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Gonzalez and Reed are the two true locks.

I would imagine Champ Bailey, Torry Holt, Jimmy Johnson and either Hutchinson or Boselli make up the rest of the class, along with Johnny Robinson.

 

He is a three-time first-team all-pro and with a second-team all-pro. That's not nothing.

 

Faneca has a really good shot.

If they go coach it's going to be Coryell
If they go receiver it's going to Bruce

Right now my guess at the class is Gonzalez, Reed, Bailey, Lynch and Coryell

 

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Finalists have been named:

Steve Atwater, safety – 1989-1998 Denver Broncos, 1999 New York Jets
Champ Bailey, cornerback – 1999-2003 Washington Redskins, 2004-2013 Denver Broncos
Tony Boselli, tackle – 1995-2001 Jacksonville Jaguars
Isaac Bruce, wide receiver – 1994-2007 Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams, 2008-09 San Francisco 49ers
Don Coryell, coach – 1973-77 St. Louis Cardinals, 1978-1986 San Diego Chargers
Alan Faneca, guard – 1998-2007 Pittsburgh Steelers, 2008-09 New York Jets, 2010 Arizona Cardinals
Tom Flores, coach – 1979-1987 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, 1992-94 Seattle Seahawks
Tony Gonzalez, tight end – 1997-2008 Kansas City Chiefs, 2009-2013 Atlanta Falcons
Steve Hutchinson, guard – 2001-05 Seattle Seahawks, 2006-2011 Minnesota Vikings, 2012 Tennessee Titans
Edgerrin James, running back – 1999-2005 Indianapolis Colts, 2006-08 Arizona Cardinals,2009 Seattle Seahawks
Ty Law, cornerback – 1995-2004 New England Patriots, 2005, 2008 New York Jets, 2006-07 Kansas City Chiefs, 2009 Denver Broncos
John Lynch, free safety – 1993-2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2004-07 Denver Broncos
Kevin Mawae, center – 1994-97 Seattle Seahawks, 1998-2005 New York Jets, 2006-09 Tennessee Titans
Ed Reed, safety – 2002-2012 Baltimore Ravens, 2013 Houston Texans, 2013 New York Jets
Richard Seymour, defensive end/defensive tackle – 2001-08 New England Patriots, 2009-2012 Oakland Raiders

 

Atwater, Flores and Seymour were my misses; I had Karl Mecklenburg, Ward and Woodson in their place.

Still sticking with a class of Bailey, Gonzalez, Reed, Lynch and Coryell from that group. My first guess if I miss would be Faneca. No one would truly surprise me except for Flores. Seymour maybe because I think he'd be at the bottom of the list if you ranked it.

 

Missed on mecklenburg, ward, holt and Johnson.

 

Gonzalez, Reed, one OL, one other D player and then the next most popular regardless.

 

I think the four OL end up canceling each other out like the wide receiver logjam they had a couple years ago. Faneca and Hutchinson are essentially the same guy, Boselli is going to have a split of the votes for dominance/votes against for lack of longevity and Mawae then is another option. There's not one lock above the others so nobody ends up advancing.

 

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I was kinda surprised they've made him wait. The domino effect the last three votes keep kicking him down the road that if he was a tackle he probably would have sailed in. He has the best resume of the linemen but last year 5 of them -- the current 4 and Jacoby -- were finalists and none of them broke through. They probably need one of these classes coming up that doesn't have the dominant first-timers to suck up so many spots.

Next year makes sense because you could do him and Polamalu, who is the top first-timer, together. 2021 will have Peyton and Woodson, so that's two spots already claimed, and then 2022 could be Demarcus Ware, Jared Allen and Megatron so 2020 is a really big year for the holdovers to make it

 

I feel like this year and next year are good chances for linemen to get in. So Faneca and Mawae could/should be able to get through.