2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class

Took a chance with Meador and lost:

 

The initial list for Modern Candidates is out. Have fun reducing to 25

*Finalist in 2023. Underline indicates first year of eligibility. (Players must have last played at least five full seasons ago to be eligible for nomination. Therefore, any individual who last played in 2018 is eligible for the first time in 2024.)

QUARTERBACKS (10): Marc Bulger, Randall Cunningham, Jake Delhomme, Doug Flutie, Rich Gannon, Jeff Garcia, Donovan McNabb, Steve McNair, Tony Romo, Michael Vick.

RUNNING BACKS (33): Shaun Alexander, Terry Allen, Mike Alstott, Jamal Anderson, Tiki Barber, Michael Bates (also KR), Jamaal Charles, Larry Centers (FB), Stephen Davis, Corey Dillon, Warrick Dunn, Charlie Garner, Eddie George, Ahman Green, Priest Holmes, Steven Jackson, Chris Johnson, Daryl Johnston (FB), Thomas Jones, John Kuhn (FB), Vonta Leach, Dorsey Levens, Jamal Lewis, Eric Metcalf (also WR/PR/KR), Glyn Milburn (also WR), Lorenzo Neal (FB), Tony Richardson (FB), Robert Smith, Fred Taylor, Chris Warren, Ricky Watters, Brian Westbrook, Ricky Williams.

WIDE RECEIVERS (23): Anquan Boldin, Troy Brown (also PR/KR), Donald Driver, Antonio Freeman, Irving Fryar, Dante Hall, Devin Hester* (also PR/KR), Torry Holt*, Joe Horn, Andre Johnson*, Chad Johnson, Brandon Marshall, Derrick Mason, Herman Moore, Muhsin Muhammad, Jordy Nelson, Andre Rison, Jimmy Smith, Rod Smith, Steve Smith Sr., Hines Ward, Reggie Wayne*, Wes Welker.

TIGHT ENDS (3): Ben Coates, Antonio Gates, Wesley Walls.

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (25): Willie Anderson* (T), Bruce Armstrong (T/G), Matt Birk (C), Lomas Brown (T), Ruben Brown (G), Jahri Evans (G), Kevin Glover (C/G), Olin Kreutz (C), T.J. Lang (T), Matt Light (T), Nick Mangold (C), Logan Mankins (G), Tom Nalen (C), Nate Newton (G/T), Jeff Saturday (C), Mark Schlereth (G/C), Josh Sitton (G), Chris Snee (G), Mark Stepnoski (C), Dave Szott (G), Max Unger (C), Brian Waters (G), Richmond Webb (T), Erik Williams (T), Steve Wisniewski (G).

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (20): John Abraham (DE also LB), Jared Allen* (DE), Dwight Freeney* (DE), La’Roi Glover (DT/NT), Casey Hampton (DT/NT), Robert Mathis (DE), Haloti Ngata (DT), Leslie O’Neal (DE), Julius Peppers (DE), Simeon Rice (DE), Justin Smith (DE), Neil Smith (DE), Dana Stubblefield (DT), Henry Thomas (DT/NT), Justin Tuck (DE), Ted Washington (NT/DT), Vince Wilfork (DT/NT), Jamal Williams (DT/NT), Kevin Williams (DT), Pat Williams (DT).

LINEBACKERS (25): Jesse Armstead, Brendon Ayanbadejo, Cornelius Bennett, Lance Briggs, Keith Brooking, NaVorro Bowman, Tedy Bruschi, Karlos Dansby, Donnie Edwards, James Farrior, London Fletcher, James Harrison, Larry Izzo, Willie McGinest (also DE), Hardy Nickerson, Ken Norton Jr., Bryce Paup, Julian Peterson, Joey Porter, Takeo Spikes, Jessie Tuggle, Mike Vrabel, Patrick Willis*, Al Wilson, Lee Woodall.

DEFENSIVE BACKS (17): Eric Allen (CB), Kam Chancellor (S), Nick Collins (DB), Antonio Cromartie (CB), Dré Bly (DB), Merton Hanks (S), Rodney Harrison (S), Carnell Lake (DB), Tim McDonald (S), Eugene Robinson (DB), Samari Rolle (DB), Allen Rossum (DB), Bob Sanders (S), Charles Tillman (CB), Troy Vincent (CB), Antoine Winfield (DB), Darren Woodson* (S).

PUNTERS/KICKERS (15): David Akers (K), Gary Anderson (K), Darren Bennett (P), Jason Elam (K), Jeff Feagles (P), Jason Hanson (K), John Kasay (K), Sean Landeta (P), Shane Lechler (P), Brad Maynard (P), Pat McAfee (P), Brian Moorman (P), Matt Stover (K), Matt Turk (P), Mike Vanderjagt (K).

SPECIAL TEAMS (2): Josh Cribbs (KR/PR also WR), Brian Mitchell (KR/PR also RB).

 

JAKE DELHOMME!!!!!!!!

 

Touchdown machine Antonio Gates should be in. And I’m a Chiefs fan.

 

Prevailing thought is Gates and Peppers would be two spots out of the newcomers, but I could also see them making Peppers wait for a year based on their recent trends with defensive ends. I'm interested to see if Ngata can get to the final 15 right away.

 

25 semifinalists are out; as expected Peppers and Gates are the only newcomers to advance. To be cut to 15

Eric Allen
Jared Allen
Willie Anderson
Tiki Barber
Anquan Boldin
Jahri Evans
London Fletcher
Dwight Freeney
Antonio Gates
Eddie George
James Harrison
Rodney Harrison
Devin Hester
Torry Holt
Andre Johnson
Robert Mathis
Julius Peppers
Steve Smith Sr
Fred Taylor
Hines Ward
Ricky Watters
Reggie Wayne
Vince Wilfork
Patrick Willis
Darren Woodson

 

My guess at the finalists:

Eric Allen
Jared Allen
Willie Anderson
Jahri Evans
London Fletcher
Dwight Freeney
Antonio Gates
Devin Hester
Andre Johnson
Torry Holt
Julius Peppers
Ricky Watters
Reggie Wayne
Patrick Willis
Darren Woodson

 

Hard to argue with any of your selections.

EDIT: Rather surprised McNabb didn't advance. I mean, he led them to, what, four straight NFC title games and a SB appearance? Also surprised that Eddie George and his 3.6 YPC advanced. I know he's not on this ballot, but Chuck Foreman belongs in way before George.

 

Oh no Brandon Marshall didn't make the cut what the fuck is this shit @QYFW? [/blue font]

 

I don't understand how Ricky Watters isn't in the HOF yet. Is it b/c he bounced around a bit? Was he a tough guy to deal with (I vaguely remember reading something like that)? He was a two-way stud.

 

For who? For what?

 

Very vague recollections (it is almost 30 years now, sheesh) but I thought I remembered reading Watters was a pain in the ass for both his teams and writers. I could be entirely wrong.