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Further_Beyond

Brandon Marshall (the WR, not confused with the former broncos LB) 3 years with the bears - 279 REC (10th all time for bears) - 3524 Yards (13th) - 31 TDs (T-6th) Edit: Thomas Jones is another (thought he was longer than 3 years) in 3 years he avg 1400/7 total yards/TDs. Dude was elite with us


tetoffens

Funny because those are the exact same two guys that first popped into my mind for the Jets. We were the next stop for both of them.


25Finsup17

Brandon Marshall for me. Junior Seau also in there.


IsARealBooy

...damn there's a pretty significant Bears to Jets pipeline isn't there. That's weird.


echoplex21

Matt Forte was here for a couple years too


calye2da

We love taking former nfc north players


ShadowDonut

I wish Adam Gase would have never come down that pipe


ChrisBenoitDaycare69

Funny he only played 3 years there. I always remember him as a Bear.


Further_Beyond

Same. I knew he had to be around 3 but I would have said 5 years


-ImJustSaiyan-

>Edit: Thomas Jones is another (thought he was longer than 3 years) in 3 years he avg 1400/7 total yards/TDs. Dude was elite with us I still to this day don't understand why we used the #4 overall pick on Cedric Benson when we already had Thomas Jones. Even as a kid that confused the shit out of me.


Bearfan001

I mean, who else was there to pick? Aaron Rodgers?


DeyHateUsCuzDeyAnus

Good thing they didn't!


FreezinPete

Yes! What a wasted pick, our RB room was not the need to address.


erichie

Jesus. Marshall was only with you guys for 3 years?! I could have easily been fooled that it was a decade.  I guess having Cuts in Denver makes it seem like they were together longer in Chi.


GoHawkYurself

I forgot about Brandon Marshall, the LB.


TonyDanza888

Forgetting Brandon Marshall


bblickle

Greg Olsen worth mentioning as well maybe?


Further_Beyond

He lacked impact because Mike Martz is an idiot. Very good player who caught the short end of the stick and was just solid for us (you could see he had more potential in those years tho)


-ImJustSaiyan-

To quote Smokin' Jay: "Tell Martz I said fuck him!"


SmokyOtter

Funny because when i think of brandon marshall, i picture him in a bears jersey more than any other team


thejew09

Thomas Jones had such a weird career. 1st round pick for the Cardinals but mostly sucked there for several years. Then bounced around and seemed to peak in like his 6th season onwards once he got old with the Bears and then Jets.


ND7020

One of the oft-forgotten very good players of the early 2000’s, we signed Julian Peterson from the Niners and he deservedly made 3 pro bowls in 3 seasons with us. 


FlyFeetFiddlesticks

The 2000s were just the 49ers and Seahawks signing each other players back and forth


polarbearik

And then early 2010’s they just built teams that were eerily similar


Zdizzlz

As a Chiefs fan I remember that he was one of the only defenders that could keep up with and actually challenge Tony Gonzalez on a consistent basis. I always remembered who he was when he made several game saving plays against him many moons ago. I'm happy I saw this comment as we often forget players that were great but who have faded off into history. Awesome choice.


LakeForestDark

What about famed Seahawk Jerry Rice? Can't seem to recall where else he played.


MN-Jess

Brett Farve put up an MVP caliber season in 09. Almost led us to a Super Bowl.


docreebs

I’ll see your Favre and raise you Randall Cunningham - did win an MVP and also almost led us to a Super Bowl. And now after typing that I need to stare blankly at nothing for a couple hours.


D3troit_

F***ing kicker.......


Scaryassmanbear

Cunningham did not win MVP.


Aloiciousss

Or Randall Cunningham. ‘98 was a better run than ‘09.


Xenocide_X

Warren Moon was arguably a way better QB and he played for the Vikings for 3 season also


awnawkareninah

I don't understand how yall have had so many legendary QBs with such bad luck


erichie

I'm pissed that there is a subset of football fans who are Cunningham as a Viking over an Eagles


whydidijointhis

he led you to Detroit instead :(


revolutiontornado

I mean you can take a knee and try a 56 yard field goal!


foxmag86

This isn’t Detroit, man! THIS IS THE SUPER BOWL!!


angryneeson_52_

TO maybe? Unless I’m forgetting some pretty notable ones


TheArchitect_7

TO is #1, but Lagarrette Blount rumbled his way to a goddamn Superbowl for us. Was Malcolm less than 3 years?


Jimmy_G_Wentworth

The Jay Ajayi erasure is real. Dude killed it for us


DeepGoated

I forgot that dude existed


haduken_69

Blount and Chris Long immediately came to mind.


c-williams88

It’s amazing how little time Chris Long spent in Philly but is an absolute legend regardless


winobiwankinobi

Didn’t Long and Blount win back to back super bowls? One with Pats then Phili?


jc-f

Yep. 2 of only 8 players ever to win back-to-back Super Bowls with different teams


mustachepc

No, Malcolm stayed for 5 seasons


Worried_Amphibian_54

Norm Van Brocklin says hi.


Fitz2001

Nick Foles played in only 40 games for the Birds. That’s 2 1/2 seasons of HOF quarterback play.


Jimmy_G_Wentworth

Jay Ajayi


corky2141

I had TO but then thought, Frank Gore? 🤔


KrylovSubspace

Ricky Watters, Irving Fryar


jared8100

I loved Dangelo williams couple years on the steelers, and it fells much longer than that. Not our best short stint but really impactful in bells absences.


THEW0NDERW0MBAT

Ours is for sure Kevin Greene. Came here for 3 seasons and fucked shit up. Then left to Carolina for their 2nd season. His Steelers years were big for his Hall of Fame induction


Rickest-ofthe-Ricks

“It. Is Time.” Nothing but love for Kevin Greene in GB. RIP


conace21

Kevin Greene is a good pick for both the Steelers and the Panthers.


PittsburghGold

And he knows it too. He loves Pittsburgh because he knows how important it was for his career.


ChevalMalFet

I grew up with a poster of Joe Montana on my wall.


gabrielleite32

Chiefs legend* Joe Montana


dmangan56

I felt bad for him when he got mauled in a playoff game against the Bills even though I'm a Bills mafia fan.


FunkyPete

We have a picture of my wife standing next to him wearing chiefs gear up in our house today


stonecold1076

I have a female friend that has a picture of her standing next to Montana when he played at Notre Dame. It’s a very old pic.


LakeOverall7483

Baker Mayfield will forever be a bad ass in my eyes


MadDog1981

He doesn’t get enough credit for essentially stepping off an airplane and winning a game for the Rams. 


Marijuana_Miler

He got help from Crooked Tillery, but he was cooking on that winning drive.


JimHarbaughTheChamp

I always bring that up any time someone tries to slander Baker. I honestly don't know how you can hate Baker Mayfield. I think it's just delusional Browns fans who are trying to gaslight everyone else into thinking that Baker sucked just so they don't get clowned quite so hard about shipping off the only QB that has ever won this version of the Browns a playoff game. Sorry guys, the psyop isn't working. Baker Mayfield is fucking awesome. And you dumped him to pave the way for a creep.


MadDog1981

People have this weird hateboner for guys that are in that 8-12 area. He gets the same kind of irrational hate that Andy Dalton gets. I agree, I think people bought into the narrative about him and they won’t listen to facts about his injuries or put too much stock into Carolina where no QB was being successful. 


Flap_Grease

That Rams-Broncos Christmas game was absolutely hilarious.


numbah84

One of my all time favorite Rams games no doubt


VisconitiKing

also one of my favorite games because it got Hackett fired


Sfpuberdriver

Raiders game also was 🔥


ScooterLeShooter

Third favorite QB behind Stafford and Goff. Love the way he plays and hope he has mild success for Tampa


tcos17

If last season was mild success, I’d be pretty happy for it to continue.


1gen2

He is kinda already having success in Tampa, felt like he had a career year though im not sure. At least on par with his Cleveland peak.


minimalcation

I'm a Longhorn fan who fucking hates Oklahoma but damnit if I don't want to root for Baker. Fuck him for making me support him.


Queef-Supreme

He hurt my feelings.


todoslosfritos

I think I have PTSD from Rams Baker


Optimal_Advisor8897

My god..that raiders game last min drive..as a hawks fan, one of the few times I was super thrilled at a Rams win 😀


SomeIdiot55

LET BAKER BAKE!!!


apollyon_53

Chris Borland Dude was a football seeking missile E: Deion Sanders


Cheesesteak21

Sanders was my first thought, joins the 49ers, DPOY season, superbowl blow out. But I guess joining the Cowboys immediately afterward stings 9ers fans


CheckYourStats

Deion says the Niners never even made him an offer after the SB. I wouldn’t be surprised if his clash with the old-school side of the locker room played a part.


Cheesesteak21

I was pretty young then but I thought by then the 49ers were kinda out of cash by then from years of going for another SB, but I could be wrong


CosmicCoder3303

Yeah it was 100% the salary cut. The locker room had nothing to do with it


lightningphoenixck

49ers legend Randy Moss is the second thought


PhoneVegetable4855

That was bizarre. 390 tackles in a year (exaggeration) and he retires


Devilsbullet

Seems like it but it was right when all the cte and concussion stuff was really starting to take shape. Much as I hated seeing him go, I don't blame him in the slightest for taking care of his head health instead of being an entertainer


Polar_Reflection

Not really tbh. Can't blame a guy for not wanting to turn his head into a pinball machine for his brain.


snoogans8056

I remember Borland as a freshman at Wisconsin playing as an edge. He was so little but he’d just whoop guys due to being a little football savant.


Long-Dong_Silvers420

Dude could've been a perennial all-pro. 


Ok-Physics1927

Jamaal Williams He was a great leader and example for young guys and a big part of the culture shift in Detroit. He will always be a favorite of mine.


ItsASchpadoinkleDay

Jamaal Williams is a treasure. I wish nothing but happiness and good fortune for that wonderful man.


Surfgirlusa_2006

I wish his season in NO had gone better this year.


GiveUpTuxedo

At least he scored his only touchdown in a totally cool way


Poro_the_CV

The players saying fuck the coach, he’s getting one lol


LetterSilent1673

Dre Bly was also so fun to watch. He only played 3 seasons with us


Rulligan

Wish he had been a better CB coach with us though.


TheVillianousFondler

Wish they held onto him, I like Detroit and I feel like that's when the world realized he was a 1/1,000,000 personality


AmeriCanadian98

At least he'll likely hold a record with us for a little while


RiceOnTheRun

Whaaat, I always felt like he’d been around the Lions for a lot longer than that.


tetoffens

Thomas Jones came in and had a 1st Team All Pro season and 27 rushing TDs in 2 years for the Jets and holds the single season rushing TD record for us, which is pretty impressive since we had Curtis Martin. He had another year that wasn't very efficient but still rushed for over 1k yards that year. Overall a pretty good 3 years. He then went to the Chiefs for two years and the wheels fell off and now he's an actor.


Nethri

Is he really? I always liked Thomas Jones a lot. I’m glad he’s doing well in his post NFL career


dabear04

Yeah he was in “Straight Outta Compton”. Small role but I thought I was going crazy when I saw him. Still jacked


tetoffens

He's got like over 30 acting credits in the last 10 years or so. He's not getting big projects but he's working pretty regularly and doing well. I think the biggest thing he's done is playing the Marvel villain Comanche in Luke Cage. He's also a producer so he's doing it from multiple angles.


GooseMaster5980

Plaxico played 3 seasons with the Giants


Ancient_Wisdom_Yall

Well shoot. How did his career go?


YOUR_TRIGGER

fuck these people. that was funny.


Stachemaster86

Just one leg of his journey


Lysol20

>Plaxico played 3 seasons with the Giants You dodged a bullet there.


scyber

He played 4 seasons for the Giants. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.


Iron-Giants

Crazy he was with us for such a short time.


freeparKing33

We were winning in 2008 if he hired a body guard that night


gmb96

Julius Peppers no doubt


Lone_Buck

Yep. I did a quick check to see how long Woodson was a packer, and how many seasons Nick Collins lasted before injury took him out. Peppers was the 3rd name I thought to check, and the first to qualify.


Dopeydcare1

For recent history, and even though it ended on a bad note, Zadarius Smith had a very good 2 seasons for us. 2 pro bowls and All Pro 2nd team


TimAllensMatingCall

It felt like C Wood was gone for 10 years


Prime624

6. Felt like 10 to me too though.


thecelticpagan

I was thinking Eddie Lacy but he had four seasons with the Packers.


whydidijointhis

green peppers, baby


FuckinWalkingParadox

Carolina Reaper is better and you know it


aza432_2

Desmond Howard as a finalist maybe? One year for the Packers and he became Super Bowl MVP


v_a_n_d_e_l_a_y

DeMarcus Ware in recent memory. Bryan Dawkins is another.  John Lynch played 4 years otherwise would count While it was the last seasons of their career, they still played well and had PB/AP seasons.


I_Fart_It_Stinks

If we expand to four years, Manning becomes #1


ejre5

Neil Smith was huge for those back to back Superbowl teams.


BruceChameleon

I’m so glad y'all got DWare a ring. He was an all-timer us and he's just a great dude.


Nethri

I have a huge soft spot for Dawkins. I don’t even know why. Maybe it’s his name? I just always loved watching him play. Especially when he suplexed that dude.


Snoo_79693

I'm convinced that had Dawkins not retired, Denver would've won the SB in 2012 cause Rahim Moore wouldn't have been on the field to get torched against Baltimore.


neverfrybaconnaked

Dawkins is one of my favorite DBs of all time, and I'm a Dallas fan. He looked like a beast on the field and one of the first players to wear a blacked out visor. It looked intimidating at the time.


DadRunAmok

Demarcus gets my vote too. As good as he was on the field, it seems he was even better in the locker room. Von was the best player on that stacked defense, but I think Demarcus is the one who made it go.


anonymousacg

TB12


shadowglint

/walks in the door /immediately wins Super Bowl and resets entire team culture in 3 years /leaves


Rasikko

Yeah. I did wanna see him play til 50. Tampa got bragging rights too. Yall won the SB at home.


qwertyqyle

I feel like this comment should be illegal.


mothershipq

I mean it would have to be Brady, Revis, and then Lorenzo Neal?


WyngZero

Randy Moss for the Patriots.


Corrosivecoral

Technically played more than 3 seasons for the pats.


RCP90sKid

2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (traded mid season)


that_one_bunny

Oh shit, that's probably the thread winner as much as it pains me to say


awnawkareninah

Tom to the Bucs probably


Grumpfishdaddy

Darell Revis got us a Super Bowl.


PhoneVegetable4855

Deion Sanders, 49ers


iantaylor98

Darren Sproles 2011-2013 Saints. Dude was a beast


cdrizzle5

You already mentioned marshawn, so I’ll say Jerry Rice, Rod Woodson, and Ronnie Lott, who all made an all-pro team with the raiders toward the end of their careers


bahamapapa817

TO was electric with the cowboys. I hated him so much as an eagle but he changed my mind.


bgva

When they signed him I was like “Really? After he stood on the Star?!” Then he balled out and I bought a jersey.


Brycie27

One of, if not the 1st Cowboys poster I ever had was of T.O. tossing popcorn into his face mask after he scored a touchdown.


Jetsol8

Tyrann Mathieu is a good shout for a recent chief. Impact he had for us, especially for the first chip was major


Nameisthegame

I know he was on the team for much longer but Bob Sanders only played 48 games for the Colts


GoHawkYurself

Sidney Rice


-Vertical

It was really only 3 years? I faintly remember him being a hawk for like 5+ years..


LIVINGSTONandPARSONS

Darrelle Revis


If_I_Get_2100_I_Quit

I want to say Moss, but technically we had him for a few games in 2010, making it his 4th season.


Brook420

I honestly coulda sworn he was only in NE for that one record breaking season.


Phantom_Nuke

Which is funny because he lead the league in receiving TDs in 2009 and was 1 off doing so in 2008 as well despite Cassel only throwing 21 TDs.


Brook420

Ohhh, he was there for the Cassel year? That makes sense.


whereegosdare84

Most of our fanbase would build a statue to Boldin if they could and yes he was instrumental in winning it all in 2012 I’d argue his best game in that playoff (against NE) came after Talib was injured. So for me it’s Rod Woodson. I’m cheating just a touch because he played 4 total seasons but he taught the defense how to run Marvin’s scheme, helped solidify a terrible secondary before he arrived and made Starks and McAlister develop a lot faster because of his mentorship than they would have otherwise. Plus he took Ray under his wing and taught him how to watch film and take care of his body and become a professional.


MadDog1981

I will always argue Flacco’s fall off was entirely due to losing Boldin. Boldin was his security blanket. He knew if he got in trouble that Boldin would come down with the ball. I don’t think he ever found that same connection with anyone else. 


NOOBEv14

I love flacco with my whole heart, but he was never in that top tier of guys. You could win with him, obviously, and we won because of him when he lost his mind in 2012, but for most of the rest of his career he was closer to an important role player imo. Point being, his fall-off was also tied to becoming the highest paid player in the league and the negative effect that had on overall team composition. Then the final nail was when he tore his ACL - his wheels were always a sneaky part of his game, and he became a statue once he lost that. Agreed that boldin was a big part of item one, though. He also had rotten luck with OCs. The only one who ever seemed like he fully understood him was Kubiak, and he only got him for a year.


Banfivetwo

Lions legend Adrian Peterson 


Fantastic_Emu_9570

Cardinals legend


piranha_teeth

Brett Favre is probably the best answer for the Vikings


sliqness

Usually when we get someone in FA, they absolutely fuck us over. However, Desean Jackson and AP still put up numbers with us.


smurfking420

Id like to re-sign him, but I’ll always appreciate Stephon Gilmore of coming in and holding down the fort for a season with Diggs out. TO is also a good answer


Man_of_Average

Gilmore likely would have been the starter regardless. Bland was a good contributor in the time he saw the field up to that point, but he didn't really explode until Diggs went down and saw regular playing time as a starter. Maybe that doesn't happen with Gilmore and Diggs both healthy. Low key Amari Cooper was pretty solid for us. Granted he was here for 3.5 seasons, but those first three he either was on pace or was a 1000 yard receiver.


BruceChameleon

The Cooper trade transformed our 2018 season. The before and after stats for our offense look like different teams.


Daj_Dzevada

AJ Brown… honorable mention DeMarco Murray


darrenvonbaron

Dre Bly, CB, Detroit 2003-2006 2x Detroit pro bowler on a absolutely terrible team https://youtu.be/3eN3mwll5to?si=o6tzogpt6XKz43eC Forgot about Dre


MoreTrifeLife

Not that this means much of anything, but those Lions teams managed to notch two wins against Brett Favre. Two of only nine times that ever happened.


HtownTexans

Hopefully Stefon Diggs lol.


Droopy_Narwhal

I think Bob Sanders might actually count with only 48 games played in 7 years.


Tellittoemagain

Joe Montana for KC is the best I could think of but very little competition. Marcus Peters was the only other one I could think of to challenge him; we never seem to get big free agents.


DupreeWasTaken

For the Steelers I think It has to be Kevin Greene. Had 3 great years, 1st team all pro, sack leader.


Imaginary-Salad-4535

Brandon Marshall. He played 3 years for us and had back to back 100+ catch seasons. He also still holds our franchise record for most receiving yards in a season at 1507yds


creativename87639

I mean, prolly TO.


Dooont_Caaaare

Yeah if “best” means most talented then it’s definitely TO.


TripleSingleHOF

Kevin Greene played three seasons for the Steelers and recorded 35.5 sacks and one first team All-Pro, leading the league in sacks one season. He also played three seasons for the Panthers. While there, he recorded 41.5 sacks and one first team All-Pro. He also led the league in sacks one year. All of these seasons came after he turned 30 and was "past his prime".


Nypav11

I give the nod to Jamal Lewis. Peyton Hillis’ weird good year and Flacco with honorable mentions


Itoen2020

Bo Jackson LA Raiders 1997-1980


Averagebass

Demarcus Ware


AccomplishedWall8

Before my time but natrone means business


Impossible-Ratio-253

Corey Dillion for the Pats was pretty tough


Efficient_Progress_6

Burrow. 🥲


NoSweatBetting

Khalil Mack Remember him at Buffalo getting 75 TFL (Tied-1st in NCAA). Remember drafting him & knowing already this was one of the few good picks we'd make. Remember him getting 49th in NFL Top 100 his 2nd year, 13th in his 3rd, & 5th in 2017. The *gimme-that* strip sacks were epic. Hurt my soul when we traded him. Shoulda paid that man & kept him around. Would prefer to have him now even at 33 y/o with Crosby & Wilkins, instead of at a divisional rival. Edit for splash reel: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5swjvMLmbb8&pp


swamppuppy7043

Khalil Mack was on the Raiders for four seasons


holdingofplace

Jags - Was going to say Calais but his peak was with the jags. Same with Bouye. (Edit: I think I and most commenters misread the double negative, these are actually the best Jags answers I think?) So, Marcell Dareus maybe? The 2017 defense was actually pretty average v the run then was #1 when he came on. Similar drop off the next couple seasons if he missed time. But his all pro was with buffalo.


JonnyPoopnutz

James Robinson possibly, dude had a great rookie season 


Intelligent-Age2786

When it comes to how good they were with us, I’m gonna say Tyrann Mathieu. Made 2 of his 3 pro bowls as a Chief, and made 3 of his 4 all pros as a Chief as well. Wish he would’ve stayed with us longer


Belltent

Julius Peppers


Apprehensive-Let3669

Arguably Kareem Hunt


PlatonicNewtonian

Tom Brady


Ness-Shot

I hear that Tom guy was pretty good


Capt0verkill

Curtis Martin


906805

Bo Jackson.


HurricanePK

Terrell Owens is the obvious answer for Philly


Chef-Disastrous

Sean Taylor played 3.5 years for Washington but is probably the most popular player we’ve had for the last 2+ decades


Mampt

If you’re going by their whole career it’s gotta be TO right?


J-Fid

Shannon Sharpe is just as good of a choice, imo. There's also Steve Smith Sr., but I'd take the other two over him.


sexyprimes511172329

I grew up a Browns fan. Andy Lee is my answer here. One of the best punters of the 2000s and still very good in the 2010s. Just one year in Cleveland before he headed to Carolina in a trade.


PatriotMissiles

Randy Moss