Playing 16 seasons in the NFL is extremely difficult.
But playing 16 seasons without ever being a consistent starter?
That seems downright impossible.
But that’s what Monte Coleman did.
There’s a proviso, of course. Although Coleman technically only started 62 of his 215 games, that’s because he was one of many situational substitutes the Redskins used on both sides of the ball in those days. While that seems to be a self-evident part of the game today (or even 20 years ago), it was fairly revolutionary when Joe Gibbs and company were doing it in the early 80s.