2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame Finalists

The 15 finalists for the Hall of Fame have been announced:

Michael Strahan
Jonathan Ogden
Larry Allen
Warren Sapp
Jerome Bettis
Cris Carter
Tim Brown
Andre Reed
Charles Haley
Kevin Greene
Will Shields
Aeneas Williams
Bill Parcells
Edward DeBartolo Jr.
Art Modell


Those who were eliminated:
Morten Andersen
Steve Atwater
Don Coryell
Roger Craig
Terrell Davis
Joe Jacoby
Albert Lewis
John Lynch
Karl Mecklenburg
Paul Tagliabue
Steve Tasker
George Young


I'm going to guess the five will be Haley, Parcells, Ogden, Shields and Reed. Ogden could easily be replaced by Allen, and probably should be, but I think they will spread out the teams represented, and Reed could easily be replaced by Carter, but I think they will go by oldest to more recent.

 

I think some of those guys used steroids, so fuck 'em all and let Canton go dark for the summer.

 

Parcells was definitely juiced while he was coaching, and I have my suspicions about DeBartolo, too.

 

I can't wait for another blank front page from the NYT!!!

 

It'll be a sad day in Canton when Warren Sapp, one of the most unprofessional and unlikable people in football, gets inducted into the Hall. Dude is a first-class jerk.

 

Jerk? Absolutely. Hall of Famer? Definitely...

 

Can't believe Coryell didn't make the cut. Or George Young.

 

Which has nothing to do with what he did on the field.

 

Larry Allen and Jonathan Ogden are locks. I think Parcells gets in, as do Carter, Haley, and Sapp.

IMO, Reed should already be in the HOF, but the voters hate WRs almost as much as punters (see the annual snub of Ray Guy).

 

Interesting to see Paul Tagliabue fall off the list. He almost made it a few years back and Dr Z was so outspoken against that it did him in.

 

the max number is five, so someone from your list is going to get cut.