06-10-2020, 03:20 PM
(06-10-2020, 04:40 AM)samhain Wrote: I heard Mo Egger say that he thought the Rattler was hurt because the perception at the time seemed to be that he got INTs due to the fact that he player opposite Parrish. Teams were afraid to throw at Parrish, so Riley got the picks. This is dumb as hell IMO.
I don't know about opposing QBs throwing at Riley because they were afraid of Parrish, but I do know that Parrish was a much flashier player who probably stole a good bit of media attention from Riley.
Parrish held the NFL career record for return TDs for 2 decades before Deion Sanders passed his total in 1996. Lemar still has the highest single season punt return average since the 1970 NFL/AFL merger (18.8 '74). In fact I would argue that Parrish (8 time Pro Bowl) has a better HOF resume than Riley, but he got blackballed by the NFL due to drug trouble after he retired.
