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Top 10 single-season performances in NFL history

   Just how did a kicker manage to win MVP honors in 1982? Clutch kicks made Moseley the only kicker ever to earn the award. 
   Glanville's 'D allowed a modern-day record 129 points in 1977, which is better than the more-heralded 2000 
  Ravens (165) and 1985 
  Bears (198). 
   Hester's rookie season of many happy returns included going the distance on the opening kickoff in the 
  Super Bowl. 
   Receiver met running back for the first time when Craig fit perfectly into Bill Walsh's offensive scheme and produced the first 1,000-1,000 season. 
   Sayers burst upon the pro football scene with the 
  Bears in 1965 and as a rookie had an instant impact rarely seen in the sport. 
   In 2002, Harrison caught an astounding 143 passes, which is 20 better than the next-closest total in the record books. 
   Lane made an immediate impact as a rookie with the Los Angeles 
  Rams in 1952, setting a single-season record for interceptions that still stands. 
   It's no stretch to say that Hutson was as much of a dominant force as a receiver in football as Babe Ruth was as a hitter in baseball. 
   Dickerson's 2,105 yards rushing in 1984 shattered O.J. Simpson's 1973 record of 2,003 yards rushing in a single season. 
   Manning broke Dan Marino's 20-year-old record for touchdown passes in a season by tossing 49 in his 2004 MVP campaign. 

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