I didn't say that Phil Hansen was more valuable to the history of the Bills than Lou Saban. He's not, but that's not the point. My point was that the younger the people who choose get, and the further away the accomplishments get the less likely it is that he'll be chosen especially with so many great players on those more recent Bills teams being up for the same honor. It's not fair, obviously. Just like it isn't fair that athletes and contributors to the NFL from 30-50 years ago get passed over for the hall of fame by guys that retired 5 years ago.
Luckily for Saban it'll be slim pickings from the last decade.