07-06-2020, 12:56 PM
(07-06-2020, 12:32 PM)Sled21 Wrote: The whole "Riley isn't deserving, even with his accomplishments, because he played opposite of Parrish" is complete BS without Parrish being in the Hall. If Parrish was so good they had to throw at a guy like Riley (He was), then he should be in, correct?
Parrish got blackballed because of drug problems after he retired.
Parrish held the career return td record for almost 20 years until Deion Sanders passed him in the 90's. It was such a big secret that many Bengal fans didn't even know this even back then.
Parrish also has the best single season punt return average since the AFL/NFL merger (18.8 in '74).
ProFootballReference's 1st team CBs for the All-1970's team were Mel Blount and Lemar Parrish.
But when was the last time you heard any NFL analyst even mention Parrish's name as a great player from the past?
