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2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Della9250, Jul 12, 2023.

  1. YMCA B-Baller

    YMCA B-Baller Well-Known Member

    Mike Pagel ... denied again.
     
  2. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    When will Jack fucking Trudeau get his due?
     
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  3. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    I'm not sure there's a better advertisement for how bad Peyton was in big games than the one he actually won. If anyone but Rex Grossman is QBing the Bears, the Colts are probably down in the fourth quarter of that game.
     
  4. HappyCurmudgeon

    HappyCurmudgeon Well-Known Member

    As mediocre as Manning was in that game. The Colts rushed for almost 200 yards and basically blew the Bears pretty decent DL off the ball for the majority of the game. The issue with the Colts was settling for three FGs under 30 yards that made the score closer than the game play would tell you.
     
  5. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    That was the Bears' D in a nutshell. Bend, don't break. They just couldn't overcome 5 TOs from the offense.
     
  6. Shelbyville Manhattan

    Shelbyville Manhattan Well-Known Member

    And in the second Super Bowl that Peyton won, a top-tier defense carried him over the finish line.

    Interesting stat: Adam Vinatieri has the all-time postseason record with 14 field goals during the Colts’ Super Bowl run. Brandon McManus, the Broncos’ kicker in 2015, ranks third all-time in the same metric.

     
  7. HappyCurmudgeon

    HappyCurmudgeon Well-Known Member

    Definitely glad McMichael made it. I've probably watched a dozen 1985, 86, 87 Bears games on replay since YouTube and I grew to appreciate his game more with each watch. If the committee felt the need to squeeze four Bucs off their Super Bowl defense, the 1985 Bears were certainly justified to get a fourth and McMichael is very deserving.
     
  8. X-Hack

    X-Hack Well-Known Member

    Ward I’ll buy. Not Welker. Not when it came down to making the big catch in a big moment, which Edelman did repeatedly.
     
  9. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    Career-wise
    Welker: 903 catches, 9,924 yards, 50 TDs, 5 1,000 yard seasons, 2 First-team All-Pro, 2 second-team All-Pro, 5 pro bowls / 27th in career catches, 58th in yards
    Edelman: 620 catches, 6,822 yards, 36 TDs, 3 1,000-yard seasons, 0 All-Pros, 0 Pro Bowls / 89th in catches, 168th in yards.

    Whatever extra you want to give Edelman for three rings and a Super Bowl MVP I understand, but from their career numbers its not close.
     
    Last edited: Feb 13, 2024
  10. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    Edelman 9 All-Pro, no Pro Bowl?
     
  11. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    I have long thought Welker belongs in the Hall. I remember watching him run and catch passes for Texas Tech as a running back in the Air Raid offense and telling people he looked like Dave Meggett Jr. Turns out he was way better than that.
     
  12. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    Yeah. Welker hasn't raped any hookers yet.
     
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