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The Denver media and the Denver Broncos organization is greedy in the HOF department. Just my opinion but they and the Vikings are the most greedy, though there are others.
By greedy I mean they act as though the HOF is a special thing just for "their guys". No matter how many of their "guys" get in, it's never enough.
The Vikings were truly shorted when Krause, Eller, Yary, and Tingelhoff were on the outside looking in. Clearly, the 4 SB losses were keeping them out in the 1980s when they were all eligible for the first time and say the 10 years after. However, as committee changed and as Vikings did good research on those players they all got in. But it's not enough. Jim Marshall has to now be the cause célèbre.
Although every serious football fan knows of his consecutive game streak it's still used as the key thing in his career, that and his 29 fumble recoveries. However, very serious football fans, like the ones in the PFRA, know that for a few years at the end, Marshall started games and Mark Mullaney played much of them in order to keep the streak alive.
Now, with Bowlen it seems the entire Denver media (see link) is on this push. However, they do it without much regard to Randy Gradishar. Years ago there was a group of people doing the same thing for Gradishar (pushing) and they went to the Broncos organization for help. Right to the top. To Bowlen and his people. They are verbally supportive but said, in essence 'We like Randy, but we support "our guys" — guys who played for us since 1984, like Mecklenberg, Steve Atwater, Terrell Davis'.
Great, you have a guy who was a Defensive Player of the Year, and all the other things he has going for him and they won't use their influence to push him because he didn't play for you when you were an owner.
To me, the Broncos organization ought to be glad they got Terrell Davis in. As was discussed here, he's in on the Gale Sayers-type exception. He was a high peak player who was cut down by injuries. But the very second he gets in, it's full steam ahead for Bowlen.
Now, as far as this "committee" stuff they talk about. Can someone explain why that is the stuff of Hall of Fame? Owners of products maximizing their business is a good thing, it's their right and due diligence. But what does it have to do with football greatness? And if these things are so great then why did Modell get rejected so many times. Word was he was a major cog in the television and maybe other committees?
How can voters gage this greatness in committee work? Why is one owner likely going to get in (Bowlen) and others out (Modell, Carrol Rosenbloom, etc) out?
I think the committee crap is just fluff and cover used to justify putting in owners.
George Young, Beathard, Wolf, Polian. Those I get. It's football.
Of course, I could be wrong.