The 20-season club: These 21 players are the NFL’s true iron men

When Drew Brees plays his first game in 2020, he’ll join a small club of players who have logged 20 seasons in the NFL. To date, just 21 men have reached that exclusive mark of longevity. It’s an interesting mix of kickers and quarterbacks, Hall of …

John Carney: 23 seasons

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Carney wasn’t drafted coming out of Notre Dame in 1987. But he was soon signed by the Cincinnati Bengals and never let up. By his last season in 2010, Carney had also played with the Buccaneers, Chargers, Saints, Rams, Jaguars, Chiefs and Giants. When he retired, he was third on the NFL’s career scoring list with 2,044 points and the last remaining player from the 1980s to be active in the NFL.

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