First off, he was here for 7 years, but his first year, we got him mid-season and he only logged 5 games, and this last year, only played in 8 (but wasn’t a factor basically at all.) So 5+ solid years of football. He had over 5,200 receiving yards for us, 25 touchdowns, but that’s not what I remember about Eddie Kennison. The first of the two things that jumped out to me was the fact that he stepped his game up tremendously versus divisional opponents, especially the Broncos. Sundays versus the Donkeys you just knew Eddie was getting at least 100 yards. The other thing that I also think Eddie was Very underrated for, was his ability to convert first downs. In each of the 5 seasons where he played at least 14 games, he had at least 41 1st down conversions. Most of those were when we had our Top-of-the-NFL offense, and a big part of that was thanks to him. He simply moved the chains. He usually notched somewhere in the 60′s in receptions each year, and to have 40+ of those getting us first downs… that’s fairly impressive. I wish he things would have ended better for him, but I still think he was HUGE to our offense in the Vermiel Era.

I’d also have to agree that LJ belongs on this list. He’s beasted himself into our record books without playing for that long. While one day I think he will be at the top of the hill among our RB’s, I think for now an honorable mention is the best way to go.

Btw, if you did your own list and put Garrett on it and left Podolak off, I would not be able to say you are completely wrong. That is what makes things like this fun. Seriously though, just how many backs can I put in the honorable mention list? I think I have too many as it is.