2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class

I think the "media" award is enough for media types. And yet, Cosell never won that. Go figure.

 

But yeah, give it to Irv Cross and Dan Dierdorf? Please.

 

So who are the ACTIVE players who are locks for the HOF.

Henry, Rodgers, TJ Watt, Kelce, Mahomes, Trent Williams, Russel Wilson....I look at the list of active Pro Bowl leaders and I'm guessing they are picking some guys for their dodge ball skills now given how many have more than the half-dozen PBs that put you in the Canton conversation.

 

Fred Warner. Tyreek Hill. Zack Martin (seven-time first-team All-Pro). Tyreek Hill. Bobby Wagner. Justin Tucker.

Not locks but likely or well on their way: Justin Jefferson, T.J. Watt, George Kittle, Davante Adams, Jamarr Chase, Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, Christian McCaffrey, Chris Jones, Von Miller.

I'm sure there are others, but that's off the top of my head.

 

The nine Coaching semifinalists. Next cut is the one finalist

Bill Arnsparger
Tom Coughlin
Mike Holmgren
Chuck Knox
Dan Reeves
Marty Schottenheimer
George Seifert
Mike Shanahan
Clark Shaughnessy

Those cut were pretty obvious:
Jeff Fisher
Alex Gibbs
Richie Petitbon

 

Love for it to be Holmgren, but Shanahan probably just edges him in that group with Super Bowl XXXII as the tiebreaker. (Grrr.)

 

Trent Williams has got to be a lock among active players.

 

I think it's pretty obvious one of these three is the finalists. Ultimately as long as it is Shanahan or Coughlin is fine. They both deserve to get in so as long as it's one now and the other in the next year or three, since Belichick will be the choice as soon as next year or everyone believes he's not going to take a job.

 

The nod should absolutely go to Coughlin, if only for beating the Patriots twice and for his work during the Jacksonville start-up.