sloppy_fish wrote:Tell that to the committee... several great players are not in because of this - that sole reason
Getting into the hall you need a play that defines you, most often that play comes in the postseason ... most in super bowls
nobody cares about a play in the regular season, looks nice on youtube but when you stack it up against say stallworths catch in the super bowl or elways touchdown in the super bowl, that touchdown thrown by rivers looks meaningless now
Don't get me started on the committee. Peter King thinks he got Art Monk elected into the HOF.
.. as for the rest;
2 of the very best players I've ever seen, Barry Sanders and Eric Dickerson, according to the 'rings' argument, never meant anything to this League! Yet they were the very best players at their position in their primes, with little argument.
Dan Marino, a top 5 QB on anyone's list.. 1 Super Bowl, a loss. Most prolific passer in history in his prime.
Reggie White.. Best D-lineman in his prime, hands down; couldn't win a Playoff game in Philly. With (allegedly) the best defensive mind in the game (Buddy Ryan)
Conversely; I'll argue all day that Bill Belichick could win Super Bowls (plural!) with a QB OTHER THAN Brady. (Not saying that as a knock against Brady! More to magnify Belichicks greatness in his era) I believe whole-heartedly, he could do what Joe Gibbs did, winning multiple Titles with different QBs. He's THAT good at running his organization. That's all hypothetical, but with an organization as good as the Pats, would anyone bother to argue they couldn't identify another QB? Belichick won 11 games in a season with Matt Cassell for goodness sake!!
.. and last, I'll cite Aaron Rodgers;
Other than Brady, undisputedly the best QB in football (respect to Drew Brees) Rodgers has a Title, in the ONLY season the Packers had an elite defense. Every year since then, his D has been horse manure.
Great organizations win Championships. And props to them.
The NFL Hall of Fame should be reserved for the very best players to have played in the League, REGARDLESS of whether they played on great teams.