Belichick probably surpasses Alan Page
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2026 5:22 pm
as biggest first-ballot snub. Tarkenton up there, too. I am sure there are others, but to me those are now the big 3
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dont forget about Tom MackBrian wolf wrote: ↑Thu Jan 29, 2026 7:40 pm I still would go with Lenny Moore, Page and Dick Lane in retrospect, though Belichick is close. In the past he would wait till 2029? ... Ditka, Schmidt, Eller, Tunnell, Johnson, Taylor, Adderley, Bell, Robinson, Harrison, Youngblood, Haynes, Christiansen, Casper and Gates had to wait as well.
some are close, but Tark broke Johnny U.'s records, Page was on Rushmore of DTs---of your list Schmidt, Tunnell and Lane stand out, but still think BB, and the Vikes are up a bit higherBrian wolf wrote: ↑Thu Jan 29, 2026 7:40 pm I still would go with Lenny Moore, Page and Dick Lane in retrospect, though Belichick is close. In the psast he would wait till 2029? ... Ditka, Schmidt, Eller, Tunnell, Johnson, Taylor, Adderley, Bell, Robinson, Harrison, Youngblood, Haynes, Christiansen, Casper and Gates had to wait as well.
Don't see him as first-ballot, just not consensus AP often enough...but that's merewing84 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 29, 2026 9:03 pmdont forget about Tom MackBrian wolf wrote: ↑Thu Jan 29, 2026 7:40 pm I still would go with Lenny Moore, Page and Dick Lane in retrospect, though Belichick is close. In the past he would wait till 2029? ... Ditka, Schmidt, Eller, Tunnell, Johnson, Taylor, Adderley, Bell, Robinson, Harrison, Youngblood, Haynes, Christiansen, Casper and Gates had to wait as well.
I'm looking at those two classes and I want to know how the voting worked. In '84, the year Tarkenton came on the ballot, Willie Brown was elected first-ballot and only two other moderns (Charley Taylor and Mike McCormack) got in. The PFHOF media guide doesn't list cut-downs so I don't know where Tarkenton fell.JohnTurney wrote: ↑Thu Jan 29, 2026 5:22 pm as biggest first-ballot snub. Tarkenton up there, too. I am sure there are others, but to me those are now the big 3
if i recall Csonka Got Elected on his 3rd try Dawson 7th try and Maynard 9th try can anyone confirmreadjack wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 1:00 amI'm looking at those two classes and I want to know how the voting worked. In '84, the year Tarkenton came on the ballot, Willie Brown was elected first-ballot and only two other moderns (Charley Taylor and Mike McCormack) got in. The PFHOF media guide doesn't list cut-downs so I don't know where Tarkenton fell.JohnTurney wrote: ↑Thu Jan 29, 2026 5:22 pm as biggest first-ballot snub. Tarkenton up there, too. I am sure there are others, but to me those are now the big 3
In '87, the year Page came on the ballot, somehow they elected six moderns including three on the first ballot: Mean Joe, Jim Langer and Gene Upshaw. The other three were Csonka, Len Dawson and Maynard.