Chris Johnson didn't have the longest career, but he was so good at his best that he had two nicknames.

Before Johnson ever had a carry in the NFL, the former East Carolina standout was "CJ4.24" after he set a new record in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine. But in 2009, Johnson decided that moniker wasn't cool enough—so he earned a new nickname...

"CJ2K."

In just his second professional season, Johnson racked up a gaudy 408 touches. Averaged an equally gaudy 5.6 yards per carry. Surpassed 2,500 total yards. And became the sixth back in NFL history to eclipse 2,000 yards on the ground.

There was a time when Antonio Brown was the best wide receiver in the NFL. Not arguably the best wideout. Maybe the guy. There wasn't a more feared receiver in the NFL—full stop.

For six straight years from 2013 to 2018 while a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Brown topped 100 catches and logged at least 1,200 receiving yards. Four times during that stretch, Brown found the end zone at least 10 times.

The 2014 campaign marked the second year of that rampage—Brown led the league in both receptions and receiving yards.

There are four running backs in the history of the NFL with over 1,000 career carries who have averaged five yards a pop—the greatest running back ever (Jim Brown), Joe Perry (not the guitarist), Nick Chubb (what might have been—sigh) and Jamaal Charles.

Not one (not even Jimmy B) averaged more yards per tote than the 5.38 Charles posted.

The 2013 season wasn't Charles' biggest in terms of rushing yards—he gained over 1,500 yards on the ground the year before. But Charles tied for the league lead in rushing scores, caught 70 passes, came up just shy of 2,000 total yards and had the most PPR points among all non-quarterbacks.

The only reason that CeeDee Lamb isn't talked about more as the NFL's best wide receiver is that he had the misfortune of playing in an era with guys like Ja'Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson.

But in 2023, Lamb told 'em all to get in the back—because he was driving the fantasy bus at wide receiver.

That year, Lamb was targeted an NFL-high 181 times—and caught almost 75 percent of them. He led the league in receptions, finished just behind Tyreek Hill in receiving yards and was just one touchdown off the league lead.

It's the sort of season PPR managers dream of—big numbers in every category on the way to finishing with over 400 PPR points.

Bear that in mind if you haven't drafted yet.

Oh look, Josh Allen's back on the list again—go figure.

True story—Allen was my third-ranked QB prospect in the 2018 class. Had Josh (ugh) Rosen and Baker Mayfield ahead of him. Had the guy who just won a Super Bowl fourth.

In related news, I'm stupid.

That Super Bowl trip may have eluded Allen to date (no player in league history has more postseason wins without playing in a Super Bowl), but statistical success hasn't.

In terms of passing yards, the 2020 season was Allen's best—the only time he's topped 4,500 yards through the air. He also set a career-best in scoring strikes while adding over 400 rushing yards and eight more scores on the ground.

Terrell Davis was done in by being Terrell Davis.

He's also one of the prime reasons that John Elway has two Super Bowl rings instead of none.

Those Denver teams didn't run through Elway playing hero-ball. They ran through Davis—literally. In both 1997 and 1998, Davis topped 400 touches and surpassed 2,000 total yards.

His zenith was that 1998 campaign—Davis led the NFL at 5.1 yards per carry. Averaged 125-plus yards per game on the ground, topped 2,200 total yards, scored a whopping 23 touchdowns and was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player.

It was also essentially the end of his career—all those touches took their toll, Davis never had even 800 rushing yards in a season again and by 2002 he was out of the NFL.

That it took Roger Craig until 2026 to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame is a bit baffling. Granted, Craig's not especially high on the list of career rushing yards. In 11 seasons, Craig topped 1,000 yards on the ground just three times.

But when a player accomplishes something that no player in the history of the NFL had ever accomplished, that should vault them up the all-time greats list.

That's what Craig did in 1985.

Until that season, no player had ever gained 1,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards in the same year. Craig led the league with 92 catches, scored 15 total touchdowns and edged out Marcus Allen for the top spot in PPR points among all players.

We've already discussed Marvin Harrison's Hall of Fame career. His eight straight seasons with over 1,100 receiving yards. The fact that he found the end zone at least 10 times each and every season over that span, which is just ridiculous given how fluky touchdowns can be.

It's a stretch of dominance as good as we've ever seen at the position. And the 2002 season was the highlight of that rampage. Godzilla meets Tokyo.

That season, Harrison was targeted 205 times—the third-most in league history. The result was career-highs in receptions and receiving yards and the most PPR points among wide receivers by a sizable margin.

Back in 1980, Kellen Winslow of the San Diego (Super) Chargers wasn't like the other tight ends.

Granted, he wasn't the only tight end of his era who was more receiver than blocker. Or who was the No. 1 receiving option on his team. But they were far more exception than rule—and in old-school fantasy leagues where scores were tabulated on Tuesday morning using the newspaper, he was a cheat code.

Winslow's 1980 season came a year before his epic playoff game against the Miami Dolphins, but it was epic in its own right—the first of two straight seasons where Winslow led the NFL in receptions, topped 1,000 yards and scored at least nine times.

No other tight end flirted with 200 PPR points that year.

Winslow had almost 275.

Yes, for many of the people reading this the year 1983 might as well be 1583—it was the Dark Ages, filled with dragons and no WiFi.

There was barely cable TV. It was scary stuff. But like the legend of Beowulf, the saga of the heroism of Eric Dickerson has persevered in the tales of elders.

Dickerson is one of the five best running backs who ever played—and that's a conservative assessment. And while Dickerson would set the single-season rushing record with 2,105 yards in 1984, from a fantasy perspective his rookie year was even more impressive.

441 touches. 113 rushing yards per game. Over 50 receptions. Twenty total touchdowns.

It wasn't his welcome to the NFL. It was the NFL's welcome to Eric Dickerson.