‘”I’m a little ticked off that he’s not coming,” Thomas told the Professional Football Researchers Association Convention on Saturday, according to the Buffalo News. “But it’s his choice. … I think it was a bad P.R. move on his part, but I do get it. … Every guy thinks they should have been a first-ballot Hall of Famer. I remember Deacon Jones telling me after I didn’t get in the first time … he said, ‘Whether you’re going to get in the first time, the second time, the third time, it’s when you get in that you should enjoy it.’ “‘