justin Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Thurman Thomas - no brainer, should have been elected last year. Bruce Matthews - another no brainer. 14 consective ProBowls - no other lineman has more. Mike Irvin - stats and game presence were exceptional. Key member of several championship teams Art Monk - same goes for him as Irving Derrick Thomas - career cut short, but a model player At least three, but no more than six can be voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007. There's my ballot. I went five, but if I were to vote a sixth, it'd be Russ Grimm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 Here is a link to all nominees: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 If you go the the HOF website, you can watch the announcement live on RealPlayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 43.4% Thurman Thomas, RB -- Bills (1988-99), Dolphins (2000) 38.0% Derrick Thomas, LB -- Chiefs (1989-99) 37.7% Michael Irvin, WR -- Cowboys (1988-99) 23.6% Paul Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner (1989-2006) 11.3% Bob Kuechenberg, G -- Dolphins (1970-84) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Here we go NFL Network now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 (edited) Thurman Thomas - no brainer, should have been elected last year. Bruce Matthews - another no brainer. 14 consective ProBowls - no other lineman has more. Mike Irvin - stats and game presence were exceptional. Key member of several championship teams Art Monk - same goes for him as Irving Derrick Thomas - career cut short, but a model player Agreed that most should be in, but think that Irvin's a real borderline case. His peers (Rice, Carter, Reed, Brown, Bruce) were a cut above. Edited February 3, 2007 by Bill Swerski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Irvin baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 (edited) No love for Paul Tagliabue. Or Monk... again. Edited February 3, 2007 by budlitebrad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 No love for Paul Tagliabue. Scheffter said some voters would vote no because of grudges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Here we go NFL Network now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Irvin baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Class of 2007: Gene Hickerson Michael Irvin Bruce Matthews Charlie Sanders Thurman Thomas Roger Werhli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 (edited) Irvin baby Irvin might not have made it onto ballot if he didn't happen to play on three SB-winning teams. And it's just disgusting that this Megan Fox made it and Art Monk didn't. Edited February 3, 2007 by Bill Swerski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 And it's just disgusting that this Megan Fox made it and Art Monk didn't. Get used to it. With Carter up next year you'll be waiting until at least 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 And it's just disgusting that this Megan Fox made it and Art Monk didn't. Did not like this either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 (edited) And it's just disgusting that this Megan Fox made it and Art Monk didn't. Monk didn't even make the cut to the final 11. EDIT: Correction, he didn't make the second cut to 6. Edited February 3, 2007 by budlitebrad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhippens Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Get used to it. With Carter up next year you'll be waiting until at least 2009. at least now, you are talking a little bit of sense. carter is at least a guy who had a great career. i'm not why irvin gets so much praise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 (edited) at least now, you are talking a little bit of sense. carter is at least a guy who had a great career. i'm not why irvin gets so much praise. Even if you consider that Irvin's TEAM won three SBs, Irvin only caught two TDs in those three games and only eight total in 16 playoff games. His regular season stats are no better than Jimmy Smith's and I'm pretty sure that HE'S not going into Canton. The Hall has become a joke. They're more interested in showcasing guys who played on high-profile SB teams (Irvin, Aikman, Namath, Bradshaw) than INDIVIDUALS who had truly-great CAREERS. Edited February 3, 2007 by Bill Swerski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 at least now, you are talking a little bit of sense. carter is at least a guy who had a great career. Definetely Carter makes them look terrible. Monk only has 1 ring and didn't play in that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Even if you consider that Irvin's TEAM won three SBs, Irvin only caught two TDs in those three games and only eight total in 16 playoff games. His regular season stats are no better than Jimmy Smith's and I'm pretty sure that HE'S not going into Canton. The Hall has become a joke. They're more interested in showcasing guys who played on high-profile SB teams (Irvin, Aikman, Namath, Bradshaw) than INDIVIDUALS who had truly-great CAREERS. Irvin's stats are pretty comparable to Monk's, no? Irvin-750 catches 11,904 yds 65 td's Monk-940 catches12,7221 yds 68 td's only Monk played 4 seasons longer than Irvin... postseason lines Irvin 16 games 1314 yds 8 tds Monk 15 games 1062 yds 7 tds Look I'm not saying Irvin belongs in there or that Monk does or does'nt. It just seems that everyone on the planet thinks Monk should be in there and alot of people don't think Irvin should. I don't get it. And IMO the off the field stuff should'nt be considered in the voting. Pete Rose not being in the MLB Hall is a hugh joke. Again, JMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Look I'm not saying Irvin belongs in there or that Monk does or does'nt. It just seems that everyone on the planet thinks Monk should be in there and alot of people don't think Irvin should. I don't get it. I think it's because Monk has been snubbed a few years and didn't have some of the off-field issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Can't believe DT didn't make it in. Shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Irvin's stats are pretty comparable to Monk's, no? Irvin-750 catches 11,904 yds 65 td's Monk-940 catches12,7221 yds 68 td's only Monk played 4 seasons longer than Irvin... postseason lines Irvin 16 games 1314 yds 8 tds Monk 15 games 1062 yds 7 tds Monk played in a different era and was one of the elite WRs of his day. Who was better than Monk in the '80s, besdies Rice, Lofton, and Largent? In Irvin's era, I can name A LOT more WRs who were clearly better: Rice, Carter, Brown, Reed, Bruce, Henry Ellard. Jimmy Smith and Irving Fryar were AT LEAST as good as Irvin. Sterling Sharpe was more dominant than Irvin before the neck injury that forced him into retirement. Look I'm not saying Irvin belongs in there or that Monk does or does'nt. It just seems that everyone on the planet thinks Monk should be in there and alot of people don't think Irvin should. I don't get it. And IMO the off the field stuff should'nt be considered in the voting. Pete Rose not being in the MLB Hall is a hugh joke. Again, JMO. Irvin only got in because he was on three championship teams and you're propping him up because he's one of yours. There must've been a lot of other Cowboys fans on the voting committee. JMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Can't believe DT didn't make it in. Shame. I was surprised Thomas didn't make it too. I'm still hoping for Kuchenberg too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Monk played in a different era and was one of the elite WRs of his day. Who was better than Monk in the '80s, besdies Rice, Lofton, and Largent? In Irvin's era, I can name A LOT more WRs who were clearly better Monk was top 10 in catches 4 times, yds 3 times and td's once. Irvin was top 10 in catches 4 times, yds 6 times and td's 5 times. NJMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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