Football Hall of Fame- Yes or No

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by philcski

Because of the possibility of career ending injuries at any point, can look at it either as "if their career ended tomorrow" or "projected to a reasonable length career"

QB's
Brett Favre yes
Tom Brady yes
Peyton Manning yes
Drew Brees few more years at currant pace.
Kurt Warner no
Donovan McNabb no
Ben Rothlisberger-a few more years at current pace. not pretty just Wins.
Carson Palmer no

RB's * suprising lack of quantity here, add names as you feel fit
LaDanian Tomlinson no
Adrian Peterson- no, won't stay healthy long enough with his style.

WR's/TE's
Randy Moss no
Hines Ward-yes. already passed Swann and Stalworth in Steelers records
Steve Smith (CAR of course) no
Wes Welker no
Larry Fitzgerald- not played long enough yet
Anquan Boldin no
Chad "Ochocinco" NO
Reggie Wayne no
Terrell Owens no
Andre Johnson no
Donald Driver no
Torry Holt no
TJ Houshmanzadeh no
Tony Gonzalez no
Antonio Gates no

just my 2 cents.

[Antitrust32]

Randy Moss and Tony Gonzalez are sure things!

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

just my 2 cents.

So Hines Ward is the only running back, wideout, or tight end currently playing who will make the hall of fame?

Wow, just wow.

I take it you must put a great emphasis on blocking and playing dirty.

How many current offensive lineman do you have going to the hall of fame? 60?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Hines Ward and Moss have both been in the NFL since '98.

Over that time ... Hines Ward has played on exactly 0 offenses that have ranked in the top 6 for the year in points scored.

Moss has played on 7 different offenses that have ranked in the top 6 in points scored. Including the two highest scoring offenses in NFL history, the '98 Vikings and '07 Patriots ... two teams that went a combined 31-1 in the regular season.. and both with aging defenses that were two or three years past their prime. Still, those were the two best defenses Moss ever had.

Moss has 4 different seasons of 15+ touchdown catches. Hines Ward has never had more than 12 TD catches in a season .. and only 3 times in his entire career did he have more than 7 TD catches in a season.

Moss is tied for 3rd all-time in playoff TD Catches... even though he's only played in 11 career playoff games. Moss has 0.91 TD catches per game in the postseason. Jery Rice has 0.79 TD catches per game in the post season. Hines Ward has 8 TD catches in 14 playoff games.

But hey ... I know ... Hines Ward is obvious a WAY, WAY, WAY better defensive football player than Moss. Hines Ward has played for 7 different defensive units ranked in the top 7 in fewest points allowed in a season.

Moss has played for 8 different defensive units that have ranked 18th or worse in points given up. Yep ... he really sucks at playing defense.

How are you supposed to win Super Bowl rings when your defense gives up 427 yards to Chris Chandler and Jamal Anderson - and 517 yards to Kerry Collins and Ron Dayne like they did in the '98 and '00 NFC Championship games?

And who can forget the Vikes stellar defensive showing in the 2nd round of the '99 playoffs when they gave up a mere 49 points.

Don't get me wrong ... I said Ward is probably a hall of famer. But he's not even close to being the reciever Moss is.