As you scan the NFL record books, it hits like a finger in the eye, forcing a wait-that-can't-be-true reaction.
Did that guy really accomplish that?
Perusing the great names of NFL lore, many with multiple listings in the records section of the league's Record and Fact Book, we find some players' names that simply don't seem right there.
When they accomplished these feats, and none can be erased, could we have imagined that many of these players would eventually join a list of NFL aberrations -- record-setting games or seasons that don't seem to belong?
It was that one glorious day, that one phenomenal season.
Whatever the reason, many of those players fizzled before or after, never living up to the one game or one season of hype. They don't look right in a section heralding the greats, from Dan Marino's passing records to Jerry Rice's receiving marks.
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| Dan Marino's stats are ones for the NFL record books.(Getty Images) |
We know Rice's name is all over the receiving books, but what about Don Looney?
In training camps all across the country, there are players dreaming of having that one game, or that one season, that could put their name into a special place in the record books.
Someday, they might also join this list of record anomalies -- seasons and games that make us wonder how and why it happened.
Sifting through the league's statistics, we came up with 10 seasons or games that somehow don't seem to fit. We'll call it The NFL Aberrations, men who careered for a year or a game but never seemed to sustain it, either because of injury or lack of performance.
The record book says they are special, even if it was only for a day or a season.
