On Sunday we took a look at what players the Miami Dolphins might induct into the Walk of Fame on Tuesday. That led through some intriguing historical statistics that we tend to forget about. Like length of service. Like John Denney.
In this day and age of football, staying with one team for an entire career is rare. Even some of the best players in the league abandon ship before they ever get a chance to sign a new contract extension and more uncommon are the third and fourth contracts.
Quarterbacks typically last longer than other players but even Peyton Manning didn’t play out his career with the Colts and Drew Brees began his in San Diego.