2 Players You Don't Know Who Have Changed NFL History

Hi, today I am posting about some players you probably don't know played that changed the NFL in a big way. Some crazy things happened today. Browns release amazing wide receiver Josh Gordon. Bills place star receiver Sammy Watkins on IR, should probably be out for the year. Here it is:

John Lynch, Former Broncos Safety:
In week 17 a few years back, the Broncos were playing the Chargers. Saints legendary QB Drew Brees was then on the Chargers. Near the back of their own endzone, the Chargers snapped the ball and Drew Brees dropped back and looked for open receivers. John Lynch ran in and forced a fumble on Drew Brees. Brees was an AMAZING QB for the Chargers and he was ready to take his team to the playoffs and the Super Bowl. The Chargers were already out of the playoffs so it was a meaningless fumble but Brees jumped for it anyway. He hurt his arm and 2nd year QB at the time Phillip Rivers stepped in to play. After the season the Chargers didn't re-sign the injured Brees and the Saints signed him. Rivers was the Chargers starter the next season and to this day. Brees took command of his new offense quickly and after a few seasons he lead the Saints to a Super Bowl win. Brees set a lot of records that are still held by him to this day. Meanwhile Phillip Rivers was amazing on the Chargers and also set records their too. Both QB's will be hall of famers and are amazing, but without John Lynch, Brees would still be slinging balls in San Diego and no one would have ever even known Phillip Rivers.

Mo Lewis, Former Jets Linebacker:
In the second game of the 2001 NFL season, the Patriots were playing the Jets. The Patriots had great QB Drew Bledsoe, it looked like he was taking the Patriots to the playoffs. In this game, Bledsoe on a random play rolled out and ran. He was hit by Mo Lewis and injured. Surefire future hall of fame QB Tom Brady came in and played for the first time. He was amazing and lead the Patriots to the Super Bowl. When Bledsoe came back, Brady was the new starter and he still is to this day. Brady is probably the best QB in NFL history. Without Mo Lewis, its possible that Bledsoe could have been thought of as the best QB in NFL history if he kept on doing what he had been doing. If Lewis wasn't in the the league, Brady could have gone his whole career as a backup and no one would ever know the true talent behind him.

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