Dragonborn10 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Barry Sanders and OJ Simpson come to mind. But Joe Thomas will be a first ballot HOF LT on perhaps the worst team run in NFL history. Others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Joe Thomas is certainly a Hall of Famer in my eyes. First ballot? Maybe not... but he will definitely go in, and should. Been outstanding for so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) Lee Roy Selmon, maybe. Nine years and 44 wins, though one year was a strike year with only nine games played. Still ... 44/137 is a 32% winning percentage. Put another way, a win-loss of 44 wins and 95 losses ... just an astonishingly bad record over a long period of time. And Selmon was an extremely good player. Edited May 19, 2017 by Thurman#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregsbills 74 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) Walter Payton. Has a ring with the 85 Bears, but that team would of won regardless of the tailback position. Prior to that, in his prime, he was the most dominant player in his era. Those were some very bad Bears teams. Edited May 19, 2017 by Gregsbills 74 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Jeff Van Note comes to mind for the Falcons. Jeff isn't in the HOF but deserves to be. He played center on some terrible Falcon teams for 18 years. He only missed four games and has 6 pro bowl appearances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 1st one who comes to mind for me is Archie Manning. Yes, only a College Football HOFer, but he was absolute magic on arguably the worst team's ever 15 year start to their franchise. His lineage speaks for itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocemur Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Dick Butkus. The Bears were 48-74-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Barry Sanders was the first name that came to my mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) Barry Sanders was so good... unworldly in his prime... Nobody in the NFL today even comes close to what he could do with the ball. Don't get me wrong... there are plenty of good to great RBs in the game today. But Sanders was on an entirely different level. There were many games when he was completely unstoppable. Load the box, game plan (everyone game planned against Barry) and it didn't matter. Edited May 19, 2017 by TheFunPolice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Buffalo Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Archie Manning in the Hall, if so he ranks up there... as on futile teams.. 1st one who comes to mind for me is Archie Manning. Yes, only a College Football HOFer, but he was absolute magic on arguably the worst team's ever 15 year start to their franchise. His lineage speaks for itself.Missed it but that and Barry were my first thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Barry for current hall of famers. Honorable mention to Walter Jones. One of the best left tackles to play the game but in his twelve year career they had 3-4 good seasons. They did make it to one Super Bowl though. Future hall of fame players: Joe Thomas or Calvin Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) The coolest daddy of them all, Lem Barney, also wore #20 for the Lions. edit: Lions did make the playoffs once during his career, easy to forget that.... Juice got to the playoffs, Sanders to an NFC title game. Edited May 19, 2017 by row_33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick the Greek Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 T.O... When he gets in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Lee Roy Selmon, maybe. Nine years and 44 wins, though one year was a strike year with only nine games played. Still ... 44/137 is a 32% winning percentage. Put another way, a win-loss of 44 wins and 95 losses ... just an astonishingly bad record over a long period of time. And Selmon was an extremely good player. ...maybe even the Selmon brothers as a whole......but I'd vote Barry Sanders.....guy had more moves than Ex-Lax......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Lee Roy Selmon, maybe. Nine years and 44 wins, though one year was a strike year with only nine games played. Still ... 44/137 is a 32% winning percentage. Put another way, a win-loss of 44 wins and 95 losses ... just an astonishingly bad record over a long period of time. And Selmon was an extremely good player. That is bad but Thomas' winning percentage through 10 seasons with the Browns is actually a tick worse at 30%. 48/160 And his rookie season in 2007 the Browns won 10 games missing the final wild card though. Throw out that first season and over the last 9 season Thomas and the Browns have a 26% winning percentage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalScotts Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Barry Sanders was so good... unworldly in his prime... Nobody in the NFL today even comes close to what he could do with the ball. Don't get me wrong... there are plenty of good to great RBs in the game today. But Sanders was on an entirely different level. There were many games when he was completely unstoppable. Load the box, game plan (everyone game planned against Barry) and it didn't matter. theres a big reason despite several playoff teams needing a RB no one came calling for Barry on his early retirement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Bills Fan Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 My vote would be Sanders but the Lions did have some success in the early 90's going to the NFC championship game and making the playoffs a few times after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real McClappy Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Butkus, Sayers, Cortez Kennedy and Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackOrton Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Tyrod Taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) He's not a HOFer but an honorable mention goes to Steven Jackson. He never made the playoffs with the Rams. And from 2005 to 2012 (throwing out his rookie season where he only started 3 games) the Rams won 36 of 128 games for a winning percentage of only 28%. Rams also probably have one of the worst ever five year runs ever between 2007 and 2011 (most of Jackson's prime) winning only 15 of 80 games for a .187 winning percentage. The Detroit Lions won 17 games in the five year stretch from 2005 to 2009, that includes their winless 2008 season. That is the next most futile five year stretch I have found so far next to the Rams 15 wins. Edit: Bucs won only 16 games between 1983 and 1987. Edited May 19, 2017 by Sammy Watkins' Rib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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