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He's in the top ten. This was his worst season in the NFL, but he closed it out. He's far surpassed Brady pre-2007, and is going to give a serious challenge to Brady's playoff wins and SB records far earlier than anyone could've imagined. He's obviously had the best start to a career of any QB ever,...

Gronk will be 1st ballot, so that's only 3. Gates will certainly not last past the 3rd.

Surprised it's this many. In football, once you go down to the minors, you usually don't come back. None of these examples seem to be of any recency, though. Do any of these teams even exist anymore?

I could also see them lowering the quota for senior nominees to 60 or 70 percent over this... but I doubt that helps any more super seniors get nominated to begin with, at least until they force Powell through, that might energize them again.

I expect Powell to get another chance, but this could definitely screw things up for seeing any more AFL/AAFC guys ever getting nominated again, at least until they can push Powell through. Parker was nominated in an off year for coach/contributor, so this could have been his best chance...

Powell getting knocked down this year screws everything up for AFL, AAFC, and super senior guys. They'll probably be more shy about nominating any going forward.

Jim Benton has been discussed many times here, by myself included. Pretty easy case, but it feels like the HOF regards the judgment of the founding classes as sacred, anyone they passed over was passed for a reason that doesn't require an explanation, and the only instance they're willing to admit t...

rewing84 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:50 pm John from what ive heard and read it will stay at 3 which is a perfect number

Very happy to hear this. It seems to be compelling them to make good picks for once. Might still only be room for guys 1960-after though.

This is pretty shocking. Even Kraft seemed to assume he'd get snapped up immediately. It doesn't appear anyone but Atlanta has even interviewed him. Is Dave Canales really that much more in demand?! Come on.

Perfect. So duplicate nominations don't contribute to a player's chances, then, are are just returned to sender automatically?