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NFL Hall of Fame finalists

Tad Footeball said:
I have no problem with it as I'm not emotionally or intellectually invested in saying he doesn't belong in but it was just a name that I don't personally associate with HoF level "greatness".

My retrospective "eye-test" aside, the stats you cited combined with things like him having 200+ starts and then little niche type stats like "only player with 45+ INTs and 25+ sacks" were going to make his induction inevitable. Those are all easy things for the guys that present your case to the voters to super effectively utilize during their presentations.
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Barber gets negged because many considered him more of a product of Dungy's system rather than being an elite shutdown corner like Sanders or Bailey.

As a Bucs fan I am happy for his inclusion.
 
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TemplarCane said:
Terrell Davis (7 seasons, 3 post-injury)
Elite player, career was derailed by injury. And did wait 11 years for induction.

4th member of the 2,000 yard season club
2× Super Bowl champion (XXXII, XXXIII)
Super Bowl MVP (XXXII)
NFL Most Valuable Player (1998)
2× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1996, 1998)
3× First-team All-Pro (1996–1998)
3× Pro Bowl (1996–1998)
2× NFL rushing touchdowns leader (1997, 1998)
NFL rushing yards leader (1998)
NFL 1990s All-Decade Team

Sterling Sharpe (7 seasons)
Elite player, career was derailed by injury

3× First-team All-Pro (1989, 1992, 1993)
5× Pro Bowl (1989, 1990, 1992–1994)
3× NFL receptions leader (1989, 1992, 1993)
2× NFL receiving touchdowns leader (1992, 1994)
NFL receiving yards leader (1992)

Sterling definitely was a HOF talent but let's not his omission diminish what Davis accomplished.
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TD was a beast, but he was a beast for only 3 seasons. What sucks is he was the benefactor of Shanahan’s system, receiving all of the adulations, but when other RBs after him started putting up beastly #’s, including CP, then it was like anyone can thrive in this system.

I think that’s my knock on TD; he had that short period of dominance, but every RB thereafter in that system dominated, so was it really him or the system?
 
Rellyrell said:
TD was a beast, but he was a beast for only 3 seasons. What sucks is he was the benefactor of Shanahan’s system, receiving all of the adulations, but when other RBs after him started putting up beastly #’s, including CP, then it was like anyone can thrive in this system.

I think that’s my knock on TD; he had that short period of dominance, but every RB thereafter in that system dominated, so was it really him or the system?
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Terrell Davis has no business in the Hall of Fame.

I do not think Shaun Alexander should be in the Hall of Fame, but he has 2000 yards and 40(!!!) more career rushing touchdowns than TD. Fred Taylor has like 4000 more career yards. Marshawn Lynch 3000 more career yards and 20 more rushing touchdowns. Priest Holmes, 3 All Pros, more yards, more touchdowns. Ricky Watters.

Next to Floyd Little, TD the least deserving RB in the HoF, IMO. His inclusion should lead to more contemporary backs getting in when I believe there should be less as the position is devalued.
 
Rellyrell said:
TD was a beast, but he was a beast for only 3 seasons. What sucks is he was the benefactor of Shanahan’s system, receiving all of the adulations, but when other RBs after him started putting up beastly #’s, including CP, then it was like anyone can thrive in this system.

I think that’s my knock on TD; he had that short period of dominance, but every RB thereafter in that system dominated, so was it really him or the system?
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Four seasons pre-injury, but we'll agree to disagree.

His successors were good, but all that means is Denver was able to replace TD with other good backs. Gary was okay one season, then hurt. Anderson was a monster as rookie, then fell off. Portis was the best of the three, and had a solid career. Why Denver traded him after two seasons I never understood.

I don't think that should take away from Davis.

But I do agree Sharpe definitely deserves a HOF nod.

Tough calls when a player's career is shorted by injury.

Look at Gale Sayers. He certainly passed the eye test, that film does not lie.
 
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