NFL 2019

[The Buscher]

22 minutes ago, Meacon said:

They’re the Jets. Their season is always over before it begins.

I figured the Wild Card races will be crowded and around 9-7 could get it done...figured the Jets could at least hang somewhere around 7-8 wins to keep it close.

So glad I’m not one of the many cursed to be Mets AND Jets fans.  I know the Giants have been a disaster for a while but at least they still rewarded me with Super Bowls in my lifetime.

[Maxx]

Oooooh Sammy who you been kissing?

[Meacon Keaton]

Jersey girls 😶

[Maxx]

Also, are we sure he’s not just really bored?

[The Buscher]

When it gets revealed that Demaryius Thomas was also carrying mono and he switched out water bottles with Sam.

[Maxx]

That would require the Patriots seeing the Jets as a threat

[Lineker]

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame unveiled its list of modern-era nominees for the Class of 2020 on Thursday.

The list includes 122 players eligible to be selected to next year's class. The list will be whittled down to 25 in November and to 15 finalists in January. The finalists will then be presented to the full 48-member Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee during its annual meeting on "Selection Saturday," the day before Super Bowl LIV.

Highlighted on Thursday's list are eight first-time candidates: pass rusher John Abraham, linebacker Lance Briggs, returner/receiver Josh Cribbs, running back Maurice Jones-Drew, safety Troy Polamalu, defensive end Justin Smith, wide receiver Reggie Wayne and linebacker Patrick Willis.

This year's compilation includes 63 offensive players, 43 defensive players and 16 special teamers.

Here is the full slate of nominees and you can vote for your favorite candidates at www.nfl.com/HOFvote:

QUARTERBACK -- Randall Cunningham, Jake Delhomme, Boomer Esiason, Jeff Garcia, Jeff Hostetler, Dave Krieg, Donovan McNabb

RUNNING BACKS -- Shaun Alexander, Mike Alstott, Tiki Barber, Earnest Byner, Larry Centers, Corey Dillon, Eddie George, Priest Holmes, Edgerrin James, Daryl Johnston, Thomas Jones, Maurice Jones-Drew, Eric Metcalf, Lorenzo Neal, Clinton Portis, Fred Taylor, Herschel Walker, Chris Warren, Ricky Watters

WIDE RECEIVERS -- Isaac Bruce, Gary Clark, Donald Driver, Henry Ellard, Torry Holt, Chad Johnson, Derrick Mason, Muhsin Muhammad, Jimmy Smith, Rod Smith, Hines Ward, Reggie Wayne

TIGHT ENDS -- Dallas Clark, Ben Coates, Keith Jackson, Brent Jones, Jeremy Shockey, Wesley Walls

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN -- Willie Anderson, Matt Birk, Tony Boselli, Lomas Brown, Ray Donaldson, Alan Faneca, Kevin Gogan, Jordan Gross, Chris Hinton, Kent Hull, Steve Hutchinson, Lincoln Kennedy, Olin Kreutz, Chris Samuels, Jeff Saturday, Brian Waters, Richmond Webb, Erik Williams, Steve Wisniewski

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN -- John Abraham, La'Roi Glover, Casey Hampton, Chester McGlockton, Leslie O'Neal, Simeon Rice, Richard Seymour, Justin Smith, Neil Smith, Greg Townsend, Bryant Young

LINEBACKERS -- Carl Banks, Cornelius Bennett, Lance Briggs, Tedy Bruschi, James Farrior, London Fletcher, Seth Joyner, Wilber Marshall, Clay Matthews, Willie McGinest, Sam Mills, Chris Spielman, Takeo Spikes, Darryl Talley, Zach Thomas, Jessie Tuggle, Patrick Willis

DEFENSIVE BACKS -- Eric Allen, Steve Atwater, Ronde Barber, LeRoy Butler, Nick Collins, Merton Hanks, Rodney Harrison, Albert Lewis, John Lynch, Terry McDaniel, Tim McDonald, Troy Polamalu, Bob Sanders, Troy Vincent, Darren Woodson

PUNTERS/KICKERS -- K David Akers, K Gary Anderson, K Jason Elam, P Jeff Feagles, K Jason Hanson, P Sean Landeta, K Ryan Longwell, K Nick Lowery, P Reggie Roby, P Rohn Stark, P Matt Turk

SPECIAL TEAMS -- Johnny Bailey, Josh Cribbs, Mel Gray, Brian Mitchell, Steve Tasker

The Hall of Fame Board recently passed a resolution that suspended the Hall of Fame's Selection Committee By-Laws for the Class of 2020 election cycle only. The measure is intended to honor the NFL's Centennial Celebration through a special Centennial Class that will be comprised of 20 members in 2020. The group will include five modern-era players to come from the list announced in addition to 10 seniors (a player who has been retired for more than 25 seasons), three Contributors (an individual other than a player or coach) and two coaches.

The Selection Committee will meet on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 in Miami to elect the Class of 2020 that will include five Modern-Era players. The Modern-Era Finalists will be trimmed during the meeting from 15 to 10 and then from 10 to the five who will be elected as part of the Class of 2020.

The determination of the seniors, contributors and coaches finalists will be led by a special 25-person Centennial "Blue-Ribbon" panel who will review the backlog of deserving seniors, coaches and contributors. The Blue-Ribbon Panel will be comprised of Hall of Fame Selectors, Pro Football Hall of Famers, media members, football historians and industry experts.

The Centennial Class of 2020 will be formally enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame during the annual enshrinement week from Aug. 6-9, 2020 and the Centennial Celebration in Canton on Sept. 16-19, 2020.

[Meacon Keaton]

Not fair. Alstott would be 100% in if he was listed at fullback, which is what he was. Listing him and judging him against running backs ain’t cool.

[Your Mom]

Hershel Walker isn't already in there? He is like old and the way my dad talked he seemed like a sure fire HOF

[Pooker]

Seeing Jeff Garcia on there is just laughable. 

Justin Smith and Patrick Willis are two of my favorite players ever and I miss watching them play.

[The Buscher]

Patrick Willis already being HOF eligible feels so weird.  Dude retired so young.

[Pooker]

Seriously. That off season where he retired still sticks in my mind. Probably one of the worse I've ever seen a team have.

[GhostMachine]

Cunningham and Esiason will get in eventually, if not this year. Donovan McNabb only thinks he's a HoF caliber QB, and *might* get in, but it better not be this year. The other QBs? Nope.

And I actually agree with Meacon about Alstott. He's one of the all-time best Fullbacks.

[gunnar hendershow]

Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce will hopefully both go in and go in together. Edgerrin James is another guy who should make it in with the shallower 1st time group of guys.

[GhostMachine]

I don't think I could whittle my choices down to 15, let alone 8.

 

 

[DMN in the House]

Only eight of those guys are gonna make it? Damn.

Shout-out to Chester McGlockton and Neil Smith, though. Real AFC West hours, who's up?

[The Buscher]

Only five from that list are making it.  NFL is doing a one-time expansion of the HOF class to 20 members to celebrate 100 years, but they didn’t increase the number of modern era inductees.

It’ll be ten seniors, three contributors, and two coaches.  A guy like Joe Jacoby who was snubbed as a finalist for years and years is now a senior so he’ll probably finally go in, and Don Coryell is so overdue absolutely must be one of the coaches.

My guesses for the modern era:  Isaac Bruce, Alan Faneca, Edgerrin James, Troy Polamalu, Patrick Willis

[gunnar hendershow]

The NFL has a major problem in that they set their HoF rules into effect when the league was half the size it is now and had half the players it does now. There's just such a glut of players that it needs to have a softer cap to get more of these guys in sooner rather than later. The next batch of superstar retirees is coming up and they'll block a number of these players for another few years.

[punky]

The only lock I see out of that class is Polamalu. 

My guesses: Donovan McNabb, Isaac Bruce, Hines Ward, Tony Boselli and Troy Polamalu. 

[Meacon Keaton]

If McNabb gets in over someone like Neil Smith I’ll burn Canton to the ground.