Pro Football Hall of Fame picks, 2010

They went one too many down the all-time list.

 

So you're saying he was a full player for about half his career. I agree.

Jackson wasn't depended on for sacks. They had guys like Pat Swilling for that.

 

Thank you, LJB. Measuring Rickey Jackson's greatness by sacks is a grave mistake.

Pat Swilling was one of the most feared edge rushers of his era and could rack up some sacks. He was able to do that because Rickey Jackson was such a fantastic all-around linebacker and because guys like Vaughan Johnson were such stout run stoppers.

Poor statistical comparison, nmmetsfan. Doesn't fly.

 

Could be, but you never know.
All I can say is, I'm shocked Rickey Jackson is being inducted to the Hall of Fame.
Great player, but not great on THAT great level.
The Hall is, or should be, a hallowed place.
I know of RJ because I've followed the Saints since I was 7 years old.
He and Vaughan Johnson and Sam Mills were top of the line on those Saints rosters two decades ago.
None of the members of those Saints teams deserves to be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
That said, if I see Rickey I will congratulate him on a fine career.

 

Swilling could have done a hell of a lot more damage if he remained in an ideal system for him and the stars around him.

I have an old tape of Lions yearbooks from the '90s I was going through a few weeks ago and they did a bit on the Swilling trade, one of the last really big trades before the dawning of free agency period. When he arrived in Detroit they actually unretired somebody's number for him (forget who), they had such high hopes.

I wonder just how much Randle's goofy persona worked in his favor. He was beyond an eccentric.

 

Wrong, Blitz. Rickey Jackson should be in. Same with Morten Andersen.

I've love to think a third member of that team has a chance, but's a long, long shot. Perhaps he'll get a Veterans nod.

 

It was a big deal back in the day. And Pat Swilling could not wait to get out of New Orleans. Funny how it all fell apart so fast. (Same with another guy who left the Saints ... I forget his name. :)

And let's provide a gauge of how good Rickey Jackson is (looking at nmmetsfan): When Swilling went to Detroit, Renaldo Turnbull was plugged into Swilling's spot and immediately started piling up sacks. Why? At least partly because of the work of Jackson on the other side in addition to the rest of the Dome Patrol. That was no accident.

 

Forgot to mention Swilling, yes. He was on the Patrol.
But not a hall of famer, in my eyes.
Morten Andersen, maybe. I hadn't pondered him.
Have to think about that one.

 

You are too stilted.

Sharpe belongs in Floyd Little's spot there.

Davis, too.

 

Now, with Floyd Little in, the Redskins' Larry Brown, who actually played in an important NFL game in the 1970s, has to go in, too.

Slippery...fucking... slope

 

I second that. Randle was terrible against the run, and spent his entire time trying to make big plays instead of working in the system.