YoloinOhio Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2019/1/3/18167426/nfl-hall-of-fame-football-2019-finalists-ed-reed-tony-gonzalez no Bills on list (unless you count coach Ed Reed). Reed, Champ Bailey and Tony Gonzalez are 1st time finalists. HOF class will be announced Feb 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 What? No Zach Thomas? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffAlone Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Atwater, Gonzales,Lynch and Reed should get in this year. Maybe even Boselli. The rest( with all due respect to Mawae) can wait another year. How many are inducted every year by the way? Is there a limit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I can’t tell if they’re letting lesser players in, or if it’s just because they lose some of the legend status when you grew up watching them... Richard Seymour seems like a stretch to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksilver Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) In today's NFL where its all passing, Don "Air Coryell" has to get in. His charger teams were fun too watch. Champ, Gonzalez & Reed should be locks. Boseli only played 6 years. Is that enough? He was excellent in that time. Edited January 4, 2019 by qwksilver 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffAlone Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, qwksilver said: In today's NFL where its all passing, Don "Air Coryell" has to get in. His charger teams were fun too watch. Champ, Gonzalez & Reed should be locks. Boseli only played 6 years. Is that enough? He was excellent in that time. But a no to Atwater? He should get in before Champ imho Edited January 4, 2019 by BuffAlone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksilver Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 1 minute ago, BuffAlone said: But a no to Atwater? He should get in before Champ imho I understand your argument but corners are always more important than the safeties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffAlone Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 8 minutes ago, qwksilver said: I understand your argument but corners are always more important than the safeties. And I understand yours. But Atwater was better at his position, than Champ was at his. Again, just my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksilver Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Just now, BuffAlone said: And I understand yours. But Atwater was better at his position, than Champ was at his. Again, just my opinion I have no problem with Atwater, but with 1 safety as a "lock" i'm not sure 2 get in the same year. We we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripple Creek Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said: no Bills on list (unless you count coach Ed Reed). Reed, Champ Bailey and Tony Gonzalez are 1st time finalists. For shame Yolo. Look up Tom Flores, QB.? Edited January 4, 2019 by Cripple Creek 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Formation Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Reed, Bailey, Gonzo, Hutch, Mawae for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffAlone Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, qwksilver said: I have no problem with Atwater, but with 1 safety as a "lock" i'm not sure 2 get in the same year. We we will see. Agreed. However, I think Atwater was better than Reed. Don't know the stats, but he was a better thumper back in the day when we didn't pass as much. Probably got less int's than Reed, but that wasn't really his role back then Edit...24 ints to Reeds 64! Holy crap Reed was great! Edited January 4, 2019 by BuffAlone 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrtonHearsaWho Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 That's quite a list. I'm surprised that there isn't any love for Isaac Bruce. He was a beast before Kurt Warner and after him. I would have him along with Gonzalez, Bailey, Reed, Lynch and Coryell. I honestly didn't start REALLY following football until the mid 90s so I don't know enough about Atwater, but I know enough of the history of the game to know what Coryell meant to the modern passing game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) Reed, Gonzalez and Bailey should be first ballot locks I would think...at least Reed and Gonzalez...Bailey you might be abke to make a case against being a first ballot player but I wouldnt buy it... Edited January 4, 2019 by matter2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Reed and Bailey are locks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessAccepted Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Once Tasker is off the list I check out. It's a bit ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyWhiteShows Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Tasker's gonna get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfaninChicago Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Ever since Thurman didn’t make it the first year he was eligible I find the Hall of Fame process an absolute joke. This looks pretty legit though. Hopefully Tasker gets in one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Coryell should have been in long ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskibreth Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Flores needs to be in there. 3x Superbowl champion (once as a player, twice as a coach) and he's been a Bill. If that's not deserving, I don't know what is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEpsYtown Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) Tasker needs to get in. Also getting annoyed at how easy it is for recievers to get in all of a sudden. Andre had to wait, Art Monk. It's dumb that it is so easy all of a sudden. Edgar Martinez needs to get in too. But we probably don't need to worry too much about the HOF for a while. Edited January 4, 2019 by MrEpsYtown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 2 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2019/1/3/18167426/nfl-hall-of-fame-football-2019-finalists-ed-reed-tony-gonzalez no Bills on list (unless you count coach Ed Reed). Reed, Champ Bailey and Tony Gonzalez are 1st time finalists. HOF class will be announced Feb 2 Everybody down to Ed Reed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Champ Bailey Issac Bruce Tony Gonzalez Ed Reed Don Coryell Gil Brandt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 3 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2019/1/3/18167426/nfl-hall-of-fame-football-2019-finalists-ed-reed-tony-gonzalez no Bills on list (unless you count coach Ed Reed). Reed, Champ Bailey and Tony Gonzalez are 1st time finalists. HOF class will be announced Feb 2 Flores was a player for the Buffalo Bills, he was part of what got for LaMonica to Oakland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Reed Gonzalez Hutchinson Flores Coryell Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from_dunkirk Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 5 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2019/1/3/18167426/nfl-hall-of-fame-football-2019-finalists-ed-reed-tony-gonzalez no Bills on list (unless you count coach Ed Reed). Reed, Champ Bailey and Tony Gonzalez are 1st time finalists. HOF class will be announced Feb 2 Flores was a former Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folz Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Should be a no brainer: Don Coryell Isaac Bruce Tony Gonzales Second Tier: Ed Reed Tom Flores I'm not 100% sold on any of the other candidates as sure HOFs. How Tasker isn't in there ahead of some of those guys is mind boggling. Wish the voters would give up their bias against special teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 How is Atwater not in already!? That's an oversight. Champ Baily deserves it. He played in like 1 million pro bowls and was the dominant CB in his time. Gonzalez will certainly get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 7 hours ago, BuffAlone said: Atwater, Gonzales,Lynch and Reed should get in this year. Maybe even Boselli. The rest( with all due respect to Mawae) can wait another year. How many are inducted every year by the way? Is there a limit? They vote 6 in each year, which I don't like. That's why some years they all make sense while in other years they dig into the past. I like how how baseball does it and I thought it was great a few years ago when they didn't vote anyone in. Some of the supposed PED users were eligible and the voters didn't put them in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 If these are the quality of the guys getting in, then it's only a matter of time for Tasker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Ed Reed is the lockiest of locks. He wasn't just the best safety in the National Football League for a decade.... he was one of the best players in the NFL for a decade. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbRiddick Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 8 hours ago, whatdrought said: I can’t tell if they’re letting lesser players in, or if it’s just because they lose some of the legend status when you grew up watching them... Richard Seymour seems like a stretch to me. One of the podcasts I used to listen to would always talk about The Hall of Very Good rather than the HOF, and there are a lot of players I think belong in there. As you say though, maybe when you see these guys as an adult it takes away some of the mystique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 4 hours ago, LittleJoeCartwright said: They vote 6 in each year, which I don't like. That's why some years they all make sense while in other years they dig into the past. I like how how baseball does it and I thought it was great a few years ago when they didn't vote anyone in. Some of the supposed PED users were eligible and the voters didn't put them in. Now a side committee put Harold Baines in the Hall of Fame. He didn’t deserve to last to a third year on the writer’s ballot, a total travesty!! Seems most every year Canton puts in an offensive lineman and someone long retired that was very good for his day or a coach or builder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 3 hours ago, RobbRiddick said: One of the podcasts I used to listen to would always talk about The Hall of Very Good rather than the HOF, and there are a lot of players I think belong in there. As you say though, maybe when you see these guys as an adult it takes away some of the mystique. "Fame"...as in "famous" The sole criteria is that you made yourself a household name as a player/coach....and then sucked up to the committee. Seymour fits that bill and it helps that he was on the most successful team ever. Tasker's gonna need to start a campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 46 minutes ago, LeGOATski said: "Fame"...as in "famous" The sole criteria is that you made yourself a household name as a player/coach....and then sucked up to the committee. Seymour fits that bill and it helps that he was on the most successful team. Seymour isn’t remotely in this category compared to Greene, Ham, and Lambert.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Bong Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, BuffAlone said: But a no to Atwater? He should get in before Champ imho I'll take Champ over Atwater personally any time. Seems Atwater gets hyped for hard hits more than anything which I don't really care about when Champ looked to me just a more finesse player just as efficient, if not more than Atwater, at tackling and otherwise much better in coverage. I guess if Atwater is a lock, which he probably is, he goes in before Champ being older. But if I was choosing 1 to get in.. Edited January 4, 2019 by BarkleyForGOATBackupPT5P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Smith Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Reed Flores Atwater Bruce Boselli Coryell Gonzalez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Gun Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Bailey Gonzalez Reed Fanaca Hutchinson Flores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Reed, Gonzalez, Coryell, Boselli, Bruce are five I am certain I would vote for if I was in the room. I think I'd probably lean Faneca over Bailey and Hutchinson for my 6th.... but I'd take an argument either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Boo Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 - 1,024 rec - 15,208 yds - 91 TDs - Super Bowl Champion Isaac Bruce should be a lock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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