Rogers had several good years. With the Saints and later with the Redskins if memory serves.
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Rogers had several good years. With the Saints and later with the Redskins if memory serves.
He played 7. The only "great year" was his first.
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I wouldn't call those number flopworthy though.
7,176 yards with 54 touchdowns in a mere seven seasons.
I mean thats averaging 1000 yards a year and almost 8 TD a year. Maybe not God's gift to football but multiple pro bowls and decent numbers. I don't think he's on the list with some of the previous mentioned company.
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multiple pro bowls
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I think it was just one. With the Heisman, the award for the best football player in D1 college football, you'd expect more. That award has been an albatross hanging around players necks instead of something good.
Look at LT's numbers through less than 6 years...
2001 San Diego Chargers 16 16 339 1236 3.6 54 10 7 67
2002 San Diego Chargers 16 16 372 1683 4.5 76 14 12 90
2003 San Diego Chargers 16 16 313 1645 5.3 73 13 12 81
2004 San Diego Chargers 15 15 339 1335 3.9 42 17 6 68
2005 San Diego Chargers 16 16 339 1462 4.3 62 18 8 71
2006 San Diego Chargers 12 12 257 1324 5.2 58 23 10 61
TOTAL 91 91 1959 8685 4.4 76 95 55 438
Edjerin James through less than 8 years...
1999 Indianapolis Colts 16 16 369 1553 4.2 72 13 9 79
2000 Indianapolis Colts 16 16 387 1709 4.4 30 13 9 99
2001 Indianapolis Colts 6 6 151 662 4.4 29 3 5 40
2002 Indianapolis Colts 14 14 277 989 3.6 20 2 3 56
2003 Indianapolis Colts 13 13 310 1259 4.1 43 11 3 83
2004 Indianapolis Colts 16 16 334 1548 4.6 40 9 6 73
2005 Indianapolis Colts 15 15 360 1506 4.2 33 13 5 94
2006 Arizona Cardinals 12 12 252 810 3.2 18 3 0 44
TOTAL 108 108 2440 10036 4.1 72 67 40 568
Shaun Alexander in less than 7 years...
2000 Seattle Seahawks 16 1 64 313 4.9 50 2 1 20
2001 Seattle Seahawks 16 12 309 1318 4.3 88 14 8 61
2002 Seattle Seahawks 16 16 295 1175 4.0 58 16 10 61
2003 Seattle Seahawks 16 15 326 1435 4.4 55 14 9 79
2004 Seattle Seahawks 16 16 353 1696 4.8 44 16 15 77
2005 Seattle Seahawks 16 16 370 1880 5.1 88 27 14 107
2006 Seattle Seahawks 6 6 148 515 3.5 21 3 1 34
TOTAL 102 82 1865 8332 4.5 88 92 58 439
And these guys are playing against defenses that are twice what they were then.
In his first season, Rogers lead the league in rushing with 1,647 yards, which set a high for rookies at that time. He was selected as the NFL Rookie of the Year for 1981 and earned a trip to the Pro Bowl.
success in Washington, including another trip to the Pro Bowl and a Super Bowl title on January 31, 1988.
So at least 2
Plus, the players you mentioned above are all good/great
who did Rogers have with him? On the Skins team, he had a bit more around him but he was pretty beaten up (featured player on bad teams)
Saints Records
1980 1 15 0 4th NFC West --
1981 4 12 0 4th NFC West --
1982 4 5 0 9th NFC Conf. --
1983 8 8 0 3rd NFC West --
1984 7 9 0 3rd NFC West --
1985 5 11 0 3rd NFC West --
1986 7 9 0 4th NFC West --
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Plus, the players you mentioned above are all good/great
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They didn't win the Heisman, so he was supposed to be good/greater.
I think it all depends on what we're saying a "flop" is. If it's someone who was a great college player but didn't live up to what they were in college, then guys like Crouch, Weinke, White, Howard, Woodson, Toretta, etc. all deserve that honor.
If we're talking more about guys who came out of college and we all projected them to be good pros, then guys like Salaam, Ware, Detmer, etc. all fit that bill.
It's a matter of potential vs. reality OR college success not equaling pro success. It all depends.