Oh Come on guys....
2000 - Barry Sanders abruptly retires before training camp
2000 - Dorsey Levens is cut by Green Bay the following season
2001 - Eddie George enjoys career year, until costly turnover leads to Titan's playoff exit, the very next year his number take a huge drop across the board.
2002 - Daunte Culpepper leads team to dismal 4–7 record before season-ending knee injury
2003 - Marshall Faulk suffers ankle injury; career diminishes thereafter
2004 - Michael Vick fractures right fibula in preseason game, just one day after Madden is released; sidelined for season
2005 - Ray Lewis fails to post a single interception (after grabbing 6 the previous year), and injury forces him to miss the final game of the season; the Ravens also fail to make the playoffs after winning the division in the 2003–2004 season
2006 - Donovan McNabb suffers sports hernia in first game and undergoes season-ending surgery in November; T.O. feud escalates; Eagles finish 6–10 after reaching the Super Bowl the previous year
2007 - Shaun Alexander fractures left foot in Week 3 ...
2008- Vince Young suffered a quad injury that same year. Career has been spiraling downward ever since.
2009 - Brett Favre set career numbers in 2007 and was on the cusp of returning to the SB. He was retired when he was named cover boy, but then returned and he stunk it up the second half of the season for the jets throwing 22 INTs. He has become a huge joke since.
2010 - polamalu/Fitzgerald Polamalu suffers a knee injury in week 1. Fitz individually had a better year than most. Though he a brief leg injury scare against the niners that season. The NFC champion cardinals finished 5-11 ouch.
2011- Drew Brees threw 22 INT and the saints were ousted in the 1st round by one of the worst playoff teams ever statistically, the Seattle Seahawks.
