A tip of my Broncos sideline cap to LaDainian Tomlinson
Take your hats off and give some props to a real Bronco killer, LaDainian Tomlinson.
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They say that you should respect your enemy.
Broncos fans respected LaDainian Tomlinson. They might not have liked him (although I did), but they respected him. The guy tore the Broncos apart.
After a brief stopover with the New York Jets, Tomlinson is retiring today as a member of the San Diego Chargers.
He was one of the most versatile and productive running backs the NFL has ever known. He lead the league in rushing in 2006 and 2007, has eight 1,000 yard seasons, went to five Pro-Bowls, was a league MVP and a Walter Payton Man of the Year. And, it just so happened that the Broncos faced him twice a season. We got to see a Hall of Famer do his thing against our team a lot.
Of the 145 touchdowns L.T. scored in his career it seemed like a hundred of them were scored against Denver. It wasn’t neccesarily enjoyable to watch the man who owns the record for most TD’s in a season score so many of them against the our guys, but it was certainly memorable.
It was impossible not to have deep admiration for him and the way he played the game.
I will always remember his staring out at the Broncos through that ominous visor he wore. It always felt like he was going to break a long run at any moment. I can’t remember fearing any opposing offensive player more.
It’s a shame that the Chargers never earned L.T. a ring. Nah. Not really.
I cut and pasted this list of Tomlinson’s accolades directly from Wikipedia:
- Holds the all-time NFL record for single season touchdowns (31). (The previous record was 28, set in 2005 by Shaun Alexander.)[20]
- Holds the all-time NFL record for single season rushing touchdowns (28). (The previous record was 27, set in 2003 by Priest Holmes and in 2005 by Shaun Alexander.)[20]
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most points scored in a single season (186). (The previous record was 176, set in 1960 by Paul Hornung.)[20]
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most games with 2+ rushing touchdowns (38).[69]
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most games with 3+ rushing touchdowns (12)
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most games with 200+ yards from scrimmage in a season (5) in 2003
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most games with 18 or more points in a season (6) in 2006
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most games with 16 or more points in a season (6) in 2006
- Shares the all-time NFL record for the most games with 14 or more points in a season (6) in 2006 – tied with Don Hutson, 1942
- Shares the all-time NFL record for the most games with 12 or more points in a season (10) in 2006 – tied with Priest Holmes, 2003
- Shares the all-time NFL record for the most games with 2 or more touchdowns in season (10) in 2006 – tied with Priest Holmes, 2003
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most games with 3 or more touchdowns in season (6) in 2006
- Shares the all-time NFL record for the most games with 4 or more touchdowns in season (3) in 2006. – tied with Marshall Faulk, 2000
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive games with a rushing touchdown (18) 2004–2005
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive games with 2+ rushing touchdowns (8) in 2006
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive games with 3+ rushing touchdowns (3) in 2006
- Shares the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive games with a touchdown (18) 2004–2005. – tied with Lenny Moore, 1963-1965* Holds the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive games 2+ touchdowns (8) in 2006
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive games 3+ touchdowns (4) in 2006
- Shares the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive games 4+ touchdowns: (2) in 2006 – tied with Marshall Faulk, 2000
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive seasons with 1,200+ or more yards rushing (7) 2001–2007
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive seasons with 1,300+ or more yards rushing (6) 2002–2007
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most seasons with 10+ rushing touchdowns (9) 2001–2009
- Shares the all-time NFL record for the most seasons with 11+ rushing touchdowns (8) 2002–2009 – tied with Emmitt Smith 1990–1996, 1998–1999.
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most seasons with 12+ rushing touchdowns (7) 2002–2007, 2009
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most seasons with 13+ rushing touchdowns (7) 2002–2007
- Shares the all-time NFL record for the most seasons with 14+ rushing touchdowns (5) 2002, 2004-2007 – tied with Shaun Alexander, 2001–2005
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most seasons with 15+ rushing touchdowns (4) 2004–2007
- Shares the all-time NFL record for the most seasons with 17+ rushing touchdowns (3) 2004–2006 – tied with Emmitt Smith 1992, 1994–1995
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive seasons with 11+ touchdowns (8) 2002–2009
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive seasons with 12+ touchdowns (8) 2002–2009
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive seasons with 13+ touchdowns (6) 2002–2007
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive seasons with 14+ touchdowns (6) 2002–2007
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive seasons with 15+ touchdowns (6) 2002–2007
- Shares the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive seasons with 16+ touchdowns (5) 2003–2007. – tied with Shaun Alexander 2001-2005
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most seasons with 17+ touchdowns (5) 2003–2007
- Holds the all-time NFL record for the most seasons with 18+ touchdowns (4) 2004–2007
- Shares the all-time NFL record for the most seasons with 20+ touchdowns (2) 2005-2006. -tied with 4 other players
