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I understand your logic about Holt, JB, and he had a great career, and has been snakebit in the HOF voting but its also been a matter of circumstance. The Bruce-Holt tandem has been one of the greatest in NFL history, turning two QBs into stars, though Bulger couldnt maintain his status, while Warn...

How about Eric Allen? Aren't there some better CBs not in the HOF? Allen is 29th in the PFJ ranking. P.S. Jack I respect your opinion - you make a good argument on Gates, but one last thing. I hate stats (this isn't baseball after all), but Gates only had 2-3 seasons where he was around 80 catches ...

JameisBrownston wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 6:29 pm In what reality does Sharpe over Holt make statistical sense?

I love Holt and would have voted him in long ago, before Bruce. But there is no point in comparing Holt to Sharpe as Sharpe is a senior and was in a different voting process.

With his blocking, Witten should be first ballot next year but we know it wont happen. Gronk will be 1st ballot in 2027. Graham has a case with his TDs but was a head case for different teams. Free agency can actually hurt players, if theyre just wanting signing bonuses without staying consistenly ...

Modern HOF candidates are not my wheelhouse, but I always look at number of seasons with postseason honors first and I only count 6 for Gates. That's actually less than a lot of the players who were on this year's HOVG ballot. How was his blocking? Gates was awesome! 3x AP AP1 puts him fourth among...

Sharpe was deserving, but you still have to wonder if Baughan and especially, Tyrer, were hung out to dry to ensure his election? I hope I am wrong because I really felt the voters would bring in Baughan but these young voters probably arent going to elect someone they havent seen or researched? It...

ELECTIONS Modern-era ballot: * Eric Allen * Jared Allen * Antonio Gates Senior/coach/contributor: * Sterling Sharpe MODERN TOP 7: * IN: Allen, Allen, Gates * OUT: Anderson, Holt, Kuechly, Vinatieri The first four-man class since the QB quartet of 2005: Marino/Young as moderns, Friedman/Pollard as se...

Who would have thought the days of four man HOF classes, would come back? E Allen was a big surprise but disappointed Woodson or Baughan didnt get voted in ... Allen is great! And that's a solid silver lining for Woodson. Terrible for the WRs. And a real bummer for Baughan, Hay, Holmgren and Tyrer.

You called it Jack ... A four-man class. Eric Allen, Jared Allen, Sterling Sharpe, Antonio Gates. No Baughan No Holmgren No Modern Receiver No First Ballot Player Disappointed Woodson or Baughan didnt get elected! Happy for Eric Allen! Crazy group! Very happy for Eric Allen and Sharpe. Insane that ...

In honor of Jackie Robinson's birthday today, here is footage of Robinson's long receiving touchdown at Soldier Field against the Bears in the 1941 Chicago College All-Star Game (known by various monikers). I had not seen it until last year, so perhaps others haven't too! https://x.com/readjack/stat...