AP, Sherman and Roethlisberger and Gronk.
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Not sure how "legend score" is determined but Roethlisberger's score is way too low.
I know he was an incredibly talented player but I would be FLOORED if AB was first ballot.
No Fred Taylor? This list lol
A nomination is NOT a vote for election. The Hall of Fame’s Selection Process includes multiple steps in which the nominees are scrutinized. The Hall facilitates the procedure of three successive reviews of increasing scrutiny with the 50-person Selection Committee. The first is a vote to reduce the long list of Modern-Era Player Nominees (typically around 120) to 25 Semifinalists, followed by a later vote to reduce to 15 Finalists. At the annual meeting shortly before the Super Bowl, the Finalists are scrutinized even further by the Selectors, who after a thorough discussion of each Finalist, reduce the list from 15 to 10 and then 10 to 5. At that point, the five remaining Finalists are voted on for election into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on a yes-or-no basis. A minimum positive vote of 80% is necessary for election.
In theory...the voters are only supposed to look at on field stuff. Anything that happened off-field is not supposed to matter. So all of the post/end career stuff from AB might not be factored in...
The bottom of this list seems weird. Jack Doyle? 2700 career receiving yards Jack Doyle?
Wrong Jimmy. Jimmy will get his love soon enough.
Thats a stacked hof team
Peterson/Sherman/Gronk...make Ben wait
Remember it is hall of fame not hall of stats
AP, Sherm, Gronk and Big Ben are the only locks.
Gronk, Peterson, and Big Ben are the only locks IMO.
The HOF is about what you did as a player not like who you were outside of that. Plenty of people in Canton already had controversies and that didn’t stop them from getting in. Plus with maybe the exception of AB none of what they did got them kicked out the league so idk I might be an idiot but I don’t think controversy has kept anyone out indefinitely, at the most maybe most of these guys just don’t get in as soon as we think
AP and Gronk are first ballot locks. I think Big Ben will also get in first ballot because the league loves QBs who win rings and have good counting stats, sexual assaults aside. Richard Sherman is arguably a top 10 if not top 5 corner of all time, but I’d be surprised if he’s first ballot.
The only locks are Gronk and Rapelisburger.
I only see three guys who are definitely getting in.
Likely first ballot (in order of likelihood):
- Big Ben
- Gronk
- Peterson
Likely will eventually get in:
- Whitworth (borderline first ballot)
- Sherman
- Cam