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The election for the 2026 Hall of Very Good class is now open. All PFRA members who paid their dues for 2026 are eligible to vote. You must select exactly 10 of the following 20 Finalists in order for your ballot to count: Joe Alexander Houstin Antwine Fred Arbanas Al Baker Alyn Beals Les Bingaman B...

Meaning, lets say we knew that modern player x only got 28 votes in first found of voting from 15 to 10 moderns and not enough to advance-what does that tell us? And if the Hall released the voters ballots , what would we learn if in the vote down from 15 to 10, voter z included Eli? Interesting an...

Joe Flacco should be on this list. After winning the Super Bowl in 2013, Flacco signed a huge contract and the "experts" called him a Top 10, if not Top 5, QB. He had arguably the best postseason in history by a QB. Then, Flacco had just two winning seasons as a full-time starter who star...

Joe Flacco should be on this list. After winning the Super Bowl in 2013, Flacco signed a huge contract and the "experts" called him a Top 10, if not Top 5, QB. He had arguably the best postseason in history by a QB. Then, Flacco had just two winning seasons as a full-time starter who start...

We received nominations from 47 PFRA members, totaling a record 179 nominees. The entire list of nominees is below. Thank you to everyone who sent in their nominations, we appreciate your participation. Stay tuned for details regarding the 2026 HoVG election. Danny Abramowicz John Anderson Joe Alexa...

The Hall of Very Good committee is pleased to announce the 20 Finalists for the 2026 Hall of Very Good election. Congratulations to the following: Joe Alexander Houstin Antwine Fred Arbanas Al Baker Alyn Beals Les Bingaman Butch Byrd Ward Cuff Francis “Jug” Earp Ace Gutkowsky E. J. Holub Billy “Whit...

The 2026 HoVG nominations period has closed.

Please stay tuned for the 20 Finalists and the full list of nominees sent in by PFRA members. Will be posted in a few weeks. Thanks!

Just a reminder that Wednesday, April 15 is the last day to submit 2026 HoVG nominations. They can be sent to me at:

sluggermatt15@yahoo.com

Less than 2 weeks remaining to nominate.

If you have not already done so, and are interested in nominating for the 2026 HoVG class, please send me up to 5 former players/coaches at sluggermatt15@yahoo.com.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks.

^I'm curious what exactly Eli did outside of winning 2x Super Bowls? If one says he was great in the playoffs, I believe it, with an 8-4 record and 18/9 TD to INT. However, outside of that, Eli was just a .500 starter in the regular season (117-117), the Giants only won the NFC East Division title 3...