[chad@ffLiveWire]

LaDainian Tomlinson (Jets), an unrestricted free agent, will sign with the San Diego Chargers Monday, June 18, and announce his retirement from the NFL. Tomlinson, 32, ranks fifth all time with 13,684 yards rushing and second with 145 rushing touchdowns. The 2006 NFL MVP scored 162 total touchdowns during his career, which ranks third all-time. He won the rushing title in 2006 and '07.

[Rholio]

One of the best ever, hope he enjoys his retirement.

[Portis26]

I liked him more before the temper-tantrum after losing NE game @ home

[Aargyle]

First ballot HoF, no doubt. He really only had what, 5-7 -great- years, but he played many more. And those great years were unbelievable.

[Stalker711]

Must be tough getting cast aside in your profession at 32 years old. At least he can fall back on being rich as hell.

[Tough Guy]

Hands down one of the best ff players of all time. If you had him you almost always had a chance

[Aargyle]

Stalker711, on 19 June 2012 - 12:58 AM, said:

Must be tough getting cast aside in your profession at 32 years old. At least he can fall back on being rich as hell.

I was thinking about this the other day because ESPN was talking about how Tiger at 36 still has some years left but isn't the young buck he once was. Odd that it came at the same time a 32 year-old was so far beyond his best years that it was time to retire. Apples to Oranges I know, but food for thought.

[Aargyle]

PFT:

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Apart from the fact that Tomlinson finished fifth on the all-time rushing list, Tomlinson holds a record that, like Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, may never be broken — at least not by a running back.

In 2006, Tomlinson set the single-season touchdown record, with 31. It represented the culmination of a steady climb, with Shaun Alexander setting the record via 28 touchdowns the prior season, Priest Holmes notching the prior high of 27 two years earlier, and Marshall Faulk set the former high-water mark with 26 three years before.

Five years before that, Emmitt Smith broke John Riggins’ 12-year-old record, pushing the record from 24 to 25.

Riggins had broken O.J. Simpson’s 1975 record of 23 touchdowns, in the same year Chuck Foreman had 22. A decade before that, Jim Brown had scored 21 times.

Since L.T. extended the record to 10 touchdowns beyond the mark Brown established 41 years earlier, no running back has even matched Brown’s number. In 2011, LeSean McCoy scored 20 touchdowns, the most for any running back since Tomlinson’s current record. (DeAngelo Williams also scored 20 in 2008.)

With the ongoing trend toward the use of multiple running backs, it’s unlikely that any running back with the skill to surpass Tomlinson’s record will get the opportunities — especially with the league continuing to emphasize the passing game.

And so Tomlinson’s record could last for a long, long time.

Unless, of course, a receiver breaks it.

[Portis26]

What a moron
" I rather be a HOF'er then win a SB ring"

Then why did he go to the Jets??