Thursday, May 24, 2007

It don't stand for Hooked On Fonics

In honor of Keyshawn Johnson retiring, who is nowhere near a Hall of Famer, here is a list of current NFLers with a chance of making the Hall of Fame. It's possible I forgot somebody, but for the most part, if they're not on the list they have no realistic shot.

Here are the players who could retire tomorrow and feel pretty good about their chances for the Hall of Fame
QB: Brett Favre, Peyton Manning
RB: Curtis Martin
WR: Marvin Harrison
TE: Tony Gonzalez
OL: Larry Allen, Jonathan Ogden
DL: Michael Strahan
LB: Derrick Brooks (off-field works clinch it), Ray Lewis, Junior Seau

These guys are on pace if they play a few more years
QB: Tom Brady (he's only played 6 full years)
RB: LaDainian Tomlinson
WR: Torry Holt
DL: Simeon Rice, Warren Sapp
LB: Brian Urlacher
CB: Champ Bailey
S: Rodney Harrison
K: Adam Vinatieri

These guys are on track, but they need to stay productive and injury/off-field issue free
QB: Donovan McNabb
RB: Shaun Alexander
WR: Randy Moss
TE: Antonio Gates
DL: Shawne Merriman, Julius Peppers, Jason Taylor (needs about 30 or so sacks)
S: Ed Reed

And these guys are probably on the outside looking in
QB: Vinny Testeverde
RB: Corey Dillon (hardest to leave out), Priest Holmes, Edgerrin James, Fred Taylor
OL: Walter Jones, Orlando Pace, Jon Runyan
WR: Isaac Bruce, Terrell Owens, Rod Smith, Hines Ward
DL: Kevin Carter, Jevon Kearse (maybe he can come back from all the injuries but I doubt it), Willie McGinest
LB: Tedi Bruschi, Zach Thomas (2nd hardest to leave out)
CB: Ronde Barber, Ty Law, Charles Woodson
S: Brian Dawkins, Darren Sharper

1 comment:

Unknown said...

brian dawkins...HOF