Quite a bit of HoF related stuff from Peter King's most recent MMQB column. An excerpt -
"I marked an X next to Bettis, Haley, Seau and Shields. Now I was stuck. Dungy and Pace were worthy, in my mind. But as I winnowed, I found myself in a three-way mental tie for the fifth X: Brown, Greene and Harrison. Greene’s the fourth-leading sacker in the NFL dating back to 1960,
with smart stats unearthed by relentless football-lover John Turney. Only Bruce Smith, Reggie White and Deacon Jones have more than Greene’s 160, and he twice led the NFL in sacks after the age of 32. A tremendously underappreciated player. I entered the day solidly in Greene’s corner, and nothing changed. Now the receivers … I liked Brown, a lot. My eyes told me Harrison was a slightly better receiver, more elusive, a precise route-runner who made beautiful music with Peyton Manning for so long. Slightly better. But Brown had a cast of mostly also-rans throwing to him in his career, caught just eight fewer balls than Harrison and had one big edge over most great receivers: his return ability. Brown had 4,555 return yards; Harrison didn’t return kicks or punts (he had just 21), so I factored that in too."
http://mmqb.si.com/2015/02/02/super-bow ... eahawks/3/
Also I thought this relating to Darren Sharper from his Twitter page was interesting -
"Sharper1: Re the many who have questioned Darren Sharper as a candidate for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2016, a few thoughts:>>"
"Sharper2: The 46 HoF voters are asked to consider only on-field factors for ex-players. That is what I do. He may be shy …>"
"Sharper3: …of qualifications, but he is certainly a candidate. 2000s all-decade player. 6th all-time w/63 INTs (Reed: 64). He’s a candidate."
"Sharper4: We would be shirking our duties if we did not consider him. What has happened since should not be factored in."
"The bylaws of the Pro Football Hall of Fame forbid the 46 voters from considering players’ off-field lives."
"If I said, “I will not consider Sharper for induction because he has been accused of multiple rapes,” I would resign from the committee."
"RT @pfmflan: Should bylaws be changed to account for off field matters? … No. Then there’d be different set of rules for first 53 classes."
https://twitter.com/si_peterking