Nicknames in the NFL

[sportsfangal]

I have to mention the love of my life: Jim McMahon, "The Punky QB"!!!!

[BigMike50]

Prime Time, Neon Deion- Sanders
Rocket-Ismail
Missile-Qadry
Roger The Dodger- Staubach
Snake- Jake Plummer
Slash- Kordell Stewart
Hacksaw- Jack Reynolds
FredEx- Freddie Mitchell
Big Daddy- Wilkinson
Bus- Bettis
Deebo- James Harrison
Lights out or lights- Shawne Merrian
Mercury- Morris
Mojo- Drew-jones
Night Train- Dick Lane
Porcelain Pennington- Chad
Quiet Storm- Marques Colston
Wash and wear- Jets Rb's Jones and Washington
Thunder & Lightning- Dayne and Barber
Earth, wind & Fire- Jacobs, Ward ,Bradshaw
Wildman- Ray Nitschke
Tommy Gun- Tommy Maddox
Long Gone- L.G. Dupre
Kansas Comet- Gale Sayers
The Gunslinger- Favre
Easy Eli- Manning
Double Trouble- Stewart & Williams
All Day- Peterson
The Barbarian- Marion Barber
Super Freak- Moss
Captain Comeback- Staubach
Dirty Birds- Falcons
Matty Ice- Matt Ryan
Big Ben- Roethlisberger
Slot Machine- Welker
Ickey- Woods
Michael " The Coke Machine" Irvin-lol
B.I.L.L.S = Boy I like losing Superbowls
Air McNair- Steve
The Freak- Jevon Kearse
Joe Cool- Montana
First Down- Jim Brown
The Ghost- Dave Casper
Goose- Tony Siragusa
Moose- Daryl Johston
The Tuna- Parcells
Grave Digger- Gilbert Brown
Flipper- Willie Anderson
Action Jackson, predator, Battering Ram, Beast (nothing sticks) Steven Jackson
The inconvenient truth- Frank Gore
Road Runner- Ray Rice
J- Mall- Jamaal Charles
Shady- LeSean McCoy

[BigMike50]

Originally Posted by Mr. GE

There were definitely more names back in the day...

I wonder if the lack of mass televised media contributed to that?

There are still plenty now....may even be more All these guys are currently active:

Megatron
Revis Island
Pocket Hercules
Cadillac
The Law Firm
Beast Mode
A.D.(All Day)
Matty Ice
Run DMC
Big Ben
Slot Machine
Lights Out
Mr. Rodgers
The Freezer
The Clay Maker
The Tazmanian Devil
MoJo
Danny Woodcock
The Avalanche
The Daily show
Shady
The Freak
Action Jackson
Pacman
Half-baked
The burner
cj2k
Champ
Housh
Beanie
The Barbarian
Anytime
The inconvenient truth
Windy City Flyer
Weapon X
Burner
Tom Terrific
Perfect Peyton
Batman
Baby Matrix
Green
Amish Rifle
Haitian Sensation
Hands
Sugar
Big Snack
Peezy
Light Blue Jesus
Big Game
Fast Willie
Deebo
California Cool
The Natural
The Mossiah
The land shark
Psycho Ward ..Might be retired now
The Wolverine
Mr Clutch
The Big O
The Colonel
Billy The Kid
Elm Street
Big Mac
Amex
The Locksmith
Spiderman
T-Squared
Blind Side
The Punisher
Quickie / Double D
Big Grease
Dingo
Uno
Breesus

[WyoNewk]

Whoa.... You guys are naming all I had on my mental list. For groups, there was the Bronco's Orange Crush -- the defense of Red Miller's era, and the Three Amigos of the mid-late 80s -- Vance Johnson, Mark Jackson and Ricky Nattiel.

The Boz. I bought a t-shirt once making fun of him. Then I discovered he was the one making money off of them.

[hapaleeretired]

Ernie "Fats" Holmes, Dwight "Mad Dog" White and the rest of the STEEL CURTAIN

[Slater]

I don't recall two of the all-time greats, Dick Butkus and Jack Lambert, ever having nicknames (or at least any that were used on-air).