USA Today's List of 17 NFL HOF'ers Who Don't Belong in the Hall
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Pretty radical list, discuss:
1. Troy Aikman
2. Cris Carter
3. Ray Guy
4. Warren Moon
5. Lynn Swann
6. John Stallworth
7. Paul Hornung
8. Joe Namath
9. Richard Dent
10. Curtis Martin
11. Andre Tippett
12. Bob Hayes
13. Bob Griese
14. Harry Carson
15. Marcus Allen
16. Marv Levy
17. Bud Grant
1. Troy Aikman
2. Cris Carter
3. Ray Guy
4. Warren Moon
5. Lynn Swann
6. John Stallworth
7. Paul Hornung
8. Joe Namath
9. Richard Dent
10. Curtis Martin
11. Andre Tippett
12. Bob Hayes
13. Bob Griese
14. Harry Carson
15. Marcus Allen
16. Marv Levy
17. Bud Grant
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Link to article/reasoning, you can tell the guy who wrote this is one of those nerds infatuated with stats and believes that should be the only criteria when up for consideration:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/08/pro-football-nfl-hall-of-fame-who-doesnt-belong-worst-troy-aikman-canton -
Joe namath doesnt belong ? numbers are garbage. ? literally had more interceptions than tds
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Joe namath doesnt belong ? numbers are garbage. ? literally had more interceptions than tds
The reason he's in is because of the whole prediction about winning the Super Bowl even though they were huge underdogs, along with his whole Broadway Joe aura. And even though he was the Super Bowl MVP his numbers weren't all that great 17/28 for 206 yards, 0 TD's/0 INT's. It seems like it should've gone to Matt Snell who had 30 carries for 121 yards and a TD or George Saurer Jr. who had 8 catches for 133 yards. -
Lol at CC not belonging in.
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I stopped reading the list at Chris Carter.
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Nah he went too far lol
But Curtis Martin the only one i 100% agree is no Hall of Famer. That's just strange. I remember his entire career he was an afterthought .
John Stallworth and Bob Griese i remember having doubts about -
Martin is one of the best backs of all time.
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Joe namath doesnt belong ? numbers are garbage. ? literally had more interceptions than tds
The reason he's in is because of the whole prediction about winning the Super Bowl even though they were huge underdogs, along with his whole Broadway Joe aura. And even though he was the Super Bowl MVP his numbers weren't all that great 17/28 for 206 yards, 0 TD's/0 INT's. It seems like it should've gone to Matt Snell who had 30 carries for 121 yards and a TD or George Saurer Jr. who had 8 catches for 133 yards.
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Everyone has a right to their opinion, but to say Aikmen doesn't belong in the Hall is foolish.
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As if the author is just trying to start some ? .
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Everyone has a right to their opinion, but to say Aikmen and Carter doesn't belong in the Hall is foolish.
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martin deserves to be in the HOF but he shouldnt have been a first ballot. he did nothing that stood out to me
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Namath is Vinny Testeverde with a title.. only one i agree with .. maybe 3 names i never heard of
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I think if Curtis Martin had won a title no one would be saying that about him.
He was just Whitebread as ? but he moved the inches -
Stopped reading after Troy Aikman. How in the hell is the qb of a dynasty team not worthy of the HOF?
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Titles shouldn't matter in football.
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Don't see how everyone is hating on Curtis Martin, yeah he was low key for the most part besides dating Toni Braxton but he rushed for over 1,000 yards every single season he played except for his last one, has the 4th most rushing yards in NFL history, has 90 rushing TD's and 10 more receiving TD's.
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If having the 4th most rushing yards in NFL history doesn't qualify you for the Hall, I'm not sure what the criteria is.
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playmaker88 wrote: »Namath is Vinny Testeverde with a title.. only one i agree with .. maybe 3 names i never heard of
One could make the argument Testaverde or even Chad Pennington was better than Namath. -
He said not warren moon ? man he had crazy numbers and played in the CFL first SMH
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I feel like he's ? for attention because even though he was way before my time Ray Guy was the Punter everyone had been supporting to get into the Hall for like 20 years so he's gotta be like the greatest Punter ever right???
But in his defense I had no idea Marcus Allen and Lynn Swann had such average careers. Allen only had three 1,000 yard seasons?!? Swann's career high in receiving yards for a season was 880?!? FOH -
That writer at USA TODAY probably didn't even play high school-level ball, so how would they judge whether a professional athlete would belong in hall of fame or not? Mel Kiper got these stat geeks feeling themselves way too much.
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Shizlansky wrote: »Martin is one of the best backs of all time.
Martin who? Back of what? Foh One of,the nest longevity but hes notShizlansky wrote: »Martin is one of the best backs of all time.
Argue he deserves to be in the Hall is 1 thing, but' one of the best of all time' now you're off your rocker
That's verbiage saved for top 10, and he is not a top 10 all time back doesn't matter what the rush yards say bc backs in his era got more carries. Him avg exactly 4ypc let's you know
When u think of 1 of the best u think OJ, Barry, Emmit, Dickerson, Peterson, Faulk, Sayers, Payton
Bettis, martin, Gore, names like that are NOT in the same echelon -
Marcus Allen #'s are crazy low WTF. only 3 1,000 yard seasons. He said Joe Namath was tough to put on list, but Warren Moon isn't smh. I think he is generating an unpopular opinion to get views. He said Warren Moon's pass attempts in a season is 10th now. So that means guys like brees and manning shouldn't get in either huh? LOL @ marvy levy not being in because he got blown out in the SB's
