I can understand why you'd want to repress it.
Posted on 01/11/2007 4:36:04 AM PST by mainepatsfan
Class of 2007 to be selected from list of finalists
January 10, 2007
Paul Tagliabue, Thurman Thomas, Michael Irvin, and Bruce Matthews are among the 17 finalists that will be considered for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame when the Hall's Board of Selectors meets in Miami, Florida on Saturday, February 3, 2007.
Joining these four finalists, are 11 other modern-era players and two players nominated earlier by the Hall of Fame's Senior Committee. The Senior Committee nominees, announced in August 2006, are former Cleveland Browns guard Gene Hickerson and Detroit Lions tight end Charlie Sanders. The other modern-era player finalists include defensive ends Fred Dean and Richard Dent; guards Russ Grimm and Bob Kuechenberg; punter Ray Guy; wide receivers Art Monk and Andre Reed; linebackers Derrick Thomas and Andre Tippett; cornerback Roger Wehrli; and tackle Gary Zimmerman.
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Kind of got the "here we go again" feeling?
I'd much rather see him than Michael Irvin.
Had not thought about that game in a long time.
The thing about a position like punter is you can never argue that they benefited or suffered from the players they had around them.
Richard Dent
Ray Guy
Michael Irvin
Art Monk
Derrick Thomas
Thurman Thomas.
I can understand why you'd want to repress it.
If not for Scott Norwood Thurman Thomas would have been a Super Bowl MVP.
Now you're just being mean. :-)
Thurman Thomas had some incredible years and it is a shame that team never won a Super Bowl. They were the best team in the league for several years, but never could get it done in the Super Bowl. Norwood was a heck of a kicker, but will never live that down.
No. Now I am.
He was a turf kicker trying a long one grass. I was pretty sure he wouldn't make it at the time. I still think that was the best Super Bowl ever played.
What? No ex-Steelers nominated? Looks like the PFHOF is slipping.
We'll who's left from those teams?
Yeah, it would be real interesting to see if any steroid qualifiers apply to these guys............given that pretty much the whole league takes the stuff to a far greater extent than any baseball player.............!!!
My first thought is, a lot of them. Really, I'd have to check rosters vs who's in already the PFHOF.
Well, yes and no...he needs a good long snapper and enough protection to get the punt off.
Still Guy was also one of the most accurate punters I've ever seen. He could hook that sidelines near the endzone better than anyone. And football is as much about field position as anything else
My father said the hang time on his punts were so long they helped run out the clock.
Another punter that could find that "coffin corner" was Danny White, before moving to full time QB.
Thanx for the link. Just shows that there are a lot of ex-Steelers left to fill up the Hall. As there are a lot of ex-Cowboys, also. Maybe a sepaerate wing should be built for the both of them. };-)
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