2017 Pro Football HOF Finalists
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Here are this year's finalists for the Pro Football HOF:
Modern Era:
Morten Andersen
Tony Boselli
Isaac Bruce
Don Coryell
Terrell Davis
Brian Dawkins
Alan Faneca
Joe Jacoby
Ty Law
John Lynch
Kevin Mawae
Terrell Owens
Jason Taylor
LaDainian Tomlinson
Kurt Warner
Senior Committee Finalist:
Kenny Easley
Contributor Finalists:
Jerry Jones
Paul Tagliabue
To be elected, a finalist must receive a minimum positive vote of 80 percent during the annual selection meeting.
No more than five of the Modern Era finalists can be inducted.
Here are my picks:
Andersen
Bruce
Coryell
Tomlinson
Warner
Steve
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Tomlinson
mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Coryell
Mawae
Tomlinson
Warner
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Tomlinson
Terrell Davis (Gayle Sayers is in, right?)
Kurt Warner. The guy was bagging groceries in Iowa before he got a chance in the NFL. Loved him.
"Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.
Owens, Tomlinson and Dawkins are my top 3...
Erik
has there ever ben a year when no one got in??
If memory serves me correctly the smallest class I can remember was four. Lately they have been putting in seven or eight. Just like MLB it's getting water down IMHO
mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Morten Andersen better get in. Watched his whole career, kick-beast.
I may have mentioned once or twice in the past that I thought Bert Blyleven ought to be in the baseball HOF. Well, he finally got in and, since Santo did too, the universe is again in balance. But as great a travesty as it was that Blyleven wasn't in the MLB HOF, it doesn't match the travesty in the NFL HOF that Ken Anderson has not been inducted. My interest in who does or does not get in the NFL HOF begins and ends there; every year I check to see if they are going to correct their error, and when I see that they aren't, I move on.
Winners
LaDainian Tomlinson, Kurt Warner, Terrell Davis, Kenny Easley, Jason Taylor, Morten Andersen and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
What did Davis play like three seasons? I see The NFL hof is getting pretty watered down.
IT CAN'T BE A TRUE PLAYOFF UNLESS THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONS ARE INCLUDED
Why is Jerry Jones in? The guy is an idiot
It was a short career but a great one. I was on the fence and probably wouldnt have voted for him.
mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Terrell Davis was the best player on a team that won back to back Super Bowls. Yes, he was better than Elway at that point in Elway's career. I would have voted for Davis though I understand it is a close call.
"Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.
If Kraft isn't in, then I don't understand why Jerry Jones is. I don't like either one of them and really don't know why they let owners in but if they get in, then Kraft first, then Jones.
"Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.
Kraft should be the next owner inducted. Of Halas, Rooney, Mara, Schramm, Modell, Debartolo, and now Jones, only Halas and Rooney have done more, IMHO, than Kraft; and they're considered Football Gods.
Steve
Jones is in because of his massive influence on merchandising and stadium building.
TD scored 61 TDs in 4 seasons and is the reason Denver won back to back Super Bowls. I know Elway voted for him.
I understand the short career argument, but there is precedent for that with Gale Sayers.
TD was truly electrifying, not only in regular season but more importantly in the postseason where it truly counted. He was unstoppable.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/329261-terrell-davis-the-greatest-postseason-performer-in-nfl-history
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TD Was a dominant back for three or four years. Without him, Denver doesn't win those two super bowls and elway would be 0-5. If I remember correctly, his numbers must be very close to earl Campbell's.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
TD was very good, but no Campbell.