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Biggest What Ever Happened to_____ players? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by freddythefuckingfish@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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Players who were either a flash in the pan or suddenly disappeared from the NFL.

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[–] zco22@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Josh Freeman

[–] Obvious_Exercise_910@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

What about his victory with the Colts splitting time with Lindley, after not taking a snap in the league for 2 years.

I heard somewhere he invested his money well and is pretty well off

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[–] Romofan88@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Didn't Stevie Johnson have a couple of thousand yard seasons in Buffalo? Did he get hurt or just regress?

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[–] GhoullyX@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's Tim Tebow doing these days?

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[–] _Marine@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Pat Angerer - Best name EVER for a MLB aside for Dick Butkus. Flashed, retired and now does last I heard local circuit pro Wrestling

[–] catcherinthewild@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Antonio Brown after getting kicked out of the Bucs

[–] TheWontonWonton@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Mr. Bonafide Crazy

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[–] Muffin_Shreds@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Shaun Alexander and Priest Holmes. Both had 27 TD seasons and then disappeared.

[–] Retro1916@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Alfred Morris was elite and then randomly fell off the face of the earth

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[–] ty_rec@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The first one that came to mind was Vic Beasley. He really just disappeared off the face of the earth after that one good year in 2016.

[–] srudderrrr@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I remember when he was released a few years ago and the falcons twitter account announced it and someone replied with “source??” and the falcons twitter account replied back with “literally us the falcons” and that’s the last i heard about him.

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[–] Tdor1313@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

David Irving is the first that comes to mind for me. Had flashes where he took over games like Aaron Donald but just did not really care enough

[–] kit_mitts@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Sidney Rice and Miles Austin...they were both breakout fantasy players right around when I stopped doing fantasy.

[–] PointlessChemist@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This is quality offseason content.. oh, wait it's week 10.

[–] bigsausagepizzasven@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Glen Coffee lol my niners friends are always surprised I remember him. Prob b/c I used him a shit load in Madden that one year.

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[–] Cantsneerthefenrir@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Travis Fulgham on the Eagles for me. Granted, they were practically left with practice squad WR's at this point, but everyone was super hyped on the dude as he had like 3 or 4 weeks of pretty great play (comparatively speaking). Then he just disappeared one day, not even playing poorly, just not playing at all.

Edit: Scrolling down I see he was already named, but ah well.

[–] NeonParticles@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tim Biakabutuka

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[–] Andy-Is-Hot@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Some coaches instead, John DeFillipo was supposed to be the next genius but he was an abysmal OC. The Interim HC after Gruden Steve Brescia or something. Lastly where is Joe Judge

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[–] Regular-Ad7589@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Tyler Eifert vanished

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[–] frigzy74@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I forever wonder what happens to long snappers when their careers are over.

[–] RealBatuRem@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Braylon Edwards was so awesome in 2007 and never looked like that player ever again.

[–] antenonjohs@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Jay Ajayi

[–] IAmRSChrisG@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Am i the only one who felt like Michael Turner just dissappeared from the Falcons? Like I never remember hearing him retire.

[–] timaclover@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Michael Sam

[–] Snatch_Gobblin@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He was really only known for one reason he was never a highly touted prospect. Too small to play DE and too slow to play outside LB. He may have stuck around a little longer if it weren’t for the media circus that came with him but a lot of that was his own doing also.

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[–] chmcgrath1988@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Natrone Means.

He had a decent-ish length career by running back standards but just one super notable season.

[–] dytele@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Eddie Lacy

[–] Yeetpinappl@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Todd Gurley

[–] anus_themenace@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not a pro, but Major Harris from WVU was absolutely amazing in college, got an NFL offer, then signed to play third string in Canadian Football.

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[–] LP_24@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Dwayne Bowe, sorry Browns fans

[–] Exciting_Turnover_48@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Marion barber

[–] MyDogIsACoolCat@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Chris Chambers.

[–] walkingdisasterFJ@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Josh Cribbs

Hakiim Nicks

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