Stop denying Hester you cowards
Jahri Evans won’t get in this year, but he better get in eventually. Most dominant guard of his era and helped keep Brees clean for some of the most explosive offensive seasons of all time. He’s got the accolades and the metrics for the HOF.
If Devin Hester and Patrick Willis don’t get in, we riot
Hope Hester eventually gets in
Man, Peppers was so good. A total force. 6’7, 300 lbs. Just an absolute monster of a human being.
No way James Harrison gets jn
This time definitely not, but history suggests any player who is a semi-finalist on their first ballot is pretty likely to get in the HOF eventually & he was a semi-finalist last year.
Feels old when you start recognizing every name on the list
Peppers and Gates are locks, and this feels like the year for Willis to finally get in. After those 3, I think they’ll be discussions about a lot of Wide Receivers right on the bubble.
Why would Willis get in over London Fletcher?
I’m 31 and it’s weird seeing all these guys I grew up watching
It’s definitely cool to watch certain guys all the way through college, get drafted, watch their entire career and then see them retire and go to the HOF.
I’m still getting used to my head coach being a guy who’s rookie card I was trying to collect in elementary school
Me remembering when DeMeco was drafted
Bro Anquan Boldin played his last season 7 years ago. He fuckin balled out too
Fred Taylor is gonna be on this list for the rest of time.
At least he’s on the list. Shaun Alexander scored 112 TDs and he can’t even get on a shortlist.
Man I loved watching him play.
I hope Reggie Wayne gets in. Watching Peyton Manning pass too Marvin Harrison and him growing up was a big part of my childhood. That was a great WR duo.
This is r/nfl. Why is a basketball player the main image for this article.
Gimme 1st ballot Peppers 🙏
Bears legends Jared Allen and Julius Peppers
Peppers was really good for us despite being past his prime. Jared Allen was a ghost.
You’ll get it.
Will he?
Dwight Freeney & Jared Allen are still waiting. Are we going to see two edge rushers inducted in this class?
Ware wasn’t first ballot either.
Respectfully, those guys are a full tier below Peppers. Still fantastic players who deserve to make the Hall without a doubt, don’t get me wrong, but the comparison is decidedly lopsided in Peppers’ favor. Just to put it into context, I’ll compare him against Jared Allen (too lazy to do both atm):
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159.5 sacks for Peppers (4th in official sack tally) vs. 136 for Allen (12th)
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6x total All-Pro teams for Peppers vs. 4x for Allen
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Peppers on both the 2000s and 2010s HOF teams, Allen on neither
And so on and so forth. The comparison would be roughly the same for Freeney as well, with the only exception being that I’m pretty sure Freeney has fewer sacks, but did make the cut for the 2000s HOF team.
Allen and Freeney were damn special players, and they definitely should make it in over the next couple years, but if they’re only admitting one DE this year (which they don’t have even a soft rule on so far as I can recall - pretty sure we’ve seen multiple instances where multiple players from the same position group got inducted the same year, like Urlacher and Ray Lewis at MLB), it’s gotta be Peppers.
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Do they have their name dropped in a future song?
Maybe. Most people can’t predict the future.
If Ware wasn’t, Peppers shouldn’t be
Peppers has like 20 sacks, 20 Forced Fumbles, and 4 TFLs on Ware. That’s a pretty big gap between the two.
I don’t think Ware getting snubbed means others should, that was kind of a weak class and I think Ware could’ve been subbed in for Sam Mills without any controversy. The HOF voters are fickle when it comes to this stuff.
Green peppers baby
Torry Holt’s duration as a Pro Football HoF semi-finalist is now longer than his NFL career.
Genuinely crazy he isn’t in yet, he should be a shoo-in.
Has to be Andre’s year this time 🤞🤞
He is deserving but Holt and Wayne are gonna be in line before him. He will get in eventually but it might take another 3-4 years.