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re: Lynn Swann: Calvin Johnson has not done enough to be considered a HOFer
Posted on 2/10/16 at 11:54 am to Rhino5
Posted on 2/10/16 at 11:54 am to Rhino5
quote:
So essentially Calvin had already passed Swann's career stats in half the time.
Different rules different game. Hard to say what Swann would have done with the rules in place. And you can not compare Johnson to Swann but compare him to his peers.
5
Posted on 2/10/16 at 11:55 am to sms151t
quote:
Super Bowl rings are a team accomplishment, and no one would dispute that Swann was on much, much better teams than Johnson. But the Hall of Fame is about individual accomplishment, and on that score Megatron easily beats Swann. Megatron owns the all-time NFL record for receiving yards in a season, led the league in receiving yards twice and led the league in catches and touchdowns once each. Swann never led the league in catches or yards and was only in the Top 5 in either category once, in 1977, when he was fourth in the league in receiving yards. Johnson was a first-team All-Pro three times; Swann was a first-team All-Pro once. Johnson was a six-time Pro Bowler; Swann was a three-time Pro Bowler.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 12:09 pm to sms151t
quote:Not as much different as their stats suggest...
Different rules different game
quote:
but compare him to his peers.
Calvin Johnson rank year by year for yards
10
16
3
1
1
9
24
5
Lynn swan was top 10 only twice in his career. He usually was outside of 25....
Posted on 2/10/16 at 12:14 pm to sms151t
quote:
Hard to say what Swann would have done with the rules in place
Its also hard to say what DAMAGE CJ would have done in Swanns day... He would have destroyed DB's back then.. He would have been Jerry Rice before Jerry Rice.. AND even better............
Posted on 2/10/16 at 12:48 pm to sms151t
quote:
Different rules different game. Hard to say what Swann would have done with the rules in place. And you can not compare Johnson to Swann but compare him to his peers.
Cliff Branch
4x Pro Bowl
3 X All Pro
501- recs
8685-yds
67-tds
Harold Carmichael( 6-7 230 Southern U.. Megatron before ESPN /combine/ modern hype).
4 X Pro Bowl
590 - recs
8985 - yds
79- tds
Swann
3 X Pro Bowl
1x All Pro Bowl
336- recs
5642-yds
51 -tds
Cliff Branch (3 Super Bowl Rings) & Carmichael are somehow not in the HOF ,but Swann is.
Had it been Rice,Raymond Berry,Lance Alworth,Bilitenikoff,etc... who had made this comment I would have no issue.
But Swann is lucky to be in himself.
This post was edited on 2/10/16 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 2/10/16 at 1:30 pm to sms151t
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Hard to say what Swann would have done with the rules in place. And you can not compare Johnson to Swann but compare him to his peers.
Swann was a 1x All Pro and only finished top 5 in receiving yds / TDs once. That is garbage compared to his peers
Johnson basically rewrote the receiving game in this new pass happy league.
This post was edited on 2/10/16 at 1:33 pm
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