HOF Announcement

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So later tonight, the HOF committee will annouce which 4-7 ex-players/coaches will make it into the NFL Hall of Fame. Here are the 17 finalists:

Jerome Bettis

[b]Tim Brown[/b]

Jack Butler

[b]Cris Carter[/b]

Dermontti Dawson

Edward DeBartolo Jr.

Chris Doleman

Kevin Greene

Charles Haley

Cortez Kennedy

[b]Curtis Martin[/b]

[b]Bill Parcells[/b]

[b]Andre Reed[/b]

Willie Roaf

[b]Will Shields[/b]

Dick Stanfel

Aeneas Williams

[url="http://www.profootballhof.com/enshrinement/2012/1/7/class-of-2012-finalists-capsule-bios/"]LINK[/url]

Who do you think makes it in? I bolded the guys I thought had the best chance.

[BloodRaven]

I think Bettis is first ballot to keep the Steelers nation happy, Martin will be 3rd or 4th.

[Ed_Reed20]

Parcells, Haley, Carter and Brown should make it.

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[quote name='BloodRaven' timestamp='1328375298' post='984745']
I think Bettis is first ballot to keep the Steelers nation happy, Martin will be 3rd or 4th.
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Really? Martin has more yardage and one less TD despite playing two years less than Bettis. I don't see how Jerome Bettis, fairly, makes it in before Martin. But, as you alluded to, nothing is fair when it comes to Steelers.

[JO_75]

Introducing the Newest Members of the NFL Hall of Fame, the 2012 Class:

- Jack Butler

- Dermontti Dawson

- Chris Doleman

- Cortez Kennedy

- Curtis Martin

- Willie Roaf

[url="http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/04/butler-dawson-doleman-kennedy-martin-roaf-are-hall-of-famers/"]http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/04/butler-dawson-doleman-kennedy-martin-roaf-are-hall-of-famers/[/url]

[MsMarvel73]

I was overjoyed to see that Martin made it in before Bettis. He has been waiting a looooong time for this (as has Chris Doleman, as a matter of fact).

[url="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/jim_trotter/02/04/hall.of.fame/index.html?sct=hp_t2_a6&eref=sihp"]Jim Trotter wrote about the fact that there will always be snubs[/url]. It's a good read. He explains that there are always more deserving candidates than there are slots and makes the point that the decision is never easy...and that it's not going to get any easier. Included are the first-year candidates for '13, '14. and '15. Think we'll see JO go in first-year in '13?


That being said, my unhappiness smolders for Andre Reed. Jim Kelly never would have wracked up HoF numbers without him. Jim's in. Thurman Thomas is in. Will Andre ever get to join them?

[BloodRaven]

I'm surprised Roaf beat out Shields, I always saw Shields as being the most consistent of the two.

[cursona pirate]

My local news up here is pissed Reed didn't get in for the seventh time in a row.
Poor Bills.

[chesapeakeaviator]

Cortez Kennedy over Tim Brown, Cris Carter, and Andre Reed? Hmmmmm...

Don't get me wrong; arguably the best DT to ever play. Perhaps that warrants the honor by itself. Still, makes you raise your eyebrows a bit...

[JO_75]

I wish they would put Andre Reed into the Hall of Fame myself, long overdue. Though next year is going to be even tougher for him along with everyone else who didn't get in. The list of players who are eligible in 2013 is pretty good:

- Larry Allen

- Jonathon Ogden

- Michael Strahan

- Warren Sapp

- John Lynch

- Steve McNair

I would love to see JO get in the first time around but I think it would be cool to see a Ravens type of Hall of Fame night and for Jonathon and Matt Stover(the original Raven and the very first pick of the Ravens in 1996) go in at the same time, just like I want to see Ray and Ed go in together.

[Militant X 1]

no Reed?
no Carter?
no Brown?

not one of these cats made it? now that is just pitiful! smh!

~Mili

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[quote name='Militant X 1' timestamp='1328493796' post='986214']
no Reed?
no Carter?
no Brown?

not one of these cats made it? now that is just pitiful! smh!

~Mili
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It really sucks. It's going to get even tougher for them to make it with all the unquestionable HOF-worthy players coming up, including more WRs.

[T3hRaven]

I can't believe Carter is not in the HoF. He is one of the greatest of all time and there's really no excuse for him not to be in Canton.