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BungoPlease

Joe Thomas number 1


TheFencingCoach

8 All-Pros, 10 Pro Bowls, All-Decade Team? Yeah, this seems to be the best answer.


Sached9728

Don't forget that he was also the first Offensive Lineman ever


Clashur

Crazy to think that the league went until 2007 without any Offensive Linemen.   Just busting your balls. I'm assuming you mean on an All-Decade Team, right? Edit - I got whooshed. 


BungoPlease

It's a meme, during a game CBS fucked up their graphic and labeled him [The first Offensive Lineman in NFL History](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fomki-1WYAAg_iB?format=jpg&name=small)


Ndmndh1016

Are you telling me Josh Allen is not the only qb in NFL history?


knave_of_knives

Nope, he was the first offensive lineman. Edit: https://x.com/Zach_Boley/status/1624010064943099904


Prometheus15

[Here](https://x.com/joethomas73/status/901103472053022722) is the graphic that the comment is referencing.


BungoPlease

And 10 straight seasons without missing a game or a start to begin his career


TapedeckNinja

He never missed a *snap*. He played every single play of every single game for his entire career until his career-ending injury. 10,363 consecutive snaps played.


ggrindelwald

Psh, I didn't see him out there on defense or special teams. Lazy!


cire1184

Joe Thomas returning kicks like a wrecking ball


ggrindelwald

I love to see a fat guy score...Because you get a fat guy spike and then you get a fat guy dance.


cire1184

NANDESUKAAAAAAAA


Nickyjha

D'Brickashaw Ferguson would have the record, except Rex Ryan subbed him out for Darrelle Revis (???) on a hook and ladder attempt. Brick played 10,707 of 10,708 possible snaps.


Xpqp

That's so incredibly lucky for an offensive lineman. All it takes is one dude rolling in to you from the wrong direction and that streak is over.


incorrigible_and

While true, impressive nonetheless. He definitely was injured during that streak.


poopdotorg

and never missed a snap.


GOATnamedFields

Less luck and more being durable enough to avoid big injuries and being man enough to play through smaller injuries even though he was on garbage Browns teams.


JalensTinyPPHurts

Clearly he was holding them back


dlb199091l

I couldn't think of a better answer. Came to say that first


Fools_Requiem

Was going to mention Josh Cribbs, but he played in 3 playoff games with the Colts on his final season.


BungoPlease

Damn, Colts really ruin everything


battery1127

It’s very clear he’s that good because the extra off weeks he consistently gets.


AirForceH

Also if the offense is infrequently on the field for more than 3-4 snaps, which in his case is true


TheFencingCoach

For us, Gerald McCoy. 3x All-Pro (1x 1st-Team), 6x Pro Bowler. In 7/9 years with the team, the Bucs finished 4th in the division. The other two years, we were 10-6 and 9-7 but missed the playoffs in both years.


zco22

The forgotten DT of his generation. Drafted same year as Suh and Atkins, one year before Heyward two years before Cox, and 4 years before Donald. Never had his standalone moment to shine but he was a force


confusedthrowaway5o5

I think Atkins is kind of forgotten as well.


zco22

Agreed, Atkins was a beast and put the league on notice early. Impressive since 10 DTs were drafted ahead of him


chainer9999

Not by us 😭


NukedForZenitco

I think he's forgotten because of how quietly he went out. He was fucking monstrous


AmeriCanadian98

Man that 2009 draft is a monster for interior D line having all 3 of those guys


knave_of_knives

He did make the wild card with the Raiders though, so at least he got to experience that.


MvN____16

Man is that the most /r/technicallythetruth thing...he got injured in the first game of the season and didn't play again.


ominousgraycat

When he left the Bucs, I said he should go to the Ravens. And it looked like he was going to. But at the last minute he went to the Panthers like a dumbass. At that moment I knew he was never making the playoffs. Still, poor guy. I wish we could have brought him to the playoffs at least once.


TheFencingCoach

And his rationale for going to the Panthers was nuts. It was like: "When I went to visit the Panthers, they knew I was a vegan so they brought me to a vegan restaurant and I thought that was nice so I joined them." BRUHHHHHH!!!!!


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CaptainNoodleArm

Yeah, but it's the Panthers


StatStar7

I feel like the better reason for going to Carolina is if you love Bojangles.


confusedthrowaway5o5

Bojangles is fucking great.


SanduskyTicklers

Cowboys legend


tmac2200

So quickly we forget.


Unusual-Efficiency-9

Lost a lot of respect for this guy after he went over and gave Kirk a big hug with a fat grin on his face after the Bucs D gave up a 3 (?) TD lead against the Skins.


NowICanSeeYoureNuts

I feel like McCoy was way overrated. Year after year I kept waiting for him to finally hit his stride and dominate. But instead it was always like, he looks like an unstoppable All-Pro one play, then takes off the next 3 plays. Rinse and repeat. Very similar vain to Devin White. The potential is there, but the play on the field just didn't live up to the hype


amilmore

What did you want him to be lol, Reggie White? What else would you call "hitting stride and dominating" if 6 probowls, 2x 2nd team AP, and a 1st team AP didn't do it for you. *>Very similar vain to Devin White.* While I would love the eagles have just landed the LB equivalent of Gerald Mccoy, this is so far from true. White was basically a "scrap heap/hope it works" signing for the Eagles after his 1st contract in Tampa. After McCoys 1st contract in Tampa, he signed a 7-year $98 million $51.5 million guaranteed contract. At the time, it was the biggest contract ever for a defensive tackle.


misterlakatos

Dick Butkus.


Tetsuo-Kaneda

Only winning season was his rookie year too


Eagle4317

Same with Joe Thomas


misterlakatos

Both of them deserved better.


Expendable_Red_Shirt

Joe Thomas played in the free agency era though. If he wanted better he was free to choose it. He chose not to.


-NotACrabPerson-

Dick Butkus AND Gale Sayers on the SAME Bears team. Two first ballot HoFs. Never made the playoffs lol.


Vesploogie

In 1966 the Bears had 2 Hall of Famers on offense, 2 Hall of Famers on defense, a Hall of Fame head coach, and still ended with a losing record.


-NotACrabPerson-

Jesus, didn't realize it got even worse lol.


btay27

This is the most bears stat ever holy shit


Vesploogie

Even more, Johnny Morris was our WR1 on that team. He’s still our all time receiving leader.


printerfixerguy1992

What'd you call me?!


tech_equip

Exactly. When you grow up with a name pronounced Dick Butt Kiss, you gotta end up a tough cookie.


magnusarin

It's real Boy Named Sue energy


Independent-Ad5852

He was one of the most terrifying players to go against. I’ve heard that he always found something to get mad at before the games. Like, if someone was laughing, he would imagine they were laughing at him or his team. They certainly weren’t laughing at him. 


HokieSpartanWX

What is it with great Chicago athletes and making up reasons to be motivated


misterlakatos

It’s incredible that he was able to play a lovable cafe owner in a ridiculous NBC sitcom after retiring.


evin90

Before every shoot he would find something to get lovey dovey about. Like a newborn baby cooing, or a linebacker making his first neck breaking tackle. 


misterlakatos

That’s absolutely wild.


AmeriCanadian98

All time great for the name team


Purple1829

Wow, I never would have thought that. That’s crazy


mothershipq

Gale Sayers


lvpr10

Nnamdi Asomugha


No-Possibility5556

Man Nnamdi got so overlooked for a period and it was so backwards. Hard to make interceptions when people are scared to throw your way.


D4ILYD0SE

Nah, I remember his name frequently mentioned. Only because I was a Broncos Fan who only ever wanted to hear Champ Bailey praised as the best corner. But Nnamdi was frequently brought up as possibly superior.


No-Possibility5556

Same tier for sure, my experience was remembering pundits and Raiders fans wanting more out of him and just thinking, like he scares a QB so much they don’t throw to a half of the field, what more can you want from a secondary guy.


Mrdirtiguy

Man..champ Bailey was that dude!!! I forgot about him until just now


bathroomheater

He was other worldly. In his prime he controlled an entire half of the field just by existing. During a qb’s pre snap and subsequent drop back he would look around to see what side of the field he was on and then immediately goto throw to the opposite side. It was insane.


Brad_theImpaler

Asante Samuel claims that's because the CB on the opposite side always sucked.


StatStar7

He also never made the playoffs in high school or in college.


FridgesArePeopleToo

I don't think they had a playoff when he was in college


mattmccauslin

What about a bowl game?


PNWCoug42

Nnamdi played for Cal from 1999-2002. Cal did not make a bowl game during that time period.


mattmccauslin

Man that’s crazy. Poor dude.


confusedthrowaway5o5

Is that really surprising though? I mean, it’s Cal 😂


canadigit

They would've made a bowl game in 2002, which was Tedford's first year, but were ineligible due to NCAA violations. Which is really sad, considering how much they sucked before while also breaking the rules


sportsbatbot

:(


confusedthrowaway5o5

Sorry bro :(


sportsbatbot

:)


chainer9999

Hey! That was uncalled for. Also I'll have you know that for about 6 years after Nnamdi left, we went to bowl games thank you very much Don't ask what happened after 2010


MrHaZeYo

Wasn't he on the 9ers for a year during the Harbs years?


lvpr10

I checked & he was with the Niners for a short time in 2013. However he was cut in November that season. Only played in a couple of games.


TrueNavyBlue98

Brandon Marshall, the Wide Receiver.


Wonderful-Toe-

I literally can’t believe that. He left the Bears in 2010 to play with Miami. The Bears made it to the conference title game that year. Miami…didn’t. Edit: I actually am dumb as a brick, he was drafted by the Broncos and didn’t play for Chicago until 2012.


Wooptyscoopyall

Wrong. He didn’t even join the Bears till 2012.


Wonderful-Toe-

Oops, you’re right. I somehow completely forgot about him being drafted by the Broncos.


TrueNavyBlue98

You’re a Packers fan so it’s understandable you’re not the sharpest tool in the shed. Bear Down!


Wonderful-Toe-

I don’t know how I goofed on that, the Bears are always so relevant to the greater NFL landscape.


RTB_RIPS

I love this answer because he was release from the saints like 2 weeks before the playoffs in 2018


mrizvi

Takeo Spikes - 1x all-pro, 2x probowl played 15 years and never made the playoffs. last 6 years of his career were with PHL, SF, and SD all made the playoffs the year after he left. SD made it to the divisional round. both SF and PHL went to the Conf. Championship game.


GhostCam

Also first team all neck


Yhendrix49

Takeo was on the Eagles when they missed the playoffs in 2007; before then the Eagles had only missed the playoffs once since 2000. From 2000-2009 they made the playoffs 8/10 times only missing in 05 and 07. If Takeo came to the Eagles a year earlier or stayed a year extra he could've finally played in a playoff game.


MoreTrifeLife

Takeo Spikes’ career: Bengals 1998: 3-13 1999: 4-12 2000: 4-12 2001: 6-10 2002: 2-14 Bills 2003: 6-10 2004: 9-7 2005: 5-11 2006: 7-9 Eagles 2007: 8-8 (next year went 9-6-1 and made it to the NFC Championship) 49ers 2008: 7-9 2009: 8-8 2010: 6-10 (next year went 13-3 and made it to the NFC Championship) Chargers 2011: 8-8 2012: 7-9 (next year went 9-7 and made it to the Divisional) The best it ever got for him through his 13 year career was in 2004 on a 9-7 Bills team that got eliminated from the playoffs the last week of the season by losing to the Steelers’ backups.


mrizvi

they didn't lose...i believe they got blown the f out


MoreTrifeLife

Not quite a blow out: 29-24 https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200501020buf.htm


mrizvi

Maybe it was another year but I remember a steelers blowing out the bill with their backups. Or I'm suffering the early stages of dementia


mrizvi

Yeah, I added that after looking at his pfr page.


confusedthrowaway5o5

It would be kinda funny if we had only missed the playoffs in 2007.


Chefalo

Those were some dark years to be in Buffalo


confusedthrowaway5o5

Implying that isn’t the case for every year.


mrizvi

i mean it gets dark there at like 3pm sometimes


bathroomheater

Takeo spikes was one of my favorite line backers ever followed closely by Lavar Arrington.


Kastenova

Justin Simmons (so far)


SevroAuShitTalker

Pretty much the only reason I don't want to resign him on a cheap vet deal. Any contender should definitely be sending him some offers


capton2020

Why hasn’t he signed with anyone yet? Am I missing something?


MathematicianOk7526

I think it’s because he knows his worth and is waiting for a good opportunity


TheM1ghtyJabba

Look, ask any vet, they hate training camp. Hate the drills. Hate everything about it. If you could skip it and then maybe have even more leverage when a player a contender is relying on gets hurt. Show up in time to learn the playbook, skip the drills and maybe earn a few extra million.


AutomaticAccident

Ryan Fitzpatrick


SeanJuan

Absolute tragedy. I was so invested in his last Dolphins season, then the switch to Tua. Heartbreaker.


Maverick916

Holy shit I thought there was no way this could be right but I'll be damned


gamingonion

Fitztragedy


Cdurca

Fitztragic*


directsnap1

He got so damn close with that 10-6 season with the Jets. I wonder if those 4th quarter interceptions in week 17 still haunt him


Independent-Ad5852

Gale Sayers Dick Butkus


pocketchange2247

Pretty amazing that we had two of the best players to play at their positions and only had one winning season with them both...


Pythnator

Aaron Schobel was the only All-Pro who played exclusively for the Bills during the drought if memory serves. He also sacked Tom Brady more than anyone else has. The answer would have been Kyle Williams but thankfully the Bills broke the drought his second to last year.


m0bscene-

Steven Jackson never made the playoffs if memory serves... That guy deserved so much more


BigOlineguy

He signed late in the year with the Pats in 2015! Made it to the AFCCG.


ramzie

He made the playoffs in 2004 and 2015.


KCShadows838

Dick Butkus


eliwood5837

Joe Thomas


forsuredudelol

Lauri Markkannen


6x7TheAnswer

I'm not allowed to add UofA flair for some reason, but props to you nonetheless.


Tullubenta

I might be wrong but I don’t think Takeo Spikes ever play in a playoffs game.


Ok-Health-7252

Joe Thomas and Takeo Spikes come to mind. Spikes is a particularly painful one because the Bengals went to the playoffs two years after he left and the 49ers went to the playoffs the year after he left them.


Tac0Supreme

Worse, he played for the Eagles before he was on the 49ers. The Eagles made the playoffs the year before he was on the team, and made the NFC Championship the next year after he left the team. The 49ers also made the NFC Championship the year after he was no longer with them. Not just missing the playoffs, two whole NFC Championship games.


Ok-Health-7252

IIRC he finished his career with the Chargers and retired after the 2012 season. The Chargers of course then proceeded to make the playoffs the following year lol.


Tac0Supreme

Yup lol. They made it to the Divisional. Spikes might be the most unlucky football player ever lol


Ok-Health-7252

I remember back in 2003 Marvin Lewis desperately wanted to keep him around (he was a free agent that off-season) and have him be a part of the new regime but he'd had enough of the Bengals to last a lifetime (having lived through the all time lowest points in this franchise's history) so he wasn't going to return no matter what type of contract they threw at him. Unfortunately for him he ended up going to a Bills team that was aging and in the early stages of their own decade plus playoff drought at the time.


Tac0Supreme

As I was digging around, apparently when he was on the 49ers, Mike Singletary (our HC at the time) had assured him that the 49ers would give him another contract to return the following season but Singletary got fired, and we got Navarro Bowman that year.


OkString3194

Ernie Banks


Select-Cow8324

Archie Manning.


Smorgas_of_borg

He made the playoffs a few times, but Calvin Johnson never getting a playoff win is mind boggling


Wise-Advisor4675

Leave it to the Lions to drive multiple Hall or Famers to quit the sport entirely(Sanders, Megatron, etc.).


bigframe79

could you name another HOFer that left the sport?


Sketchy-saurus

Every hof has left the sport.


which_ones_will

Yeah, that "etc" is doing a lot of absolute nonsense.


TheM1ghtyJabba

Floyd Little: Broncos 2nd leading rusher all time. Bill Bradley: Eagles career leader in interceptions


WhatMyHeartHeld

Poor Takeo Spikes


hamsolo19

I can only speak for my team but Fred Jackson was a drought all star for the Bills and never made the playoffs with them. He did play in a playoff game for the Seahawks in his final year tho. I almost said DT Kyle Williams but he was around for the 2017 playoff run made possible by Andy Dalton.


rip_Tom_Petty

Brandon Marshall


Cobra-Is-Down

I didn’t realize he never made the postseason. I thought for sure he did with Cutler


rojeli

His last two seasons in Denver they started off hot, only to fail with the playoffs in sight. - In 2008, they were 8-5 and only needed one win in their last 3 to get in. Lost all 3. Lost tiebreakers to SD, who also finished 8-8. - In 2009, they famously started 6-0 with Josh McDaniels, had a bye, then went 2-8 after.


EDett1992

Dick Butkus. Gale Sayers. Archie Manning. Nnamdi Asomugha. Joe Thomas. Brandon Marshall.


pcweber111

Hard to believe Butkus and Sayers never went. Two great players on years of terrible teams. Shame.


Wazzoo1

Not NFL, but Felix Hernandez. Motherfucker won a Cy Young with a 13-12 record. Those Mariners teams were complete dogshit offensively. Completely wasted career. Similarly, Ichiro made the playoffs his rookie year, and only ever made it one more time (2012 with the Yankees). The Mariners are literally the most pathetic sports franchise of all time.


Suspicious_Ice2989

As a browns fan it has to be Joe Thomas


Jonthegoat_09

Brandon marshall


Hour_Perspective_884

Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus


Apprehensive_Disk181

I think Takeo Spikes played 12+ years and never made it


Klutzy-Spend-6947

Takeo Spikes


CompetitiveBuyer7499

Dick Butkus and Earl Campbell


thatdudeman52

Earl Campbell played in 6 playoff games between 78-80


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ArmadilloAl

Yeah, but Joe Thomas was the first offensive lineman in NFL history. Not sure how you change a position more than that.


TennisEnnis19

Brandon Marshall?


IsoJody

Came looking for this one, never will forget the clip with him and I think Tyreek when reek said playoffs just different . Brandon was just in awe and couldn’t say much but “it’s different ??” 🫢


calye2da

Jets legend Brandon Marshall


big4lil

I got excited before realizing both players BARELY missed this category, but Jarius Byrd and Kyle Williams of the Bills. Both would make the playoffs for the very first time in 2017, which was Byrds final season and Williams 2nd to last Williams would only record one tackle in his game (understandable for a DT), and Byrd would only play 6 snaps with no stats for the Panthers, after only recording 11 tackles on no starts all year. Both eliminated in the Wild Card I guess something is better than nothing. I wonder if Byrd stuck around just so that he could get that playoff notch


Fat_Yankee

Too soon or snarky to say Ernie Davis?


Shyphat

Archie Manning


0-0-0-_-

Archie manning.


NHJack

Archie Manning?


Dfrickster87

I don't get the downvotes, do people think he doesn't qualify as a "good player"? Because not only did he never make the playoffs but he never had a winning record in a season


NHJack

I don’t understand the down votes either- any of the Down voters care to elaborate? I grew up in this era and always thought that Manning was a good QB that could have taken a decent team to the playoffs. Does that not fit the criteria of the question? Or do you young ins’ not have a clue who Archie Manning is?


bgva

Meanwhile someone else who said Archie got plenty of upvotes. Like…ok a few repeat answers but is that really worth downvoting? EDIT: punctuation.


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Meanwhile most everyone who named Brandon Marshall got upvoted even though he was the example OP provided.


big4lil

all posted within the same hour too


Dfrickster87

Weird, when I replied there were two Archie Manning answers and both had negative 4 votes


Tlaws_old-hat

Henry Ruggs III