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re: Will NFL rules favoring WRs cause a long waiting list for HoF in the future?
Posted on 5/26/17 at 6:08 pm to PeteRose
Posted on 5/26/17 at 6:08 pm to PeteRose
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Players waiting or will be waiting:
TO
Issace Bruce
Moss
Hines Ward(very deserving)
Tory Holt
Reggie Wayne
Andre Johnson
Calvin Johnson
Boldin
Fitzgerald
Steve Smith
Brandon Marshall
More down road
Jordy Nelson
Antonio
Julio
AJ Green
Beckham
I don't see a lot of those guys getting into the hall in the next dozen years, WR is a tough position to get in. Plus at least 9 spots will be going to QBs/TEs/Kicker
That's 17 wide receivers that played between in the last ten years.
Wide receivers that played between 1947-2007 in the Hall of Fame: 22 or 25 depending how you would classify Crazy Legs Hirsh, Bobby Mitchell, and Charlie Taylor
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Posted on 5/26/17 at 7:14 pm to TigerintheNO
quote:
WR is a tough position to get in. Plus at least 9 spots will be going to QBs/TEs/Kicker
Because of historic bias by the people who cover the sport...and grew up in an era 40 catches in a year was a great year.
Fred Biletnikoff had 43 receptions for 551 yards in the Raiders 1976 Super Bowl winning season. And he's in the HOF.
Two years ago Julio Jones had 136 receptions for almost 2,000 yards. Sniff.
The game has changed so dramatically on offense with handicapped defenses - it all depends how the HOF views these numbers...with awe or a shrug...because most of the players knocking on the door at WR from recent times have similar gaudy numbers compared to guys of the past.
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