10 NFL Players That Would DEFINITELY Be Hall Of Famers If It Weren’t For One Stupid Mistake

few things are harder to watch than seeing a superstar player destroy their career with a self-inflicted mistake do you feel like you're going to make it in the Hall of Fame of course why we're not sometimes the drama keeps people out of the Hall of [Music] Fame whether was an off the- field issue a trade demand or the decision to G greedy and Chase the money in free agency these 10 NFL Stars ruined their chances at becoming Hall of Famers by committing one fateful mistake Michael Vic the first overall pick of 2001 was a Human Highlight machine with his Dynamic dual threat game as the franchise face of the Atlanta Falcons I mean three Pro Bowl nods 1155 passing yards 71 touchdowns 3,859 rushing yards and 21 rushing scores Vic LED Atlanta to a pair of playoff appearances including a trip to the 2004 NFC Championship game after rushing for 1,39 yards in his age 26 2006 season Vic was playing like a first ballot Hall of Famer sadly all that Came Crashing Down When Federal authorities discovered that Vic was running an illegal dog fighting ring in Virginia he spent 21 months in prison and miss the entire 207 and 2008 Seasons prompting Atlanta to draft his successor in Matt Ryan Vick signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2009 and enjoyed a career Renaissance in 2010 and route to comeback Player of the Year honors Vic led the Eagles to the NFC East Division crown and earned his fourth Pro Bowl selection sadly injuries derailed the final years of Vick careers and he spent his final three years as backup QB having lost those two prime years in Atlanta because of the the prison sentence Vic had all but ruined any realistic hope that he had at making it into the Hall of Fame Antonio Brown Brown committed a tragic and disturbing amount of problems both on and off the field he did a lot of wrong and had no one to blame but himself but if you want to trace the point that marked the beginning of the end look no further than December of 2018 Brown's attitude with Steelers coaches and players namely Ben rothberger had soured a plenty throughout the 2018 season it finally breached its Breaking Point ahead of Pittsburgh's must-win week 17 home game against the Cincinnati Bengals AB got into a heated argument with rothberger and stormed out of practice he then no-showed their week 17 finale which Pittsburgh won anyway before requesting a trade Brown was then traded to the Oakland Raiders for two draft picks however his selfish Antics and off the- field issues rapidly worsened so he was cut by John guden just before the start of the 2019 season the New England Patriots picked up brown on a one-year deal only to release him after disturbing misconduct allegations against him became public the NFL subsequently handed him an eight game suspension to start the 2020 season Brown then joined Tom bry's Tampa Bay Buccaneers Midway through the 2020 season and helped them to his Super Bowl 55 Championship even catching a touchdown in the blowout win over the Kansas City Chiefs believing that AB was a changed man the Bucks resigned Brown to a one-year deal however proving that he was not in fact a changed man Brown took off his jersey and ran out of the stadium in the Bucks week 17 game against the New York Jets following a disagreement with Bruce arens Brown was released and unsurprisingly never picked up by NFL team again with brown didn't become a self-destructive me first kind of guy both on and off the field and maybe if he just stayed with the Steelers he would probably still be playing and without a doubt he would be a lock for the Hall of Fame by now leevon Bell the Workhorse running back formed the killer Beast Trio with Antonio Brown and Ben rothberger so I suppose it's only fitting that Belle like brown made one dumb business decision that ruined his entire playing career Pittsburgh's 2013 second round pick was arguably the NFL's best running back during his 5 years with the Steelers Bell rushed for over 1,200 yards three different times and posted over 1,800 yards of offense three times but in the 2018 offseason Bell the Steelers engaged in an ugly ugly contract dispute he was offered a $70 million extension over 5 years but rejected it and decided to sit out the 2018 season hoping to preserve his body and maybe secure a bigger payday in 2019 the New York Jets ended up handing Bell a 4-year deal worth $52.5 million in free agency Bell averaged a pathetic 3.2 yards per carry and had a career low three rushing scores after clashing with head coach Adam gase Bell was released in the midst of the 2020 season brief stops with the Kansas City Chiefs Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Baltimore Ravens did nothing to revive Bell's career the three-time pro bowler in all pro was thus out of the NFL before his 30th birthday at least he's enjoying boxing these days Gary Anderson Anderson should be celebrated as a proud Hall of Famer and as one of the greatest kickers in NFI history yet sadly we all only remember him as the guy who blew the biggest kick of his life Look Away Vikings fans Anderson's resumee as a kicker kind of speaks for itself 1980s and 1990s all decade team selections four Pro Bowl NDS and two first team All Pro selections I mean only Adam vender and Morton Anderson have more career field goals made than Anderson who managed to make 538 over his legendary career Anderson spent the majority of his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers which spanned from 1982 to 1994 but as everyone knows his Legacy is what happened in the Vikings Falcons 1998 NFC Championship game Anderson hadn't missed a single kick or extra point all year long now all he had to do was kick a 38- y before the 2-minute warning to put Minnesota up by 10 which basically would have just put the game away right then and there Anderson missed it the Falcons drove down the field and tied the game late they went on to win in overtime and the 15 win Vikings saw their season end in absolutely gut-wrenching fashion his career was never the after that tragic Miss he finished with a career 80.1 field goal percentage but Anderson finished below that Mark in three of his final six seasons if he had made that kick he accomplishes the perfect season and the Vikings probably win the Super Bowl and of course his legacy is entirely different he sustains his all World career field goal percentage and he makes it into the Hall of Fame oh how different history could have been Ricky Williams with 10,9 career receiving yards and 66 touchdowns there's a small case to be made that the ex Miami Dolphins running back deserves Canton consideration well he would be a virtual lock by now if not for one costly suspension that came during the prime of his career Williams was suspended four times for marijuana usage during his roller coaster of a playing career the fourth violation however prompted the league to suspend him for the entire 2006 season as a result the 2002 rushing Champion had to head north to spend the 2006 season with the cfl's Toronto Argonaut Williams was then reinstated late in the 2007 season only to suffer a season ending pectoral muscle in his return Williams had just one more 1,000 yard season in 2009 but he was well past his best before date Upon returning from suspension if he didn't commit that fourth offense he would have had who knows how many more prime years and honestly he'd be enshrined in the hall by now Elon Smith like Antonio Brown Smith had plenty of off the- field issues that ruined what could have been something special but it was the final STW in San Francisco that really ruined Smith's chances to be one of the alltime greats the number seven pick of 2011 emerged as a star on the 49ers defense led by fellow Stars Patrick Willis Navaro Bowman and Justin Smith he led San Fanta 3 straight NFC championship games to begin his career including a trip to Super Bowl 47 now despite being limited to 50 games over his Four Seasons with San Fran Smith racked up a ridiculous 44 sacks and six forced fumbles this included an insane 19.5 sack season in 2012 that garnered Pro Bowl and First Team all pro nods the 49ers were mostly putting up with Smith off the field troubles because of his dominance on the field but when he was arrested for a DUI in the 2015 off season the 49ers finally just had enough this with Smith's fifth arrest and his third for DUI so the 49ers just released him after spending the 2015 season with Oakland Smith's legal troubles barred him from Marine statement for the 2016 2017 2018 and 2019 Seasons man if Smith could have only kept it clean with the 49ers but that third DUI arrest marked the beginning of the end for what was once a very promising career Andre Ryon r was among the NFL's Elite wide receivers during his tenure with the Falcons which spanned from 1990 to 1994 he earned four Pro Bowl selections and put up four seasons of 1K receiving the ultimate TD machine had 56 scores in 78 regular season games as a falcon but in 1995 ryson made the mistake by chasing the money and signing with the Cleveland Browns for $17 million the richest wide receiver deal ever at the time ryson openly called out Browns fans and expressed excitement that the team was relocating to Baltimore outside right flat listen to the booze that means it's Andre ryzen finishing the forgettable year with only 47 catches for 701 yards and 3 TDS Bryson was released by the team after the relocation to Baltimore Greg Jennings Jennings is a member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame he's also won non-costly decision away from being in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Jennings and Donald Driver were one of football's best receiving Duos in Brett Fab's final years and of course in the beginning of Aon Rogers Prime the two-time pro bowler helped the Packers to Super Bowl 45 Championship putting him one step closer to Canton in seven years of the pack Jennings racked up 425 receptions for 6537 yards and 53 touchdowns ahead of 2013 free agency he rejected an offer worth around $10 million annually and signed with the art rival Vikings on a 5-year deal worth $45 million as expected Jennings production regressed once he went from Aaron roders to Matt Castle and Christian Ponder yeah Jennings was just never the same and Aima with the number 31 pick in the 2003 draft the Oakland Raiders struck Gold by selecting California quarterback Nam de oima who spent the next seven years as the face of the franchise the Oakland Raiders select asmga Nami cornerback California there was a time when ASA was in the same conversation as darl Rivas and Champ Bailey for the best corner in the game asen's awfully low career int totals can be explained by the simple fact that he single-handedly shut down half the field and opposing QBs almost never threw in his Direction over his 8 years with the Raiders aww earned the three Pro bow nods two first team allros and as many second Team all pro nods indeed aww was playing his way to a gold jacket that all changed in the 2011 offseason however when aw chased the money and signed a 5-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles worth $60 million aam's tenure in Philly was a disaster from day one he battled injuries and was just completely lost in Juan casilla's defensive scheme auma completely lost his all World play and was let go after two forgettable years in Philly looking to somehow revive his career ASA joined the stared and reigning NFC champion San Francisco 49ers in 2013 he lasted just three games before being waved mid-season putting a sour end to a career that once looked completely Hall of Fame caliber if only as state with the Raiders or maybe went to a team that actually knew how to utilize his skill set Albert Haynesworth the hulking 6'6 350lb DT was among the NFL's Elite defensive players during his run with the Tennessee Titans Haynesworth was an absolute beast in Tennessee earning two pro bowl nods and a of First Team all pro selections his efforts helped the Titans reach the postseason four times too after the 2008 season hanesworth entered free agency and joined Washington on a 7-year deal worth $100 million that was the worst possible landing spot for hanesworth you know given the longtime dysfunction of that franchise under owner Dan Snider Haworth clashed with his coaches right away openly complaining about the defensive scheme he was out of shape and displayed complete laziness on the field prompting Washington to give up on him after 2 years Haworth was traded at the p rots in the 2011 off season but uh even Bill bich couldn't save them hanesworth was let go mid-season after arguing with a patriot assistant to Inn a game and he was out of football for good in 2012 going to Washington simply derailed a once's blossoming career if hanesworth didn't like the defensive scheme or the fit in the first place why did he even go there signing with a total laughing stalk of a franchise is what ultimately ended hanesworth career one that really seemed destined to carve a path to Canton but what other NFL players would have been Hall of Famer if not for one fatal mistake let us know in the comments section below if you like this video and learned a thing or two clicking the like button helps out a ton but night we appreciate it if this is your first time coming around to TPS though subscribing is a great idea because we put out videos like this every single day but as always thanks for watching and we'll see you guys next [Music] time he

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Published: Fri Mar 22 2024