Greatest Second Acts

NoGain · Mar 13, 2025

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 · Mar 13, 2025

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 · Mar 13, 2025

Charles Woodson maybe?

Seahawker · Mar 13, 2025

Charles Haley
Deion Sanders
Pete Carroll

hgwellz12 · Mar 13, 2025

Prime Time

sc85sis · Mar 14, 2025

Jim Plunkett

Hollandhawk · Mar 14, 2025

Jerome Bettis?

strohmin · Mar 14, 2025

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 · Mar 14, 2025

strohmin said:
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 · Mar 14, 2025

Rat said:
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 · Mar 14, 2025

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

OneLofaTatupu · Mar 14, 2025

LJ Collier and DJ Dallas

Scout · Mar 14, 2025

Dick Vermeil.

Palmegranite · Mar 14, 2025

Matt Stafford.

And an honorable mention to Jared Goff.

Cyrus12 · Mar 14, 2025

OneLofaTatupu said:
LJ Collier and DJ Dallas

I thought they retired

oldhawkfan · Mar 15, 2025

Jim Plunkett and it’s not even close

Seahawkfan80 · Mar 15, 2025

Joe Namath.

Grahamhawker · Mar 15, 2025

John Riggins had a pretty good one.

Rat · Mar 15, 2025

Grahamhawker said:
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 · Mar 15, 2025

Rich Gannon on the Raiders

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