2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class

A quarterback hasn't made the semifinals since Manning went in in 2021. They are very stingy with QBs and those without titles even more so.

I don't get the Eddie George love either. I think he's obviously behind other running backs to even be considered. I'd have given his spot to another offensive lineman candidate.

 

He was very outspoken.

And, he vilified himself to the entire city of Philadelphia in his first game as an Eagle.

It made people so crazy they forget he started every single game and was the best all-purpose back in the league when he was there.

And, he didn’t really bounce around. He also didn’t really play that long either. Nine years.

 

And I am still carrying the flag for Roger Craig to be in the HoF. He was the prototype modern-day all-purpose back.

 

Yup, overlooked his omission, Id vote for him.

EDIT: wait, Craig didnt even make the inital list @Della9250? Or did his eligibility run out?

 

I think a big part of the problem is Watters played alongside two of the best at the position in Emmitt and Barry, to say nothing of Thurman Thomas, at the start of his career and towards the end had to deal with the likes of Terrell Davis. He was losing All-Pro spots to those guys and it hurts his resume

 

Like I said: For who? For what?

To many, that is Ricky Watters' lasting legacy.

 

And he had a great Super Bowl in the same game that Steve Young threw 6 TDs.

 

Also bears mentioning that Watters carried the load for some pretty unremarkable Eagles teams, led by the likes of Rodney Peete, Ty Detmer and Bobby Hoying.

 

Looking at that initial list reminds me of how great the NFL is, there are some serious studs on that list, very few say "why is Bob Brenly on the ballot?"

That said, the only QB that's close is Cunningham? McNabb didn't strike me as a HOF'er.

Side note, I looked up Pat McAfee today, thinking "is that guy in the wife-beater every day the punter?", and damn he was a good punter/kicker. Walked away because the GM was a d*ckhead. Good for him, he's made a great career now for himself off the field. All-Pro one year but not a HOF'er.

 

Not saying Cunningham belongs, but he finished 2nd in the AP MVP voting three times in the space of 11 seasons and might have won a SB if Gary Anderson didn’t chunk one in 1998. He also redefined the QB position and has an impressive highlight reel, not least when (IIRC) Carl Banks took his knees out inside the red zone and RC went parallel to the ground and maintained his footing and threw a TD, one of the best plays I’ve ever seen.

He had a damn fine career.

 

San Fran for three years--Philly for three years--Seattle for four years is kinda bouncing around. Never would have guessed Seattle was his longest pit stop.

He was an incredibly good back for a really long time at a position that doesn't lend itself to longevity. He had six straight 1,100-yard seasons from '95-00. Only six other backs have put together at least six straight 1,100-yard seasons and five of them--Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Curtis Martin, LaDainian Tomlinson and Eric Dickerson--are inner-circle HOFers. The sixth is Corey Dillon (Tony Dorsett likely would have had seven straight seasons if not for the '82 strike while Payton likely would have had 11 straight) Watters also had 2,691 yards receiving during his run of consecutive 1,100-yard seasons, a total exceeded over any six-year stretch by anyone in this club only by Tomlinson (three times). He's a legit HOFer.

 

I think Craig is at the point where he needs to get in with the veteran exemption.