Footballjoe Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 ...it were not for the injury bug. Shaun Merriman Bob Sanders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Pimp Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Sterling Sharpe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tford Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Sterling Sharpe. I came in this thread to say this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) terrell davis bo jackson Edited August 21, 2012 by Bier Meister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 bo jackson +bajillion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 i also think ap could be in this category, depending on how the next few years pan out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip's Invitation Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Fred Taylor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Sterling Sharpe. I came in this thread to say this. I think there's an argument that he could go into the HoF even WITH the truncated career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Curt Warner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Love Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Ken Easley... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy n Dirty Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) bo jackson Would have been among the best ever. Edited August 21, 2012 by Easy n Dirty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennykravitz2004 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Ad me to the "Bo Knows" contingent. Best. Athlete. EVAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WashingtonD Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 ...it were not for the injury bug. Shaun Merriman Bob Sanders Merriman really an injury bug or had to stop using PEDs? Bo Jackson was my first reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Sterling Sharpe. This bo jackson And this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Morgan Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Tony Boselli. He should probably get in some day anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Edgerrin James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditkaless Wonders Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 John Brockington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skilly Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Bo Jackson...yes Sterling Sharpe...yes Terell Davis....yes Remember Robert Edwards, the running back for the Patriots in the late 90s? He tore his knee up playing sand flag football at the Pro Bowl and was never the same. I think he was rookie of the year that year. Perhaps would have been the starting rb on at least three Patriot super bowl teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Curt Warner Kurt Warner? The QB in ARI, NYG and STL? The league MVP and SB MVP? That guy? He'll get in, probably easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Kurt Warner? The QB in ARI, NYG and STL? The league MVP and SB MVP? That guy? He'll get in, probably easily. Curt Warner, a RB that played for the Seahawks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemingd Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Kurt Warner? The QB in ARI, NYG and STL? The league MVP and SB MVP? That guy? He'll get in, probably easily. I dunno. He had a few good years, but when he's up for vote people will be looking at what Brady/Rodgers/Manning/Brees are/have been doing for the last 5/10/15 years or so, and Warner just doesn't hold up to that. He had an absurd three year stretch in STL, then 5 forgettable seasons in which he only played a combined 35 games, then another solid three year stretch with a nice cherry in the middle of it. I don't see 6 seasons getting him in. I think he's a great candidate for this thread because, just like Sharpe, he's worthy of discussion despite such a short full-time window. Sterling Sharpe and Bo Jackson are the no-brainers of the thread, with Terrell Davis honorable mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I dunno. He had a few good years, but when he's up for vote people will be looking at what Brady/Rodgers/Manning/Brees are/have been doing for the last 5/10/15 years or so, and Warner just doesn't hold up to that. He had an absurd three year stretch in STL, then 5 forgettable seasons in which he only played a combined 35 games, then another solid three year stretch with a nice cherry in the middle of it. I don't see 6 seasons getting him in. I think he's a great candidate for this thread because, just like Sharpe, he's worthy of discussion despite such a short full-time window. This has been discussed as nauseum - I DON'T judge HoF credentials the way that many others do, but let's put it this way - based on CURRENT HoF QBs, any QB who has started 3 SBs and/or has 2 MVPs is in. Those are the criteria I DON'T agree with, but they are in his favor. Statistically (my wheelhouse), even though the shape of his career is odd (I call it a donut, because there's a big hole in the middle), his career #s are in no way deficient - he's right around Steve Young territory, and was probably not quite as dominant for the same length of time, it's just that his 6 yr window of excellence at the front of his career, and 3 yrs at the back, as opposed to the normal "1 or 2 yrs of struggling, 7 yrs of being great, 3 yrs of mediocrity-to-outright-suckage" that most career paths follow. Especially when you consider that the Rams were a trainwreck before and after he was there, and the Cards were a trainwreck before, and no better than mediocre immediately after (in other words, he appeared to be able to elevate the play of his teams), I don't see how he DOESN'T get in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 John Brockington I thought Brockington's career went down the toilet less because of "injury" and more because of "coaching staff/entire organization had its collective head up its ass" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Curt Warner I dunno, looking at his stats at PFR (http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WarnCu00.htm), obviously he lost an entire year in '84 and some yardage due to recovery in '85 (call it 2000 yds, based on his '83 and '86 production), it still only puts him at ~9000 career yds (just over, giving him credit for the yds he lost out in during the 87 strike, as well). Post-injury, he DID start 75 of the next 76 non-strike games, and his decline (at age 28, after about 1500 touches) came maybe a smidge early, but nothing eye-popping. You probably know some stuff I don't (that I'd love to hear), but from the outside, yeah Warner had some sh*t luck, but even with a fully healthy career, he's probably a "Hall of Very Good"-type player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditkaless Wonders Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I thought Brockington's career went down the toilet less because of "injury" and more because of "coaching staff/entire organization had its collective head up its ass" After doing something that had never been done before, rushing for 1000 yards in each of his first three seasons (reasons were shorter then and 1000 yards actually was rare and meant something, he hurt his knee. Back in the day they could not scope you. a simple meniscus clean up that is done outpatient now with a scope required an 8 inch incision in those days and ACL's and MCL's were more or less not operated on. Brockington had an injury, it was not addressed surgically, he just played with it and his yard per carry average dropped something like one and a half yards per carry. But for three years, well you would have rather had Brockington than any back in the league, unless you were Miami who pretended Csonka was his equal. At 6'1 inch and around 225 he was Adrian Peterson 2 decades before Adrian Peterson was born, and that was the problem, medical science was not then what it is now. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=john+brockington&mid=D5F30A9322D9C6E6B400D5F30A9322D9C6E6B400&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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