Friday Fun: NFL Connections

[WSUCougar]

Simple little concept, but it might be entertaining for awhile.

The idea is to take an NFL player and find the shortest number of connections to another NFL player by using a chain of one or more college or pro teammates.

For example, if we are connecting Ray Lewis and John Elway, we can do that with one connection: Shannon Sharpe (who was a teammate for both with the Broncos and Ravens).

Kapeche?

[WSUCougar]

Okay, let's try connecting Randy Moss and Jake Plummer.

[albionmoonlight]

So, in reality, we are using college/pro teammates? Right?

[WSUCougar]

Correct.

I've modified the confusing description to better reflect that.

[Ramzavail]

Johnny McWilliams 99 Cards, 2000 Viks

now what?

[WSUCougar]

Johnny McWilliams 99 Cards, 2000 Viks

now what?
Nice. Now pick a more challenging pair of players. They don't have to be active ones.

[Ramzavail]

How about Al Toon and Marvin Harrison?

[Ramzavail]

bah that one is easy...

[Ramzavail]

I can do it in one...

[Ramzavail]

nobody?

[Tigercat]

Cary(sp?) Blanchard, Kicker for Jets(early 90s) and Colts(mid 90s)

[Tigercat]

Let me think here, how about Phil Simms and Chris Simms

[Tigercat]

(Which I can think of a couple of ways to connect in 2, any possible one's out there I'm not thinking of, hmm?)

[Hammer755]

Phil Simms -> Mrs. Phil Simms -> Chris Simms.

Next!

[Tigercat]

Phil Simms -> Mrs. Phil Simms -> Chris Simms.

Next!

Or so she wants Phil to believe.

[Iceman99]

What about Walter Payton and Emmitt Smith...

[VPI97]

What about Walter Payton and Emmitt Smith...
Dennis McKinnon
Chicago 1983-1989
Dallas 1990

[VPI97]

dola -

Connect Michael Vick to Randall Cunningham

[timmyw3]

dola -

Connect Michael Vick to Randall Cunningham

Ed Hartwell - played with Cunningham in Baltimore in 2001 and with Vick in Atlanta in 2005.

[sabotai]

Connect Johnny Unitas and Eli Manning

[VPI97]

Connect Johnny Unitas and Eli Manning
Unitas -> Dan Fouts (1973 San Diego)
Fouts -> Lionel James (1987 San Diego)
James -> Quinn Early (1988 San Diego)
Early -> Steve Christie (1998 Buffalo)
Christie -> E.Manning (2004 New York Giants)

Whee!!!

[VPI97]

Oh yeah...connect Mike Singletary to Lavar Arrington

[JeeberD]

Mike Singletary > Kevin Butler > Kent Graham > LaVar Arrington

[JeeberD]

And lets go with...Randy White to Chris Jacke.

[clintl]

Bo Jackson to Deion Sanders (http://www.baseball-reference.com/oracle/link.cgi?n1=Bo+Jackson&n2=Deion+Sanders)

OK, so I didn't quite play by the rules.

[VPI97]

And lets go with...Randy White to Chris Jacke.
Randy White -> Herschel Walker (1986 Dallas)
Walker -> Jim McMahon (1992 Philadelphia)
McMahon -> Chris Jacke (1995 Green Bay)

How about...Bruce Smith to Michael Vick (#1 picks from VT :) )

[stevew]

Randy White -> Herschel Walker (1986 Dallas)
Walker -> Jim McMahon (1992 Philadelphia)
McMahon -> Chris Jacke (1995 Green Bay)

How about...Bruce Smith to Michael Vick (#1 picks from VT :) )

Bruce Smith/Deion Sanders(washington 2000)
Sanders/Hartwell/Baltimore(04)
Hartwell/Vick.(05)

[Buccaneer]

Jim Brown to Reggie Bush

[VPI97]

Jim Brown to Reggie Bush
Jim Brown -> Paul Warfield (1965 Cleveland)
Warfield -> Greg Pruitt (1976 Cleveland)
Pruitt -> Marcus Allen (1982 LA Raiders)
Allen -> Joe Horn (1996 Kansas City)
Horn -> Reggie Bush (2006 New Orleans)

:cool:

[Franklinnoble]

Sammy Baugh to Alex Smith.

[VPI97]

Sammy Baugh to Alex Smith.
Sammy Baugh -> Paul "Big Daddy" Lipscomb (1950 Washington)
Lipscomb -> George Blanda (1954 Chicago)
Blanda -> Ken Stabler (1975 Oakland)
Stabler -> Morten Andersen (1982 New Orleans)
Andersen -> Johnnie Morton (2003 Kansas City)
Morton -> Alex Smith (2005 San Francisco)