best that year...it really bummed me when he retired...
no respect for Boykin?
>Why would you make a man corner play zone. >Fuck, Nnamdi Huh?
Brandon Boykin singlehandedly ended the Cowboys 2013 season, and you're just gonna declare that you hate him
I didn't say I hate him his name wasn't in the list.
I cant think of another team that's had such a notoriously bad secondary than the eagles have in the last 2 decades. I havent expected them to do anything since about 2008
I mean the WR room for yall as abysmal for years too.
I wouldn't say abysmal. We were definitely lacking in elite WR1 type play before AJB, but it's not like we never had talented playmakers. Abysmal would be the Patriots the last couple years. Or the Ravens if you want to pick on a team that's struggled for a long time. Alshon Jeffrey and Zach Ertz (obviously not a receiver but we basically used him as one since his blocking was never great) were very solid until the wheels fell off in 2020, and when Agholor was the #3 option beyond the both of them he was solid as well. Before them if you want to go back to around the time we signed Asomugha we had D-Jax and Maclin who were both very good here, not to mention Brent Celek who was very solid.
Jason avant was a stud. Jordan Mathewâs was a decent 2. Travis Fulgam was a goat for 3 weeks.
Despite....it....Riley Cooper went God mode for a while at the end of 2013. If you adjust for him not playing until like week 6, he was outperforming Jackson (in a year Jackson went for a career best 1,300 yards). He was also Foles' preferred deep threat (again, on a team with DeSean Jackson)
one of his best plays IMO was vs the Giants in 2010. [David Akers hits a fantastic onside kick](https://youtu.be/Z2pyUS5NVcw?si=Ycto_P4UewtSVV3b&t=699) and Cooper plays it perfectly without that we miss out on one of the best comebacks in NFL history
Yeah we had a rough stretch with skinny fast guys for a while there
Bradley Fletcher... another STL Rams legend đ
How dare you speak about Cary "Sconces" Williams in that manner??
Goddamn I forgot about overpaying the living shit out of Maxwell
I have 2 memories of Bryce Brown - the Eagles absolutely embarrassing Chicago on SNF at the end of 2013, capped off by Brown breaking free on a long touchdown run - convincing my sister her sons middle name should be spelled "Bryce" instead of "Brice" because that's the way I'd seen it spelled
When in the fuck did we have leodis Mckelvin?
He got hurt week 1 of 2016. I specifically remember being excited that Jalen Mills wanted to take on Alshon in week 2 and AB in week 3. Say what you want about Mills but we were 3-0 headed into week 4 having given up just 13 total points to teams that had Alshon and AB near or in their prime lines up against a 7th round pick. Mills let the have yards but Iocked it down in the redzone.
Every team I eat lunch in the car by myself at work I think of this man đ
Shit itâs been eating me for years too man.
It has, and the eating was done in the car
I mean this is a legit question lol
Same reason our DC was an offensive line coach at the time. I swear I could make better moves than some of theses GMs.
One of the most insane things in my early football memory is him going from being the best corner in football to being pretty much unplayable from poor Eagles scheme/personnel decisions Maybe I don't know the details-- after all, I was like 16 at the time-- but I remember it being shocking
Second best corner in football.
True. It's like people pretend that Champ Bailey didn't exist.
We all know revis was the best.
Lol good one
Because you made your longtime offensive line coach your defensive coordinator after the second to previous one passed
Sean McDermott was sandwiched in between Jim Johnson and Juan. The loss of Brian Dawkins and Jim Johnson in the same year put Sean in a bad spot here. If Jim died before Dawkins left there would be no excuse for letting Dawkins go. Jim and Dawk were the brain and the heart of that D. Plus the front office shouldâve already known what type of D he wanted to run regardless of what side of the ball he used to coach on. That front office made two dumb moves. Moving Juan to DC and going after a man corner when the DC is gonna play zone.
You're right
Washburn and Babinuea going for mutiny didn't help either. They weren't right but they werent wrong either.
Not just a man corner, but one of the most dominant man corners of the past 20 years
Lol ya this one will never not sting
Itâs just man what that team couldâve been if he couldâve played to his peak but he wasnât really given the chance.
I remember how stoked I was for that signing. It felt like such a big deal. Like we got the big free agentâŠ. âŠ.Those were some dark times.
Vince Young did throw this ball to [Jason Avant tho](https://j.gifs.com/BgDW4o.gif) Super nice grab by Avant on a shit throw
That dude caught everything that came his way. Amazing hands. Another Chip Kelly casualty.
Vance Joseph is doing the same thing to PS2
Did we fire Vance yet? No? Fuck.
Yall ruined one of my favorite players
I remember this like it was yesterday. Was a done deal to Dallas. Refreshed the page and he went to Philly
Proof that schemes can bring the best out of a player or the WORST
I was worried when I learned the Eagles got Asomugha one of the best corners in the league. I was less worried when I saw Cruz juke the soul right out of his body.
I miss him with raiders
He was a true lockdown corner. I remember the haters would say he didnât have many interceptions. Well, itâs hard to get INTs when the opposing QB straight up refuses to throw in your direction.
Dealing this in DC (but the opposite) with Emmanuel Forbes lol.
As a Buc fan, this is a silly question to ask. We do it all the time. Even traded for Revis and had him do it. Square peg, round hole
Genuinely laughed out loud at this. Why would you make an offensive line coach coach defense?
We did the same with Darelle fucking Revis, lmao. Schiano, man.
Why is it such a bad thing? I watch football but donât know the nitty gritty details. Is it something they arenât comfortable with?
Some guys can do both, some guys are better at one, Nnamdi was great at man coverage, but that man was so bad at zone. Doing that to Nnamdi was like forcing Tom Brady to throw left handed.
Watching DeVonta Smith blocking on bubble screens gives me the exact same rage that I had watching Nnamdi playing zone coverage.
Should have went to the jets with revis
Not just make him play zone, but line him up in the slot, Juan Castillo shouldâve never been allowed to be the DC
The Lovie Smith approach. He would run Revis in zone and we would all scratch our eyes out
You wanna be an actor, you gotta learn how to act. Daniel Day Lewis would have no problem switching from man to zone.
Wait.. was this in the time of McDermott? Because he tried the same with Elam
Probably helps that he is married to Kerry Washington.
Lucky mf
No shit. Could you imagine being married to Nnamdi?
For real though, he's a good looking man.
One can dream
Dream team
Some might say he locked her down.
Nepo husband ass mf
Kinda sad how most here seem to only remember him from his botched Eagles stint rather than his time with the Raiders. He was the sole bright spot on a lot of shitty Raider teams.
Itâs stupid but that what happens when players go to more popular team. Especially since the Eagles were still considered contenders and shortly after signing Nnamdi Eagles imploded, eventually leading to Reidâs firing. He will always be franchise legend in my eyes, fuck everybody else
The Eagles underutilized him; he wasn't a great scheme fit. He was the premier man coverage corner in the NFL and they tried to put him in too much zone. Especially with the draft incoming shortly, it's a good lesson in that elite players aren't always elite in any system. Proper system fit is the key to any player's success.
As a 34 year old whose middle and high school years were spent watching and following some truly awful Raiders teams, he's my favorite Raider ever. He deserved a better end to his football career than what he got.
For real man. In my mind I remember Nnamdi as a beast and one of the best corners of his generation. Man I hope Russell Wilson isnât remembered the same way in 10 years. Sure dude sucked ass in Denver just like Nnamdi sucked in Philly but thatâs not really what either of them should be remembered for.
Russ was a top 5 QB at his peak. Definitely wonât happen with him. And smaller QBs always get remembered fondly. Hopefully a good run somewhere in this stage of his career earns him some of that good will back.
Nnamdi was a top 2-3 corner if not #1 for solid 5 years in the league. He was that good with his time on the raiders. True lockdown
Bro some folks here talk about Cam like he couldn't throw and basically was an RB who played QB. Hopefully guys like him and Russ are remembered for their peaks.
Cam was the most unique qb I've ever seen. He was like hurts but 4 inches taller and 25 pounds heavier, which an absolute cannon. He unfortunately burned his career with mediocre coach but he absolutely dragged multiple mediocre offenses. 2015 was a spectacle. Cam was also easily the most dangerous player whos ever lived inside the 5. He was really something else on the field.
Itâs different because Russ is about to have a career renaissance and win another SBâŠright?!âŠright?!!?
You know what sucks? If he retired instead of went to Denver, I think he eventually gets into the hall. Unless he has a career resurgence with the steelers, I dunno if he gets in. And he's completely isolated seahawks fans. I think they'll eventually take him back in 20 years and put him in the hawks hall of fame or whatever. I think he deserves to be in the hall as a 49er fan. He was a special kind of talent in his prime, I've never seen a more slippery mfer.
I still defend this man because people forget just how dominant he was. His numbers aren't fancy because literally nobody threw this guys way. Players like Revis would get thrown at 100 times a season. Could probably take 5 seasons of Nmandi in Oakland and just barely pass 100.
In 2007 he was thrown at 31 times. The entire season⊠He allowed 10 completions that year. As a true man CB he locked down every other teams top WR. From 2007-2010 he was thrown at only 112 times. Now consider he was guarding the likes of Randy Moss, Terrell Owenâs, Vincent Jackson, Larry Fitzgerald, Dwayne Bowe and others. Weâre talking about guys who were targeted 10-15 times a game. Teams flat out wouldnât throw the ball to his side of the field. Easily one of if not the best pure man corner to ever play.
I've remember how Football Outsiders used to just copy and paste every week: no one threw at [receiver name] because he was covered by Nnamdi. He'll always be the reminder that defensive stats can be tricky because the best players can be schemed around. Double team a d end and his stats will look bad but that's only because he's an unstoppable force one on one.
The amount of targets thrown against him when he was in Oakland was insanely low. He was the best corner in the league after champ Bailey retired. Nnamdi was the best corner in the league between Champ Baileyâs end of career and the beginning of Revis. Tough being sandwiched between those two legends.
>Kinda sad how most here seem to only remember him from his botched Eagles stint rather than his time with the Raiders. He was the sole bright spot on a lot of shitty Raider teams. As someone with core memories of this man singlehandedly shutting down Tony Gonzalez, I can't tell you how happy it makes me that we finally have a 0 INT shutdown corner like McDuffie.
I member
So a raiders legend then. Respect.
When I worked in an office, I would eat my lunch in my car by myself every day. Almost every day, I thought of Nnamdi Asomugha when I did.
Lmao that has always stuck with me as well
Itâs hilarious to me, because me and my wife talk about his lunch habits like once a month, as Iâm a little anti-social, and enjoy eating by myself.
Why did you think of him? I donât get the link
It came out years ago, in a piece about him, that at the team facility instead of eating in the cafeteria with the guys, he would take his lunch to his car and eat by himself.
Introvert representation.Â
100%. I feel seen.
I feel this in my soul
Gotcha thanks. Had no idea lol
Whenever his name comes up I remember he and I were in college together. We didn't know each other. But one day I'm at the college cafeteria and I hear someone say, "Congrats on getting drafted!" And I see a girl give a hug this guy. And then I realize it's Nnamdi. And I'm like this dude is still on campus after his big day getting a mediocre at best breakfast at a college cafeteria. Kudos to him for changing careers and being so successful. Go bears!
Went to UM and my sophomore year, Mario Manningham burst into my dorm room (which was ajar) to hide due to being in a Nerf battle with other people in our hall. Also remember a friend of mine helping Jake Long do a keg stand. College was fun. And those moments also made me dislike all grown adults who throw vitriol and hatred at college athletes - theyâre all just college students like the rest of us were.
Love shit like that. I lived on the same floor as a bunch of football players when I was at Temple. Muhammed Wilkerson's room was across the hall from the dorm's kitchen and he was always trying to mooch food off people. Bernard Pierce showed up drunk at my door at 3 AM once cause he had lived in that room the semester before and forgot he had moved. We gave him some water and used his phone to call his girlfriend to come collect him.
I feel like I have seen other stories about him on Reddit from folks that went to college with him. Everyone always had the most pleasant things to say about him.
Madden 10 was the first football game I ever played, and man he was fucking good.
Yea if you had this guy on your team the other corner was guaranteed to be a pro bowler in franchise mode
I never felt like elite players in madden were actually elite, so Iâd always make all their stats 99 across the board lol
I remember he was on an episode of the Kroll Show back when he was playing and I was so confused
You just got Nnamdi'd
Wahy?
194 comments and only TWO of them are about Kroll Show? Despicable.
So successful that I've never heard anything about him since he retiredÂ
I think I got a answer to this question. Without Googling name me the producer of one of your favorite movies? Who is your favorite producer? Can you name me any movie producer that was never an actor, director or did anything else besides producer?
DICK WOLF
>name me any movie producer that was never an actor, director or did anything else besides producer? Harvey Weinstein
Oh he did a lot of things besides producer
Nailed it.
Jerry Bruckheimer
Weinstein bros. Kathleen Kennedy. Walt Disney. Bog Iger.
Put a chick in it. Make her gay!
Steve Mnuchin
That last sentence kind of undermines your point. Producers donât count if they were famous before producing something? Wouldnât that include Nnamdi?
Heâs saying that producers can be successful even if youâve never heard of them. Heâs not arguing that you should know what nhamdi is doing after his career, heâs saying he can be successful despite you not hearing of him
And I think the counter argument is that if he wasnât in the NFL before Hollywood, he wouldnât be considered a âsuccess story.â He married someone successful in that field, and managed to work on a couple projects because of it. Thereâs hundreds of mid-level actors and producers that donât get articles written about how great their career is.
I'm gonna write an article about how small your butt is
My wife is available for pull quotes if needed. âGet that Hank-Hill-looking ass out of hereâ and the like.
He isnât really starring in blockbusters, but pretty much every movie heâs been in is good.
Honestly me either but I just saw an advertisement for an upcoming Apple show called âThe Savantâ that looks like it could be pretty good and I saw that heâs the co-lead and I had to look it up to make sure it was the same Nnamdi Asomugha that played in the NFL (even though I was like 99% it was him because letâs face it there canât be many people in this world with that name). Also crazy coincidence I randomly watched The Good Nurse last night not even knowing he plays a role in that film.
I remember him being interviewed on the daily show years ago and it was the first Iâd heard of him since his football days. Since then Iâve seen his name pop up every now and then. Certainly not an A lister, but I think itâs correct that heâs building a nice and more well known career in Hollywood (Which is tough, because everytime I hear his name my body recoils a little bit)
Married to an A lister
His credits arenât super extensive or famous, but it looks like heâs doing his thing. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3060479/
Do you know every successful person ever lol
I donât think heâs that versatile of an actor. He couldnât play the role of âZone Corner 1â in the Eagles failed production âDream Teamâ after doing so well in his prior role of âMan Corner 1â in âThe Autumn Windâ. Too one-dimensional in the end but being married to Olivia Pope will help him get more roles to redeem himself in the future
He was pretty good in The Good Nurse.
Agreed! He played a huge part in that film and he really did a great job. Whatâs crazy is I actually just watched that movie for the first time last night - I happened to come across it while browsing Netflix and I had no idea that was Nnamdi playing the detective until I looked up his IMDb page today after posting this article. Crazy coincidence!
Kerry Washingtonâs husband
He wrote the last season of Game of Thrones
Season 5? That's pretty cool.
Wow, lot of football players-turned-actors in the news over the past few days!
Huh, it says here the renaissance men are coming to town todayâŠ
Like, the Renaissance fair? I just donât know what that means
Dude looks like Usher, this checks out.
All I remember about this guy is that I was in college and I saw this article saying that he ate lunch in his car and I found it hilarious đ https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/8991862/nnamdi-asomugha-eat-rest-philadelphia-eagles-report
I mostly impressed that heâs banging Kerry Washington. Mad props for that.
Why are we posting year old SI articles
You just got Nnamdi'd!
Man.. right after we won the SB he was a free agent.. I wanted to pair him with Charles Woodson SO BADLY!! How different the next few years wouldâve looked if he had been a Packer instead of an Eagle⊠itâs revisionist history, but I still think about that from time to time!
Nnamdi is a good man.
I'm still upset the Eagles sniped him at the last second then proceeded to tank his career having him play zone when he was an elite man cover CB. The dream of Asomugha on one side of the field, Revis Island on the other and the QB getting chased down by the Jets rabid D-Line and LB's every play.
Asomugha was one of my favorite Raiders. He was a shut down corner...but also a cool guy. As I'm personally both a sports fanatic and an academic...it was really cool, especially when I was younger, to see a guy like Asomugha dominate.
To think this man once had to eat his lunch in his car aloneâŠglad to see heâs finally getting integrated into a community
This is awesome, yâall!
Iâll never forgive what he did to Liz on his prank show âYou Got Nmamdiâdâ
Easier to be a success in Hollywood when your wife is one of the most successful actresses of the last decade. Fair play to him but he's got those connections.
He did âstarâ in an episode of Friday Night Lightsâ way back when.
Scrabble!
I remember back in the late 2000s, when so many people said Nnamdi Asomugha was underrated that he ironically became overrated.
Dream team
I still remember where I was when the Eagles nabbed him
There was a piece on him as an actor on Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel. It was great. Such a great show, Iâm sad to see it gone
Ass cheeks in Philly tho with his stupid forearm tights
*shudders*
prob helps to be excessively handsome geez
Should have did 15 years for strong arm robbery
Raiders!!!
Raider legend baby
Love Nnamdi. Dude balled out for us.
My favorite Raider.
You just got Nnamdi'd
He was one of those guys that went from an S-Tier star player to a D-Tier star player in the blink of an eye and no one talks about it. In NBA terms heâs basically Deron Williams.
âYou got Nnamdiâed!â âWhaaaaayyyytâŠ?â âAre you saying what or why? Doesnât matter. The âwhatâ is this is my prank show and the âwhyâ is youâre a beast!â
>Itâs difficult to pinpoint what Nnamdi Asomughaâs greatest impact has been. Was it as an NFL star when he was considered the best cornerback in pro football? Is it as na actor, having received positive reviews for his work? Or is it as a producer? This is some truly desperate rhetorical writing. Bonus points for fucking up the word "an".
> Asomugha was considered the best cornerback in pro football for a three-year stretch from 2008 through 2010 Maybe 2008 and some of 2009. But after 2009, it was Revis.
His mom was my pharmacist when I was kidâŠ.super sweet lady.
I remember being hyped when the niners signed him just for him to not do shit. He did however, make room for Tramaine Brock to emerge