Feb 5, 2011

NFL HOF thoughts


These are your 2011 NFL Hall of Fame inductees. And my thoughts.
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Richard Dent (no), Marshall Faulk (borderline), Chris Hanburger (Who?), Les Richter (Who?), Ed Sabol (Yes and LONG overdue), Deion Sanders (No brainer), and Shannon Sharpe (I'm torn on this guy. He has three rings but he wasn't the best player on any of those teams. As a Giants fan I couldn't vote for Shannon Sharpe).
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Curtis Martin is the fourth leading rusher in NFL history. AND he played at the same time as Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders (Numbers 1 and 3 on the list and ahead of sure fire HOFer Jerome Bettis). But Curtis Martin gets rejected.
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And still no Phil Simms, who has comparable - if not better - stats than Troy Aikman. If not for an injury in December 1990, Phil Simms is a HOFer.
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Phil Simms:
Att Comp Yards Pct TD Int Rate
TOTAL 4,647 2,576 33,462 55.4 199 157 78.5
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Troy Aikman:
Att Comp Yards Pct TD Int Rate
TOTAL 4,715 2,898 32,942 61.5 165 141 81.6

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