“Concrete Charlie” played a long time ago.
Chak Bednarik is famous as a man of the last 60 minutes of NFL, never out of the field because he played the center, linebackers and special teams for Philadelphia eagles.
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Bednaric retired after the 1962 season. Since then there are many players who have played the ball on one side and have seen Snaps on the other side, but it is rare. And the list of players like Travis Hunter, who can go to number 2 for Cleveland Brown in NFL draft and have a chance to play regularly on coronaback and receiver. Brown has stated that he sees Hunter primarily as a receiver, but believes that he can play in both ways.
Here is the history of some notable players, who have had an impact on both sides of the ball since the days of “concrete Charlie” and in NFL:
Roy Green
Green’s time as a two-way player is forgotten to a great extent because he becomes a great receiver when he used to infection for a crime throughout the time. He led NFL in receiving a touchdown in 1983 and getting the yard in 1984. But he started his career as a protective bench and he was playing regularly both ways till his third season. In a 1981 game, he played 108 Snap According to the Republic of ArizonaIn 1981, he had a touchdown and a blockage in the same game, the first player to pull it since 1957. It is difficult to maintain a full career, which is one of the reasons that they infected to commit crimes for most of their careers.
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Green told the Republic of Arizona, “Just the common sense tells you that when all the rest of the people are playing 45, 50 plays and you are playing 104, 105, I mean, duh? “But because of your love for the game, how exciting it is, adrenaline, love to compete, you really do not consider everyone until Monday and Tuesday.”
William Perry
Perry became an incident, not because of its work in the defensive tackle for the Chicago beer of 1985, but for some snacks on crime. Perry is remembered for him, but it is not that he was a two-way player. The “The Refrigerator” had five carry (after three) and a reception in 1985. He had three touchdowns in the regular season and one famous one in the Super Bowl XX. It was fun, but what Hunter wants to do, nothing comparable to it.
Lawrence Taylor
Taylor’s story is the story of crossing the picket line and playing in both ways during the 1987 strike. Taylor played some tight end in one of his games surrounded by replacement players, but it was limited and did not hold a pass. Taylor never caught near in his career. Taylor is listed due to the memory of tight end play in the replacement games, but it is more legend than reality.
Dion sanders
Sanders coached Hunter at the University of Colorado, and with green he is the best comparison as a modern-day two-way player that Hunter can model after himself. Sanders achieved at least one target as a receiver in 13 of their 14 NFL sessions, but in 1996 he was more than a gadget aggressive player. He started the season by playing almost every snap against Chicago beer, playing cornerback and getting nine catches on 15 goals of crime. He was not a two-way player for the whole time, who saw his aggressive snaps a little limiting after 1 game that week, but he still played a lot in the receiver. He finished with 36 receptions in that season. He was also an all-pro cornerback. This happened 29 years ago, but Hunter has a good role model to show that what he is trying to do is not impossible.
Dion Sanders of Dallas Cowboy attempted to catch a pass from Troy Akman. (Doug Coliere/AFP through Getty Image)
(Dug Kolier through Getty Image)
Mike Vrabel
Vrabel, currently the coaches of New England Patriots, were mostly linebacks during their career. But they have a really cool state line as part -time aggressive players. Vrabel caught 10 passes during his career and went for all 10 touchdowns (he also has two touchdowns on two playoffs). The 10 regular-seasons went to just 14 yards away as they were strictly used near the goal line, but they are condemnable memorable on crime.
Warn sap
SAP, one of the great defensive tackers, wanted some work even at the tight end. And he got a chance in 2003, as a tight end in all his goals, mostly on the round line, 39 yards away. All four catches first went for down, and two were touchdowns. It is still not what Hunter wants to do, but it is complicated to surprise that SAP regularly received Snaps as a tight end.
Champion belly
Belly committed a lot of crime in college in Georgia and often sought an opportunity to do it in NFL. He received three catches for Washington in 2000, then in 2004 at a distance of 11 yards for Denver Bronchos. He advocated Snaps for the crime to Danver coach Mike Shahanhan, practiced a little in the training camp, but got only a few shots on it and simply a catch with bronchos. He was very valuable in cornerback to play the crime he committed. It is difficult to argue that Belly is in the hall of fame for its work in the corner.
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Some of Bailey’s some snacks are similar to Charles Woodson on crime, whose brief time helped him win a Hissman trophy in 1997, but he completed his NFL career with just two catches in 18 sessions.
Troy brown
In 2004, it was strange to see number 80 sports defense. When the Patriots were thin in the cornerback due to injuries, the 33 -year -old Brown was put on defense for help. He played on that side for the second half of the season, Hang three interceptionAnd playoffs including super bowls. Quite fun, he was not very used as a receiver during the season with only 17 catches, but he was playing both sides and contributing to the receiver and cornerback.
Julian Edelman
Bill must have been an incredible coach for Belichic Hunter. In the modern era, no one has deployed players on both sides of the ball as Belichic did. Edelman, who was Patriots legend for his 620 career catches, but also played some rescue. Edelman played 120 snaps on defense in 2011, which included 40 in a sport against the bill. NBC Sports via BostonThey even had a pair of quarterback hits and a forced thunder in the playoffs. Before he was an integral part of the crime. Edelman had only four catches in all the season. Nevertheless, it is comparable to at least some extent hunter.
JJ Wat
Watt should have won NFL MVP in 2014. Not only was he a force on defense with 20.5 sacks, he also contributed to crime. Wat was a part of the round-line package as a tight end and holding three passes for three touchdowns. Like most players in this list, Watt had a fun cameo than a regular gig on crime, but it was part of a stunning season.
Like most players in the Super Bowl era, Wat attracted some attention to a handful of snap on the other side of the ball. But being a regular appearance on both sides? This has almost never happened in the modern era of NFL football. Perhaps Hunter will make some history in this way.