Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

I was actually rather shocked that a guy like Haley made it with Kevin Greene on the ballot. Haley is pretty much despised by writers etc and Greene was FAR more productive and has a similar trophy case.

Don't have a problem with Bettis being in, that kind of longevity is remarkable enough to warrant induction. But you can look at where he finished in the individual rankings all you want, the guy was never an elite back. Every year he played, there were multiple backs who were clearly better than h...

Jerome Bettis
Tim Brown
Charles Haley
Bill Polian
Junior Seau
Will Shields
Mick Tingelhoff(*)
Ron Wolf

*Senior Committee Selection

Charles Haley getting in is pretty surprising to me but deserved. Loved to see Bettis and Brown getting in.


Thoughts?

I'll never understand the deal with Bettis not being viewed as a HOFer by some people. Was a productive /elite RB early in his career. Made some All pro teams in a very difficult era of doing so. Had some gaudy yardage totals. Late in his career turned into a reliable and highly effective change of ...

Can't help thinking Trestman deserves another chance without Cutler. Last year they were one of the highest scoring offenses with a journeyman quarterback. McCown said last year he was never more prepared for a game since Trestman was his coach. The comparison was made by others already, but Cutler...

Assuming Trestman is fired(that's a pretty safe bet at this point based on all reports) has there ever been as short and disastrous coaching hire? Even a guy like Dave Shula got 5 years. Trestman took over a 10-6 team and in two seasons has them finishing either 5-11 or 6-10 and will be out of a job...

Faneca, Troy P, and Big Ben all get in. So does Bettis.

Since he was mentioned earlier I'd put Rivers in as well.

Surprised no mention of Drew Brees here.

I recently read Peter Richmond's book "Badasses" and in the chapter on "The Immaculate Deception" he mentions that there was another view of the play from the end zone behind Bradshaw which NBC ran behind the credits at the end of the game. San Francisco Examiner writer Frank Co...

Don't forget 1995 was an expansion year - two more teams to dilute the defensive talent pool. While true, the AFC didn't see a similar bump. The NFC that year was just crazy. Maybe just one of those crazy things that happens from time to time with no real good reason but wasn't sure if anyone had a...