Greatest Second Acts

[NoGain]

I was watching PFT on Youtube, and the question came up what are the greatest 2nd acts in the NFL. The two MC's picked:

--Joe Montana (Chiefs)
--Tom Brady (Bucs)
--Marcus Allen (Chiefs)
--Peyton Manning (Broncos)
--Kurt Warner (Cards)
--Terry Bradshaw (Fox News Analyst)

When I heard this, the first person that came to mind was Reggie White (Packers), and then Marshawn Lynch (Seahawks).

What would be your best 2nd acts in the NFL?

 

[Rat]

Marshall Faulk immediately comes to mind.

Also Drew Brees, Cris Carter

I guess technically Favre, but difficult to say he really even had a first act.

 

[ruffENrowdy]

Charles Woodson maybe?

 

[Seahawker]

Charles Haley
Deion Sanders
Pete Carroll

 

[hgwellz12]

Prime Time

 

[sc85sis]

Jim Plunkett

 

[Hollandhawk]

Jerome Bettis?

 

[strohmin]

You gotta throw Russell Wilson Broncos in there. Robbing them the way he did with his performance has to be considered one of the greatest second acts.

 

[Cyrus12]

You gotta throw Russell Wilson Broncos in there. Robbing them the way he did with his performance has to be considered one of the greatest second acts.

Hes definitely top 3. Right up there with Albert Haynesworth for the Skins back in the day.

 

[OneLofaTatupu]

Marshall Faulk immediately comes to mind.

Also Drew Brees, Cris Carter

I guess technically Favre, but difficult to say he really even had a first act.

Favre played on so much Vicodin he makes juice wrld look like a veteran sponsor

 

[Wsumatt1982]

The Boz - movie career
OJ - for all the wrong reasons, except I loved him in the Naked Gun movies

 

[OneLofaTatupu]

LJ Collier and DJ Dallas

 

[Scout]

Dick Vermeil.

 

[Palmegranite]

Matt Stafford.

And an honorable mention to Jared Goff.

 

[Cyrus12]

LJ Collier and DJ Dallas

I thought they retired

 

[oldhawkfan]

Jim Plunkett and it’s not even close

 

[Seahawkfan80]

Joe Namath.

 

[Grahamhawker]

John Riggins had a pretty good one.

 

[Rat]

John Riggins had a pretty good one.

Riggins was before my time, so I'm not especially familiar with him, although I obviously know the name and know his reputation as a Redskins legend. Looking him up a minute ago was interesting. When you even brought him up in this thread, I assumed maybe he had a short stint with another team to start his career. He was with the Jets a full five seasons first. Pro Football Reference actually gives his best single-season Approximate Value to one of those seasons. Also surprised to see he had a 24-TD season as a 34-year-old. That'd be impressive now, let alone back then. 62 of his 104 career rushing TDs came in his last five seasons, which were all after he turned 32.

 

[Somos doces]

Rich Gannon on the Raiders