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New batch:

21 - Arnie Weinmeister
22 - Jim Katcavage
23 - Del Shofner
24 - Kyle Rote
25 - George Martin
26 - Leonard Marshall
27 - Homer Jones
28 - Brad Van Pelt
29 - Joe Morrison
30 - Justin Tuck

Jim Lachey doesn't quite qualify but close enough to type out a response I guess. Off-season from SD to Oakland, week 1 matchup. Promptly gets shipped again. Ends up with a Ring out of the musical chairs.

New list is up today:

31 - Chris Snee
32 - Osi Umenyiora
33 - Fran Tarkenton
34 - Jessie Armstead
35 - Rosey Grier
36 - Benny Friedman
37 - Odell Beckham Jr.
38 - Joe Morris
39 - Alex Webster
40 - Dick Lynch

New 10 today:

41 - Bart Oates
42 - Pete Gogolak
43 - Bob Tucker
44 - Jack Stroud
45 - Rodney Hampton
46 - Plaxico Burress
47 - Sean Landeta
48 - Jeremy Shockey
49 - Spider Lockhart
50 - Ray Flaherty

I am anticipating Eli Manning being ranked ~3rd All Time and Gary Myers using the result as a momentum springboard for his HOF case.

Based solely on historical center precedent, unlikely.

Taking into account the popularity and availability of all22 film, his media presence, personality, on field play, accolades, SB, along with what appears to be a fairly soft retiring class, I would say fairly likely ~80%.

I am happy for the players but still couldnt believe the senior and coach rejections. If Gonzalez got in first ballot, why couldnt Gates? Witten wont either, so Gronk should be the next first ballot tight end. I also thought Gates would be 1st ballot, but did look into it a bit before hand. The bes...

Brian - based on a talk for 2 interview, the closing comments made it sound like Willie made the top 10 and missed the HOF ... but it could have been interpreted as a hypothetical example to make a point. I lean that it was a slight slip up. Rewing - Vinatieri and Lechler are on the horizon. Seems l...

Changing fumbling into the endzone resulting in a turnover seems like a possible change. It doesn't come up very frequently, but it's another way to take pity on offenses. An XFL kickoff rule could potentially result in better starting field position for offenses. Stronger enforcement of DPI/holding...

Bryan, I am curious what 16 modern players you come up with that are all better than the rejects you highlighted. To me it looks like you would end up with classes below the normal 5 inductees, but don't want to get too ahead of myself with projections. (Andre Johnson, Tim McDonald, Leslie O'neal, P...