The best shortened-season performances including Jerry Rice in 1987

The NBA and NHL will be lucky to get in a full playoff if they even return. Major League Baseball certainly won’t play a full 162-game schedule. And who knows about the NFL? But while coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the calendars of every sports …

Neil Lomax

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The Cardinals quarterback was one of the estimated 15 percent of players who crossed the picket line during the 1987 strike and it allowed him to lead the league in completions (275), attempts (463) and passing yards (3,387).

The passing touchdowns leader? Another guy who crossed the picket line: Joe Montana (he finished with 31 to Lomax’s 24).