How is Roger Craig just now getting in the Hall of Fame?

Many saw him as a system player.

I thought the same. He looks like he may have some health issues. He was being led around somewhat by his friends. Sad. I like his speech tho…… well there it is. He has dementia

Glad he finally got in. He was such a fun player to watch.

So many players back in the day taking legal head shots. Migraines, CTE and early on dementia common symptoms.

I think because his "stardom" at his position just seemed a bit brief.

Had 3 TDs in SB XIX vs. Miami, still tied with others for most in a single SB, but that was his only 3 TDs of the entire post season.
Then had that awesome 1,000/1,000 season the following year in 1985.
1986 season wasn't amongst the start RBs that season.
1987 was good.
1988 he had over 1,500 yards rushing and over 2,000 total, dominating in some games. He the best RB in the league that year. Only Herschel Walker was close. Had a great Super Bowl where he and Jerry Rice were the offense.
1989 was a Pro Bowl season, but he was already starting to fall off.

Then 1990, he was just about done, and there's the fumble in the NFC Championship game.

I do think if he didn't fumble in that game, and the 49ers beat the Bills with Craig getting a TD, then he would have gotten into the HoF sooner. He'd have won four Super Bowls, and would have had 5 TDs in the SB.

I was just starting to pay attention to football in 1988 as a wee young lad, so I basically got just a quick glimpse at his prime, and at that time, was too young to understand and appreciate. There's alot of full games, especially playoffs, uploaded to YouTube these days one can go back and watch. It's been fun watching the ones where Craig was in his prime.

He shouldn't have waited this long but he wasn't a first ballot guy. He only had two special years and he wasn't gonna be considered an alltime guy with Montana and Rice there.

Emmit had 10,000 more rushing yards. Good player, but not HOF worthy.

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I think because his "stardom" at his position just seemed a bit brief.

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His career reminds me a bit of Troy Aikman’s.

He had a brief period of great success when his surrounding cast was elite and at its zenith - and if you took those couple of years away it would be pushing it to call him a great player, at least statistically, much less a Hall of Famer.

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He had one great season

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Two. 1985 and 1988. First player ever with 1000 yards rushing and 1000 receiving in the same season. To this day, only Marshall Faulk (one of the GOAT NFL RBs) and Christian McCaffery have joined him.

Catalyst to the 49ers’ SB XIX and XIII wins.

I’m not saying he should have been first ballot, but there’s folks arguing that Matt Ryan and Eli Manning should be shoe-ins for the HoF. If they are, then Roger Craig is as well.

And WTF are we still sitting here in 2026 and Lester Hayes has yet to be inducted? Otis Taylor as well.

He was the first rb to really excel at running AND catching. Changed the position.