Ever Notice Our Player's Names....

[Mazda]

CB- Samarie Rolle, CB- Antwan Rolle, SS- Dawan Landry, SS- Lar'on Landry, FB- Le'ron McLain, Senator- John McCain

Just thought I'd let you know.

[PuRock]

Lar'on Landry and Dawan Landry are brothers. And I do not know what John McCain has to do with any of this.

Are you high?

[Mazda]

Lar'on Landry and Dawan Landry are brothers. And I do not know what John McCain has to do with any of this.

Are you high?

Kind of inappropriate to say, considering I wouldn't ever do anything like that.

I just said McCain because there was some other McLain dude, but I forgot his name.

[dlavin]

http://www.profootballhof.com/history/stats/brothers.jsp

well actually it says there has been 313 set of brothers in the nfl I know there is also a bunch of father son ones too.

[dlavin]

http://www.profootballhof.com/history/stats/brothers.jsp

well actually it says there has been 313 set of brothers in the nfl I know there is also a bunch of father son ones too.

[Mazda]

LOL, thats cool. But 313 seems like a stretch....

[dlavin]

yea it seems like a lot I didn't check it out past the intro, but I think it has a list of all of them.

[Jamal]

I know theres more than 2 Reeds in the NFL...

[dlavin]

yea there are pleanty of guys in the nfl with the same last names that are and aren't related. The Bengals had 3 starters on offense with the name johnson. haha this topic def. should have been in the Off-topic section

[theFRANCHISE]

CB- Samarie Rolle, CB- Antwan Rolle, SS- Dawan Landry, SS- Lar'on Landry, FB- Le'ron McLain, Senator- John McCain

Just thought I'd let you know.

Well, Samari Rolle and Antrel Rolle share a common bloodline through their last name, according to an article in ESPN Magazine (I believe) that detailed the history behind the Rolle family name by way of (I believe) The Caribbean and a certain region of Africa.

And, of course as others mentioned before, Dawan and LaRon Landry are brothers.

As for the 313 sets of brothers in the history of the NFL, that doesn't seem to be that much of a stretch, given the traditional 53-man roster today for all 32 teams yields 1,696 players in the league in any given season. This is especially likely considering how the league has been in existence for roughly 88 years, and the fact that roster limitations were not imposed until much later.

Father/son duos are rarer only because of the limited number of generations in which the league has spanned throughout its existence.

[Raven07]

i think that they're are more than a few players right now thats are in the league that are related in some way...i mean....after all...Samari and Chad Johnson are cousins..so i guess is possible in that state of mind/nature haha

[MDmid14]

Super Bowl season we Ray Lewis, Jamal Lewis, and Jermaine Lewis.

[FellsPointRaven]

FB- Le'ron McLain, Senator- John McCain

Actually, Le'ron is nephew of John McLaine, who you may remember saved a bunch of hostages in the Nakatomi Building from the evil clutches of Hans Gruber a few years ago.

[The_Farm]

Actually, Le'ron is nephew of John McLaine, who you may remember saved a bunch of hostages in the Nakatomi Building from the evil clutches of Hans Gruber a few years ago.

LOL. I'm glad I scrolled to the bottom before I posted the same exact thing. Anybody that is related to a guy that takes out a helicopter with an un-manned car is going to play smash mouth football.

[Guest Birdfan]

Super Bowl season we Ray Lewis, Jamal Lewis, and Jermaine Lewis.

And our DC was Marvin Lewis.

[JonM229]

They mentioned that in the Titans game I watched last night on DVD. Those sports announcers really love whoever we're playing against.

[PuRock]

Actually, Le'ron is nephew of John McLaine, who you may remember saved a bunch of hostages in the Nakatomi Building from the evil clutches of Hans Gruber a few years ago.

Maybe Le'Ron can take out a helicopter with a football? He's defintley stronger that John.

[Raven07]

lol just as long as they play hard and play very well...i have no problem with having players with similiar names

[ravensfan1996]

You guys forgot to mention the ones with the EXACT same names....

Adrian peterson (vikings and bears)...tony gonzalez (colts and chiefs)..

the 49ers have 2 michael lewis's! (one on D and one on O)

Makes fantasy football drafting very interesting...know your names and which team.

[Mazda]

ya, my friend told me AD was on the Bears, but he didnt know who the heck he was talking about

[smashmouth82]

I know theres more than 2 Reeds in the NFL...

ed reed

j.r. reed

josh reed

anyone else?

[Raven07]

lol so there are more than a fair share of "shared" names in the league right now......BUT each one of them are different from the other, in their talent, athletic ability, skill and what ever else i didnt mention