2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class

Mike Pagel ... denied again.

 

When will Jack fucking Trudeau get his due?

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

Edelman 9 All-Pro, no Pro Bowl?

 

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.

 

Yeah. Welker hasn't raped any hookers yet.