Fuhr's playoff success fed into his reputation as the supreme clutch goaltender of his era, and there was a period of time from 1987 through at least 1989 where Fuhr was often called "the best goaltender in the world". In his final 10 NFL seasons, Cunningham played in only 80 games, but finished his 16-year career completing 2,429 of his 4,289 attempts for 29,979 yards and 207 touchdowns, with 134 interceptions. Ive played against Joe (Montana). With Hasek now ensconced in the Sabres' net, Fuhr was dealt to the Los Angeles Kings, on February 14, 1995, reuniting him with Gretzky. Pro Football Hall of Fame. src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. Although the team did fine without him, they missed his arm and his rushing ability. Troy Vincent: After spending his four years with the Dolphins, Vincent played for the Eagles from 1996 through 2003, picking off 28 passes and leading the NFL with seven in 1999. Scored 12 postseason touchdowns and made two of his five Pro Bowls as an Eagle. [8] In 2020, Cunningham became the team chaplain for the Las Vegas Raiders, replacing former team chaplain Napoleon Kaufman, who stayed in Oakland when the team moved to Las Vegas. But, boy, did he single-handedly carry the Philadelphia Eagles. Randall Cunningham NFF College Football Hall of Fame Induction.UNLV quarterback Randall Cunningham at the 2016 National Football Foundation College Football . [13], Wayne Gretzky has said on many occasions that he believes Fuhr is the greatest goaltender in NHL history. [1][2] He set a number of firsts for black hockey players in the NHL, including being the first to win the Stanley Cup and being the first inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He still holds the Eagles record with 6.62 yards per rush attempt, 422 sacks taken, and 6.5 yards per pass attempt in playoff games. Jeff Feagles: Punted for the Eagles from 1990 through 1993 and all told punted for 22 years, booting an NFL-record 1,713 punts - nearly 300 more than anybody else in history. He made six Pro Bowls and three All-Pro Teams. It was the greatest display of punting by a quarterback since Sammy Baugh led the league from 1940 to 43. He spent the majority of his career with the Philadelphia Eagles and is also known for his Minnesota Vikings tenure. On November 30, 1995, Fuhr earned his 300th career win versus the Winnipeg Jets. In his rookie season he played sparingly as a backup to veteran Ron Jaworski but made a big splash with his uncanny scrambling ability, though he completed just 34 percent of his passes and threw just one touchdown against eight interceptions. But Randall Cunningham? Randall Cunningham a HOF NO QUESTION! * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader, Transaction, fine, and suspension data since 2002. Click here for more information and a copy of the press luncheon schedule. He also left second only to Ron Jaworski in passing yards, with 22,877, though both were later surpassed by Donovan McNabb. [7] He threw for 442 yards and four touchdowns. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Randall Wade Cunningham Sr. (born March 27, 1963) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. A four-time Pro Bowl selection, Cunningham is third in quarterback rushing yards. And it wasnt because he was so accomplished. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2016. [3], Fuhr was born to one Afro-Canadian parent and one First Nation-Canadian parent from the Enoch Cree Nation; he was adopted by parents Betty Wheeler and Robert Fuhr and raised in Spruce Grove, Alberta. And Moon, hardly a sterling playoff performer, never took his team to a Super Bowl. He also played in the National Hockey League All-Star Game in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, and 1989. Joe Montana won MVPs in only two seasons. Here's everything you need to know about the Eagles matchup against the Commanders in Week 3 of the 2022 season. So we're left with Dan Fouts and Warren Moon. All rights reserved. Heres a look at every nominee that spent time with the Eagles: Eric Allen: Allen made six Pro Bowls in his 14-year career and had 54 interceptions and eight touchdown returns. Luckily, he later had a change of heart. Or write about sports? Sean Landeta: Spent five of his 21 years in two stints with the Eagles and punted 1,401 times, 3rd-most in NFL history. Spent 1994 with the Eagles and had two sacks. Ricky Watters: Rushed for over 10,000 yards with 467 catches in 10 seasons. The next year general manager and head coach Glen Sather chose to go with Fuhr in the 1984 playoffs, though Fuhr was injured in the third game of the Stanley Cup Finals in a rematch against the Islanders when he collided with Pat LaFontaine, so Moog stepped in and led the Oilers to a series win. Fuhr was a regular competitor at the American Century Championship, an annual competition to determine the best golfers among American sports and entertainment celebrities. Had eight career return touchdowns - three punts, five kickoffs. Three plays stand out in Randalls pantheon of the miraculous. That same year, he combined with fellow Eagle Pro Bowler Reggie White to lead the Eagles to the NFC Eastern Division Championship. But his TD-to-INT ratio (1.24) is much lower than Cunninghams (1.54). [17] Club officials denied they rejected Fuhr based on his race; rather, his application contained "incorrect and incomplete" information. Cunningham, a born again Christian, became an ordained Protestant minister and founded a church called Remnant Ministries in Las Vegas in 2004. Of course, Steve Young could, too, but he was a first-ballot Hall of Famer. He was the ultimate dual weapon someone who could beat you with his arm AND his legs. In fact, hes never been a finalist or semifinalist, and, Im sorry, but thats not right. Takeo Spikes: Spikes spent only one of his 15 NFL seasons with the Eagles, but started 14 games in 2007 and had 85 tackles and one sack. Cunningham had the best year of his career that season, with 3,704 passing yards, 34 touchdowns, and only 10 interceptions. To a modern audience that knows about CTE and other dangers the sports can inflict on a long-time players body, this is reasonable. Cunningham led the league with a 106.0 passer rating while the Vikings scored a then-NFL record 556 points during the 1998 season, making him the first black quarterback to lead the league in that category. During this incredible season, he was ranked second in the NFC and NFL with 34 touchdowns passes, just behind Steve Youngs 36. Cunningham ducked and threw a pass 60 yards to wide receiver Fred Barnett, resulting in a 95-yard touchdown. At that age, however, his health and age caught up to him. All rights reserved. In 1988, he led the league in passing yards. On August 15, 2002, Cunningham signed a one-day contract with the Philadelphia Eagles to officially announce his retirement. Here's everything you need to know when the Dallas Cowboys play the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football. In 1986, new head coach Buddy Ryan arrived in Philadelphia and made wholesale changes, many of them unorthodox, mostly due to his defensive-minded philosophy. That must change. Most players would have landed in the third row, but Cunningham managed to twist his body in midair, put a hand down for balance while parallel to the ground, regain his footing, and dive in for the score. Overall, led the NFL in punt return average twice and kick return average twice. Young you know about. On May 29, 2001, he was signed by the Baltimore Ravens, reuniting with head coach Brian Billick, who was his offensive coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings. Despite Cunninghams non-stop effort on the Eagles, he couldnt match it as his body wore down. After retiring from football, Cunningham returned to UNLV to finish his college degree in Leisure Studies. He truly was years ahead of his time. Jeff Garcia: Replaced an injured McNabb in 2006 and went 5-1 to finish the regular season before beating the Giants in a wild-card game in his only full season with the Eagles. His nickname of the "Human Highlight Reel" was well deserved and he was hands down the most entertaining Quarterback of his era. How bout the fact he made four All-Pro Teams on a mediocre team with no WRs, as a QB he amassed 4,928 yards and 35 TDs. Fuhr held the position until the end of the 2008-09 season, when he was replaced by Sean Burke. [11][12][13], In August 2011, following a rumored spat with Silverado's head coach, Cunningham resigned his coaching position at SHS. He was not re-signed, after the Cowboys signed quarterback Tony Banks instead. In Buffalo, he played a role in the Sabres' dramatic first-round playoff victory over the Boston Bruins, helped instill a winning attitude in the organization, and mentored a still relatively inexperienced Dominik Haek. Not only did he have one of the strongest arms in league history he was a great punter as well. Like Archie Manning, Cunninghamracked up his numbers with mediocre supporting casts. P.A. He spent the majority of his career with the Philadelphia Eagles and is also known for his Minnesota Vikings tenure. Randall Cunningham, Hall of Fame Athlete Randall Cunningham, a 1981 graduate of Santa Barbara High School, was a standout quarterback and punter for the Dons. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. At the end of the season, he reached incentive clauses that voided his contract and made him an unrestricted free agent. [5] He had 20 punts during his career, with an average of 44.7 yards per punt. The team recorded its first playoff victory since the year 2007. Poilievre said he will be . Brian Mitchell: Averaged 11.7 yards on punt returns and 25.2 on kick returns in his three-year stint with the Eagles. 88. So now its Baltimores Lamar Jackson whos the Quarterback Du Jour, and you dont have to look far for an explanation: Hes doing things that weve never seen a quarterback do before. Grant Scott Fuhr (born September 28, 1962) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League and former goaltending coach for the Arizona Coyotes, who is best remembered for a decade of stellar play for the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s during which he won the Stanley Cup five times.. Hurts was also joined by Stephen Curry and Jon Hamm. The seat has a long Liberal tradition, although the Conservatives won it for a term in 2011. Cunningham lasted only three years after his All-Pro season. The strain that football put on his body was too much, and he began taking his health seriously. Returned two kicks for TDs and two punts for TDs s an Eagle and had 13 total career returns in the kicking game in his 14-year career. In his final two seasons, he played for the Dallas Cowboys and Baltimore Ravens for one year each, primarily as a backup. Here's everything you need to know when the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 8 of the 2022 season. Despite posting a 12 record as a starter, he put up respectable numbers (849 yards passing with 6 touchdowns and 4 interceptions). All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. These embarrassing details no doubt contributed to the one-year suspension handed down in September 1990 by NHL president John Ziegler, who called Fuhr's conduct "dishonorable and against the welfare of the league. During the early stages of the 1999 season, after throwing nine interceptions in just six games, Cunningham was benched again, this time in favor of Jeff George. He rushed for nearly 1,000 yards a decade before Michael Vick added running to the NFL game, and this type of strain may have hurt Cunningham in the years after. "NFL 100 Greatest" counts down the top 100 game changers in NFL history, and Eagles Hall of Fame quarterback Randall Cunningham lands at No. That's pretty select company. Cunningham was 35 years old when he led the team to a 13-1 record as a starter and had a brief comeback. [20] He also played for Canada at the 1989 World Championships where he won a silver medal. NAME SEASON TM GP HOF CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% SCK SCKY RATE; Randall Cunningham: 1985: PHI. Philadelphia Eagles Randall Cunningham Is a Must for the Hall of Fame Boris Godzinevski October 25, 2008 Cunningham retired in 2001 as a member of the Baltimore Ravens. He's in the Hall of Fame and for good reason: He became one of the game's most complete quarterbacks on one of its greatest dynasties, achieving legendary status when he threw a Super. Copyright 2023 Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame. Averaged 4.6 yards per rush and 8.9 yards per catch in nine-year career. He becomes the first Rebel player to enter the College Football Hall of Fame. The retirement only lasted a year before the Minnesota Vikingslured him back in 1997. Its third-and-goal at the New York 4, with two Eagles backs lined up in an I-formation behind Cunningham, ready to hammer the inside of the Giants line. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. . ApplePodcasts|Google Play|Spotify|Stitcher|Art19|Watch on YouTube, Cunningham, Allen, Joyner among Pro Football Hall of Fame noms. [17], Cunningham's jersey is part of the costume for the Always Teste character of YouTube comedian Ed Bassmaster. The NFL MVP award is given out annually by three different entities. Aside from the stunning loss to Atlanta in the 1998 NFC Championship game, which Gary Anderson and the Vikings D blew, Cunninghams most memorable playoff moment was probably the 1988 Fog Bowl loss to the Bears, where he somehow threw for 407 yards but also threw for three crucial INTs. But, like the Ravens star, he made an immediate impression once given a chance. He was a 1983 and 1984 College Football All-America Team selection as a punter. Yes, he did. Seth Joyner: Originally an 8th-round pick who was released at the end of his rookie training camp in the summer 1986, Joyner is the only NFL player in history with 50 sacks and 20 interceptions. [23], Fuhr was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 2, 2003. Harold George Belafonte Jr. (ou Harold George Bellanfanti Jr dans sa langue maternelle) nat le 1 er mars 1927 New York, dans le quartier de Harlem, au sein d'une famille originaire de la Jamaque . He took center stage when Buddy Ryan took over as head coach and eased him. [citation needed] Cunningham was not retained as coach at Silverado High School after two seasons in April 2017. He only led the league in completion percentage one season, the most yards he passed for in a season was 3,445. Son pre, Harold George Bellanfanti Sr. 2, est d'origine jamacaine et nerlandaise 3 ; sa mre, Melvine (Love) Bellanfanti, est d'origine . Cunningham was also sought by the United States Football League's Tampa Bay Bandits that same year. He rushed for 2,344 yards and caught 163 passes in three years with the Eagles during the early 1990s. Eric Allen, Randall Cunningham and Seth Joyner headline a huge group of former Eagles who are among 122 former NFL players nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fames Class of 2022. The Class of 2022 will be announced Super Bowl week in February and enshrined at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, in August. [3], He then went on to attend the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). All Rights Reserved. In 1984, his senior year, he led the UNLV Rebels to an 112 seasonstill the school's only 10-win season everhowever this was adjusted to 013 when it was found out several players were ineligible.[4]. Cunningham was the most electrifying player not named B. Sanders to take the field since Gale Sayers was knocked from the game. In 1989, on October 2 Cunningham also set the regular season franchise record with 62 pass attempts (now shared with Nick Foles), also against the Chicago Bears. [16] Once Fuhr was re-instated, fans of opposing teams taunted him at games with bags of sugar. [citation needed], His daughter, Vashti Cunningham, is a track and field athlete who competed in the high jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics, placing sixth overall.[18]. If nothing else, the guy deserves to be heard by voters because he was not only exceptional but because he was revolutionary. [22] The tournament is played at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course along the edge of Lake Tahoe. Officially announced retirement, September 6, 2000. Cunningham does not go down. Went to Jacksonville, where he made five Pro Bowls, had nine 1,000-yard seasons, scored 67 touchdowns and finished his career with 862 receptions for 12,287 yards. The preliminary list of 122 players will be whittled down to 18 finalists by the Hall of Fames selection committee. "[15] After missing 59 games and entering a two-week rehab program, the suspension was lifted by the league on February 18, 1991. In 1987, Fuhr played in goal for the NHL All-Stars in both games of the Rendez-Vous '87 series against the Soviet National Team. Wide receiver A.J. Cunningham has also been active in the Gospel music business since his retirement from the NFL by opening a recording studio and producing Christian worship music. Menu Home; 2023 Finalists; Hall of Famers. It was because he was a revelation. Allen Rossum: Was the Eagles 3rd-round pick in 1998 and spent his first two years here but spent 12 years in the NFL. Cunningham retired following the 1995 season, but returned a year later to join the Vikings. Grant Scott Fuhr (born September 28, 1962) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League and former goaltending coach for the Arizona Coyotes, who is best remembered for a decade of stellar play for the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s during which he won the Stanley Cup five times. He was actually benched by Buddy during a 1990 playoff loss to the Redskins. Cunningham has also been active in the Gospel music business since his retirement from the NFL by opening a recording studio and producing a Christian rap group called Humility. It's also available for basketball, baseball and hockey. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. Former quarterback and punter Randall Cunningham, the greatest player in UNLV history, will be announced Friday as part of the newest class for the College Football Hall of Fame. When Cunningham came back the following year, however, his mobility was forever changed by the events of the previous season, and while his arm was still as good as ever, his footspeed took a hit when his knees started to give out on him. [6][7][8] Fuhr's mother came from Enoch Cree Nation.[9][10][11]. In May 1993, while a member of the Sabres, Fuhr was denied membership in the neighbouring Transit Valley Country Club. Fuhr was also inducted in the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. Fuhr and Haek were awarded the William M. Jennings Trophy for the fewest goals allowed. Cunningham was never a perfect player, but he was rarely allowed to succeed, and still found great success throughout his career. The general consensus is that Moon is a Hall of Famer while Randall isnt. Cunningham was voted to his fourth Pro Bowl, and Minnesota dominated the league, going 16-1 before falling to Atlanta in the NFC Championship game. Only during his comeback with Minnesotathrowing to Cris Carter and Randy Moss, with Robert Smith running through gaping holesdid Randall get in on the fun Montana, Aikman, and Steve Young were having for most of their careers. Had one or two things gone his way, he might be in the Hall of Fame right now. Doug Williams historic Super Bowl win was still two years away, and the idea that fast, athletic blacks could succeed at the position wasanathema to head coaches around the league. 6: 34: 81: 42.0: 548: 6.8: 91.3: 1: 1.2: 8: 9.9: 20: 150: 29.8: Randall Cunningham: The game was decided in overtime, with an Eagles field goal giving them the 1613 victory. And what an honor it is to be so chosen. 2016 College Football Hall of Famer Randall Cunningham talks about what it means to be in the Hall of Fame. Fuhr was married to Lisa Cavanaugh in the Grand Cayman Islands on September 14, 2014. UNLV's career passing and punting leader, Randall Cunningham left Las Vegas as the most accomplished player in school history. His older brother Sam would also become a future NFL player. Here's everything you need to know when the Philadelphia Eagles play the Arizona Cardinals in week 5 of the 2022 season. All rights reserved. The club also temporarily suspended its membership committee and had an anti-bias policy written into its by-laws. His receivers and backs in the Eagle era included the geriatric Herschel Walker, the oft-injured Keith Jackson and Fred Barnett, Keith Byars, and other assorted mediocrities. The Case for Cunningham Why he belongs in the Hall of Fame. After two outstanding seasons in Victoria, which included the league championship and a trip to the Memorial Cup in 1981, Fuhr was drafted eighth overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, on June 10, 1981. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. To a modern audience that knows about CTE and other dangers the sports can inflict on a long-time player's body, this is reasonable. And Cunningham has a better TD-to-INT ratio than Elway, 1.54 to 1.33. He had all of the talent in the world coming out of Santa Barbara, but the Eagles provided him with little opportunity to shine. Within a year of stepping as the starter in 1987, Cunningham became such an enormous impact player that his peers elected him the first African-American quarterback to start a Pro Bowl. In December 2014, Cunningham was named head coach at Silverado High School. Everything else began to catch up to him, and he never played in more than six games during the last half of his career. He held a similar post with the Calgary Flames in the 20002001 and 20012002 seasons. One notable occurrence during his time with the Cowboys was a return to Philadelphia. Neither Moon nor Fouts reached the Super Bowl, but both are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was 82-52-1 as a starter and 3-6 in the playoffs. Now we look at the non-Super Bowl winning QBs in The Hall. He finished his career with 51 interceptions and six TD returns, and in 2009 - his second year with the Eagles - he led the NFL with nine interceptions. However, the Vikings lost in the Divisional Round to Steve Young and the San Francisco 49ers. When they would say he was The Ultimate Weapon, Banks told Jason Reid of The Athletic, he was truly the ultimate weapon Ive played against Doug (Williams). In 1998, he enjoyed the strongest season of his career and helped the team set the NFL record for the most regular season points scored, although the Vikings would be upset in the 1998 NFC Championship Game. This prompted Cunningham to retire the following year. Cunningham had a good supporting cast that year with Cris Carter, rookie Randy Moss, and Jake Reed at wide receiver and Robert Smith and Leroy Hoard at running back. 12 in green and white. After earning first-team All-American honors at UNLV, Cunningham was selected in the second round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Eagles, where he spent his first 11 seasons. Remember that next time people tell you theyve never seen anything like Lamar Jackson or Kyler Murray. The all-important yards-per-pass attempt stat is basically equal: Marino 7.3 per attempt, Elway 7.1, Cunningham 7.0. The Blues beat Toronto in the first round, but lost to Detroit in the next. Blake Butterfield, Legend. Cunningham joined the Vikings in 1997 after being out of football in 1996. And whither Warren Moon? He won his only Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender that year and finished second in voting for the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP, behind Mario Lemieux and ahead of teammate Wayne Gretzky. Dan Marino and John Elway played in offenses geared to their passing ability and had almost double Randalls passing attempts, so they racked up bigger numbers. Poilievre's speech was part of a daylong visit to the Manitoba capital, where a byelection is soon expected to fill the Winnipeg South Centre seat held by Liberal member of Parliament Jim Carr, who died in December. Fuhr was again selected to represent Canada for the 1987 Canada Cup. Advertisement. In 1979, at the age of seventeen, Fuhr joined the Victoria Cougars of the WHL. It was a scene that was repeated over and over throughout a career that had Cunningham chosen to four Pro Bowls and four All-Pro teams, become the first black quarterback to lead the league in single-season passer rating, named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year and awarded three Bert Bell trophies, presented annually by the Maxwell Club to the NFLs player of the year. Brown joins NFL Now to discuss the Philadelphia Eagles clinching a playoff berth, his goals moving forward, and more. That same year he averaged 6.0 yards per carry, the most by an Eagles player with 100 or more attempts. Join our linker program. Cunningham won the award in 1988, 1990, and 1998only Jim Brown, Y.A. Its a disservice to one of the games most talented and underrated quarterbacks. Cunningham was permanently handed the Eagles' starting job for the 1987 season. Stephen Wood Van Buren (December 28, 1920 August 23, 2012) was a Honduran-American professional football player who was a halfback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) from 1944 to 1951. Fuhr and Gretzky became teammates for the third time when the Blues acquired Gretzky in a trade with the Kings on February 27, 1996. (10 votes) If the Football Hall of Fame was based solely on excitement there should be no doubt that Randall Cunningham would have been inducted on the first ballot. Playing against a tough Soviet Union squad, Fuhr turned away shot after shot during the three-game final. His son, Randall Jr, withdrew from SHS and registered the same day at Bishop Gorman High School, a private Roman Catholic school in Las Vegas. This is mentioned in an interview with Wayne Gretzky conducted by John Davidson as part of the 2003 DVD "Ultimate Gretzky".[24]. Good Morning Football explains why Jeff Stoutland has a very strong case to be the best assistant coach in the entire NFL. Watch quarterback Jalen Hurts' 3 most improbable completions from Week 8 of the 2022 NFL season, according to Next Gen Stats. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. Originally Posted by J-E-T-S. Biographical information and career statistics from, This page was last edited on 10 December 2022, at 00:15. Also returned two punts for touchdowns in 2003. . He averaged 44.7 yards on 20 punts. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Yeah. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2016. It was fourth down and Randall Cunningham saw the punt team come on the field. Obscured has been the recent retirement of a player who will also stir some argument, although to my mind he clearly belongs in the hall Randall Cunningham. He added four postseason interceptions and another TD. He played 79 games that season, 76 consecutively, both NHL records. The transcript of Randall McDaniel's speech at the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony. In a 1988 game on Monday Night Football, Giants LB Carl Banks torpedoed in and crunched the Eagle QB at the midriff. The big knock against Randall is that he never won or even made it to a Super Bowl. Had the following five things not gone wrong, he might be one of the best QBs ever. No such luck. Asante Samuel: Made three Pro Bowls in his four years with the Eagles and four total Pro Bowls. UNLV Rewind the video to a 1988 Monday Night telecast vs. the New York Giants, and youll see what I mean. Fuhr then had a successful 199394 season with the Sabres, initially sharing goaltending duties with Haek. He had to wait his turn. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. Jon Casey had to play the rest of the playoffs. Unlike Jackson, Cunningham did not burst on to the scene when he broke in with the Philadelphia Eagles. But then something remarkable happens. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. Being a bulldogger when you're a Butterfield is kind of like being a hockey player if you're a Sutter. In fact, you barely hear his name mentioned today, which is more than a shame. Presenter . Watch the Press Luncheons Live on Facebook. The Pro Football Hall of Fame safety joined NFL Network to talk about quarterback Jalen Hurts' development, the pieces added to the Eagles' defense, and the launch of the Brian Dawkins Impact Foundation. Here's everything you need to know when the New Orleans Saints play the Philadelphian Eagles in Week 17 of the 2022 season. Cunningham threw for 30,000 yards in his career and ran for 5,000. Randall Cunningham may be the best athlete to place an NFL uniform on. 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