So, who get in the HOF this year?

[YardRat]

x-Larry Allen, G-T, Dallas and San Francisco
Jerome Bettis, RB, L.A./St. Louis Rams and Pittsburgh
Tim Brown, WR, L.A/Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay
Cris Carter, WR, Philadelphia, Minnesota and Miami
y-Curley Culp, DT, Kansas City, Houston Oilers, Detroit
Edward DeBartolo, Jr. owner, San Francisco
Kevin Greene, LB-DE, L.A. Rams, Pittsburgh, Carolina and San Francisco
Charles Haley, LB-DE, San Francisco and Dallas
Art Modell, owner, Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens
x-Jonathan Ogden, OT, Baltimore Ravens
Bill Parcells, coach, N.Y. Giants, New England, N.Y. Jets, Dallas
Andre Reed, WR, Buffalo and Washington
y-Dave Robinson, LB, Green Bay and Washington
x-Warren Sapp, DT, Tampa Bay and Oakland
Will Shields, G, Kansas City
x-Michael Strahan, DE, N.Y. Giants
Aeneas Williams, DB, Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals and St. Louis Rams


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2013/01/11/2013-pro-football-hall-fame-finalists/#ixzz2JVWc3LPN

x-first-year eligible; y-senior nominee

[YardRat]

My five picks would be WR's Reed, Carter & Brown, P Ray Guy and ST Steve Tasker, but obviously that isn't happening. All three receivers are overdue, Guy is the biggest travesty in any HOF, and Tasker belongs IMO. Given the 15 finalists, though, I would have to say...

RB-Jerome Bettis--the HOF voters love their RB's.
G-Will Shields
WR-Cris Carter--one of the WR's finally cracks through, and his current public visibility pushes him past the other two.
DE-Michael Strahan--only because one of the first-timers will probably get in.
HC--Bill Parcells--He's due, and DeBartolo/Modell have no business even being in the conversation.
DT--Curley Culp--Senior nominee that should've been put in years ago.

[Mski]

i say Sapp, Bettis, and Stahan

and Parcells

[YardRat]

Oh, c'mon...nobody wants to go out on a limb and pick this year's inductees except for Mski?

[Jeff1220]

Bettis
Ogdan
Parcells
Sapp
Strahan

[Thurmal]

If Jerome freaking Bettis makes it over Andre Reed and Cris Carter...

[don137]

Modell
Ogden
Parcells
Sapp
Strahan

[ServoBillieves]

Modell, Strahan, Carter, Greene, and sadly... Bettis.

[JoeMama]

Jerome Bettis is a guy who will get in the HOF but hopefully not for a few years.

On the surface, you'd think he'd be a shoe-in. He's 6th all time in rushing yards and tied for 10th all time in rushing touchdowns.

But his stats are a testament to longevity more than dynamic play. In thirteen seasons, he was only a top 5 rusher three times.

Bettis' career YPC is below 4.0; hardly the kind of stuff that will leave HOF voters breathless.

But his bruising running style and storybook ending may appeal to the Selection Committee.

I think there are more deserving candidates who have been waiting longer to get in. Bettis shouldn't be enshrined this year.

[Night Train]

All 4 first year players (Alllen,Ogden,Strahan,Sapp) and Parcells.

[YardRat]

All 4 first year players (Alllen,Ogden,Strahan,Sapp) and Parcells.

I don't see them ignoring skill positions completely in favor of the trenches.

[coastal]

Parcells
And the 3 wide receivers

[ublinkwescore]

i thought they had 6 inductees - one head coach, and the rest all former players...

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How in the hell is Bill Parcells not in already?

[MTBillsFan]

Watch it be Modell, debartelo, carter, and tuna
Just because art died, and the ravens and Niners are playing and they'll put carter in just so he'll shut his yapper

[Ingtar33]

Jerome Bettis, RB, L.A./St. Louis Rams and Pittsburgh
Cris Carter, WR, Philadelphia, Minnesota and Miami
x-Jonathan Ogden, OT, Baltimore Ravens
x-Warren Sapp, DT, Tampa Bay and Oakland
x-Michael Strahan, DE, N.Y. Giants
Bill Parcells, coach, N.Y. Giants, New England, N.Y. Jets, Dallas


thats the likely HOF crew.


How in the hell is Bill Parcells not in already?

because the hall hasn't been convinced he'll stay retired. They don't want to vote him in, only to return to the NFL to coach another team.

[Night Train]

because the hall hasn't been convinced he'll stay retired. They don't want to vote him in, only to return to the NFL to coach another team.

Joe Gibbs went in back in 1996 and they didn't remove his bust when he came back in 2004.

[Ingtar33]

Joe Gibbs went in back in 1996 and they didn't remove his bust when he came back in 2004.

that's the point. they can't stop a HOF coach from returning to the game. a lot of them are still alive and able to coach. They just don't like voting them in when they aren't technically retired. The first time BP was up, rumors surfaced that he was returning to coaching (he was) so they didn't vote him in, and sure enough he was in Dallas (a year later). The next time he was up, rumors surfaced he was returning to coaching (he didn't) instead he ended up in Miami as GM, he's eligible again... this time I think at age 71, it's a safe bet he's not returning to coaching. No rumors popping up this time tieing him to some team... so he'll get in.

[Bert102176]

Either way we see Andre get screwed again

[braddavery]

Kent Hull should be in the discussion. It's ridiculous that he's not. Not many centers have been more integral to their team's success in NFL history.

[imbondz]

is it possible Andre will never get in?

[DraftBoy]

Tim Brown
Cris Carter
Michael Strahan
Aeneas Williams
Ray Guy

Would be my five votes.

[The last buffalo fan]

Andre Reed
Coach Parcels
Michael Strahan
Warren Sapp
Jerome Bettis

[ServoBillieves]

Ogden
Parcells
Sapp
Culp
Carter
Allen
Robinson

No Reed.

[YardRat]

What a bunch of horse ****. Gosselin just admitted on the selection show that the HOF selection committee are biased toward their own All-Decade teams.

[NOT THE DUDE...]

What a bunch of horse ****. Gosselin just admitted on the selection show that the HOF selection committee are biased toward their own All-Decade teams.

even with jerry rice, reed might be the greatest after the catch wr ever...

carter gettting in over reed is total bs

[YardRat]

even with jerry rice, reed might be the greatest after the catch wr ever...

carter gettting in over reed is total bs

Take a good look at the HOF All-Decade teams...that will give you a really good idea of whose going in over the next few classes, and Reed ain't one of 'em.

[Night Train]

I thought it was a good HOF class myself.

[YardRat]

I thought it was a good HOF class myself.

It is a good class, it's really hard to argue against any of the final 15.

Although just IMO Kevin Greene, Modell and maybe even Williams are questionable in my book.

Just based on the HOF's all-decade team lists, here are the favorites for 2014...

LB Kevin Greene
WR Tim Brown
CB Aeneas Williams
DE Michael Strahan
G Will Shields

First-timers like WR Harrison or LBers Brooks or Z.Thomas may bump Greene and Brown.