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Hey, I'm new here. I've been following NFL football closely since about 1981.
First, congratulations to the 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class:
Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice, John Randle, Rickey Jackson, Russ Grimm, and Senior members Floyd Little and D!ck LeBeau.
The 2010 Hall of Fame induction ceremony coverage begins at 6:00 PM Central Time tommorrow night (August 7th, 2010) from Canton, Ohio.
Now, to my future HOF list. Below is my list of players with first year in the NFL of '98 or earlier (including first NFL year followed by name) that I would vote into the Pro Football Hall of Fame if I had a vote:
98 KURT WARNER
98 ALAN FANECA
98 RANDY MOSS
98 PEYTON MANNING
98 CHARLES WOODSON
97 ORLANDO PACE
97 TONY GONZALEZ
97 JASON TAYLOR
97 WALTER JONES
97 RODNEY HARRISON
96 BRIAN DAWKINS
96 TERRELL OWENS
96 MARVIN HARRISON
96 JONATHAN OGDEN
96 ZACH THOMAS
96 RAY LEWIS
95 TONY BOSELLI
95 DERRICK BROOKS
95 WARREN SAPP
95 TERRELL DAVIS
95 CURTIS MARTIN
94 KEVIN MAWAE
94 LARRY ALLEN
94 MARSHALL FAULK
94 ISAAC BRUCE
93 JEROME BETTIS
93 JOHN LYNCH
93 WILL SHIELDS
93 WILLIE ROAF
93 MICHAEL STRAHAN
91 BRETT FAVRE
90 JUNIOR SEAU
90 SHANNON SHARPE
90 CORTEZ KENNEDY
89 DEION SANDERS
89 STEVE ATWATER
88 DERMONTTI DAWSON
88 STERLING SHARPE
88 TIM BROWN
88 CHRIS CARTER
87 BO JACKSON
86 CHARLES HALEY
86 HERSCHEL WALKER
85 KEVIN GREENE
85 CHRIS DOLEMAN
85 ANDRE REED
83 RICHARD DENT
83 ROGER CRAIG
A handful of guys from the above list had short careers due to injury but I feel that their superior play and contribution to the game was HOF worthy.
My list is based on having watched them play, statistics, big games including playoff and Super Bowl performances (if applicable), number of All Pro year awards and Pro Bowls to a lesser extent. I included Herschel Walker because of his big name = fame, ability, huge year with the Cowboys and other quality years and USFL stats which are outstanding.
Interested to hear all of your comments and maybe we can get a discussion started about some of these players, or others if you like. Or feel free to discuss anything about the HOF voting process.
The best website to look up NFL players stats and awards as many of you already know is at http://www.pro-football-reference.com/. Just type in the players name you'd like to look up in the upper right "search" section after clicking that link.
First, congratulations to the 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class:
Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice, John Randle, Rickey Jackson, Russ Grimm, and Senior members Floyd Little and D!ck LeBeau.
The 2010 Hall of Fame induction ceremony coverage begins at 6:00 PM Central Time tommorrow night (August 7th, 2010) from Canton, Ohio.
Now, to my future HOF list. Below is my list of players with first year in the NFL of '98 or earlier (including first NFL year followed by name) that I would vote into the Pro Football Hall of Fame if I had a vote:
98 KURT WARNER
98 ALAN FANECA
98 RANDY MOSS
98 PEYTON MANNING
98 CHARLES WOODSON
97 ORLANDO PACE
97 TONY GONZALEZ
97 JASON TAYLOR
97 WALTER JONES
97 RODNEY HARRISON
96 BRIAN DAWKINS
96 TERRELL OWENS
96 MARVIN HARRISON
96 JONATHAN OGDEN
96 ZACH THOMAS
96 RAY LEWIS
95 TONY BOSELLI
95 DERRICK BROOKS
95 WARREN SAPP
95 TERRELL DAVIS
95 CURTIS MARTIN
94 KEVIN MAWAE
94 LARRY ALLEN
94 MARSHALL FAULK
94 ISAAC BRUCE
93 JEROME BETTIS
93 JOHN LYNCH
93 WILL SHIELDS
93 WILLIE ROAF
93 MICHAEL STRAHAN
91 BRETT FAVRE
90 JUNIOR SEAU
90 SHANNON SHARPE
90 CORTEZ KENNEDY
89 DEION SANDERS
89 STEVE ATWATER
88 DERMONTTI DAWSON
88 STERLING SHARPE
88 TIM BROWN
88 CHRIS CARTER
87 BO JACKSON
86 CHARLES HALEY
86 HERSCHEL WALKER
85 KEVIN GREENE
85 CHRIS DOLEMAN
85 ANDRE REED
83 RICHARD DENT
83 ROGER CRAIG
A handful of guys from the above list had short careers due to injury but I feel that their superior play and contribution to the game was HOF worthy.
My list is based on having watched them play, statistics, big games including playoff and Super Bowl performances (if applicable), number of All Pro year awards and Pro Bowls to a lesser extent. I included Herschel Walker because of his big name = fame, ability, huge year with the Cowboys and other quality years and USFL stats which are outstanding.
Interested to hear all of your comments and maybe we can get a discussion started about some of these players, or others if you like. Or feel free to discuss anything about the HOF voting process.
The best website to look up NFL players stats and awards as many of you already know is at http://www.pro-football-reference.com/. Just type in the players name you'd like to look up in the upper right "search" section after clicking that link.
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