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doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited April 6, 2022 4:26AM in Sports Talk

Athlete's that come to mind when you see this, it can be any athlete in the history of sports.

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  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Aaron Rodgers in the playoffs.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Reggie Bush is another guy that comes to mind, I expected so much more from him in the NFL.

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tyler Seguin

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thisistheshow said:
    Tyler Seguin

    It's no use, they're not interested, this thread is sinking fast and is on the verge of being abandoned. Thank you for your efforts, and don't feel blue, abandoned things have a way of redeeming themselves, it's happened before.

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,114 ✭✭✭✭✭

    okay, I'll bite

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Alfonz24 said:
    okay, I'll bite

    Biggest underachiever of all time! Thank you sir for your help in making this thread a success, see @thisistheshow, I told you abandoned things have a way of redeeming themselves!

  • LandrysFedoraLandrysFedora Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How about Johnny football?

  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,301 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Jamarcus Russel?

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,525 ✭✭✭✭✭

    todd van poppel

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,114 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @craig44 said:
    todd van poppel

    Underachiever or Overrated? Sometimes the hype is more than the potential an athlete really has.

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • LandrysFedoraLandrysFedora Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The "Boz"

  • coolstanleycoolstanley Posts: 3,074 ✭✭✭✭✭



    Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!

    Ohio State Buckeyes - National Champions

  • 2dueces2dueces Posts: 6,559 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coolstanley I know you’re not including Bo Jackson as an underachiever? He was the greatest athlete of our time and maybe of all time. He had a hip replacement and went back and played baseball.
    He played football as an off season hobby.

    W.C.Fields
    "I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,525 ✭✭✭✭✭

    greg jeffries

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • coolstanleycoolstanley Posts: 3,074 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @2dueces said:
    @coolstanley I know you’re not including Bo Jackson as an underachiever? He was the greatest athlete of our time and maybe of all time. He had a hip replacement and went back and played baseball.
    He played football as an off season hobby.

    Maybe it was his hip that caused him to underachieve. If he was the greatest athlete then he would be in the HOF.

    Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!

    Ohio State Buckeyes - National Champions

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 11, 2022 3:20AM

    @coolstanley said:

    @2dueces said:
    @coolstanley I know you’re not including Bo Jackson as an underachiever? He was the greatest athlete of our time and maybe of all time. He had a hip replacement and went back and played baseball.
    He played football as an off season hobby.

    Maybe it was his hip that caused him to underachieve. If he was the greatest athlete then he would be in the HOF.

    ...
    performance vs longevity, etc.

    Edited to add: if the thread was entitled Great athletes who didn't achieve all that was thought possible due to injury Bo would be a top answer. In my opinion, we are just arguing semantics here.

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