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Ken Mendenhall, Colts starting center from 1973-1980. He only missed one start of a possible 118. Randy Rasmussen, longtime LG of the Jets from 1967-1981. Started 199 of the 207 games he played, and he missed a total of 4 games due to injury in those 15 seasons. Twice he was 2nd team all-AFC in 1972...

Here they all are in chrono... '80 Eagles '80 Cowboys '80 Falcons '81 Bengals '81 Cowboys '83 Raiders '83 Dolphins '85 Raiders '85 Dolphins '86 Browns '86 Redskins '87 Bears '88 Bengals '88 Bills '88 Bears '89 Giants Yes, the one in italics...they DID finish 9-3 so include them. Ironically, this ex...

1986 Dallas Cowboys - even with Danny White's injury it appeared back then that they would finish with a winning record, but finished with 5 straight losses. They finished 10th in total defense and 3rd in passing defense.

L.C. Greenwood, Ernie Holmes and Mike Wagner were injured part of the season, and Loren Toews replaced the retired Andy Russell as RLB. Checking the stats, the problem was the passing degfense, as they were 22 in passing TDs allowed.

K Rich Szaro played in the ACFL in 1973 for the New England Colonials and Bridgeport Colonials, then after a season in the WFL with the Philadelphia Bell, he played 44 NFL games from 1975-1979, mainly for the Saints. WR and special teams ace Lou PIccone played also for Bridgeport in 1973, then playe...

Steve Tasker would be a terrible choice from a value standpoint and again I think if being a gunner gets you to the HOF, if it's really that valuable then there are a bunch of players who could have made that their career focus and been better than Tasker. I'm not even convinced that Tasker is the ...

J.T. Thomas was the Steelers starting LCB from 1974-1977, and their starting FS in 1979 and 1981. His replacement at LCB, Ron Johnson was the Steelers starting LCB from 1978-1980, and their starting FS in 1982 and part sof 1983.

A player who was very close was Dennis Thurman for Dallas who started at corner and both safety positions. He replaced linebacker DD Lewis in nickel situations as well. I am not sure if he played both sides at cornerback but was a hell of a player who deserves consideration for HOVG. He had 36 inte...

Kenny Johnson of the Falcons started his first four seasons at RCB, then was moved to SS in 1984. But after that season, injuries deariled his promising career. Dave Brown was the Seahawks starting FS in their inaugural season, then had a HOVG-type long career at RCB. Clarence Scott was the Browns L...

In 1985, Dwight Hicks and Ronnie Lott played both LCB and FS for the 49ers. IIRC, Lott was the LCB since he started in the NFL in 1981, while Hicks since 1980 was the full-time FS.