2015 NFL Season

[Lineker]

Jameis Winston has been named the 2015 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year, as voted by the fans, Pepsi and the NFL announced Friday night.

[Lint]

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[Twist]

4 hours ago, Lineker said:

Jameis Winston has been named the 2015 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year, as voted by the fans, Pepsi and the NFL announced Friday night.

The fans, the NFL and I all felt he was very deserving.

[Maxx]

Favre, Orlando Pace, Kevin Greene, Tony Dungy, Stabler, Dick Stanfel and proving you can make it into the hall of fame despite being tied to multiple murders, Marvin Harrison. (who as we determined earlier, statistically has no business getting in before Owens)

[Meacon Keaton]

But...but...but Marvin was quiet and T.O. was loud.

[Mick]

Don Coryell got the shaft, again. I wonder how many people are in the Hall of Fame because they shined under the system he created. 

[The Buscher]

On February 4, 2016 at 11:00, Busch Lesnar said:

The Hall of Fame class will be decided on and announced on Saturday.

No more than 5 modern era candidates can go in this year.  Favre is an obvious shoo-in on the first ballot.  I don't think they'll put in 3 QBs at once, so Warner will likely need to wait another year.  Orlando Pace seems like a good bet this year though so The Greatest Show on Turf will get some representation.  T.O.'s antics might have rubbed enough voters the wrong way to not put him in right away, and Marvin Harrison has been waiting a few years anyway and they need to continue to clear up the logjam of WRs waiting to go in.  I'd be surprised to not get at least one defensive player in the class, and Kevin Greene seems to be overdue.  I'm torn between three guys for the last spot - Dungy, Faneca, and Morten Andersen.  Faneca was great but it's so hard to figure out how the voters will view a guard (Larry Allen got in on the first try, Will Shields needed to wait four years).  Andersen appears to have the scoring record on lock down for the forseeable future but it's just never a safe bet to think the committee will put in specialists.  That leaves Dungy.

Eddie DeBartolo Jr. is the lone contributor finalist.  The thought of an executive going into the Hall is always a bit underwhelming but if they're allowed in, Eddie needs to be there having owned the Niners for 5 Super Bowls.  I expect the committee will put him in this weekend.

Ken Stabler and Dick Stanfel are the two senior nominees.  Stabler's always had his fair share of supporters, and now that he is sadly no longer with us I actually think the support will grow even more and he'll go in posthumously.  Stanfel was a guard in the '50s and was on a couple of NFL title winning teams.  I'm not going to pretend to know enough about him to judge one way or the other.

Class of 2016 predictions:  Favre, Pace, Harrison, Greene, Dungy, DeBartolo, Stabler, and maybe Stanfel

Nailed it.  

[The Buscher]

Some insight into this year's HOF process:  http://espn.go.com/blog/cleveland//post/_/id/845/inside-the-hall-of-fame-voting-room

DeBartolo had the longest debate, with T.O. not too far behind.  Favre's presentation was just his name being said, evidently a tradition from when the 100% no doubt first ballot guys in recent years have gone in (Marino, Aikman, Rice, Emmitt, etc.) where there is no need to waste time discussing it.

Modern era finalists are also grouped together by position and discussed one after another and subsequently compared, which is part of the reason why you seldom see players from the same position going in with the same class.

[DMN in the House]

Now that Stabler is FINALLY fucking in, and deservedly so, time to build a bandwagon for Jim Plunkett. Only two-time Super Bowl winning QB not in the Hall.

[Mick]

Starting two-time Super Bowl winning QB, DMN. I mean, There's guys like Earl Morrall, who at least started one, then there's Jason Garrett, who uh, probably won't be credited with the Cowboy's success as much as Aikman  . 

[Lint]

 

So Marrison made it over T.O....which people have pointed out, is BS and solely related to his ego

[TCO]

It's pretty funny that TO missed out for due to his ego/antics when Marvin Harrison is basically a crime lord.

[gunnar hendershow]

Hey you can do whatever you want as long as you don't have a personality on the football field.

[Lineker]

Lovely pregame nap just now. It needs to just hurry up and start now!

What's everyone doing for the game?

[MDK]

What time does it start?

[Meacon Keaton]

We usually go to the same Super Bowl party every year, but considering its my team in it, I'm skipping the party and watching in my den alone.

And it starts in four hours.

[TCO]

I hate Super Bowl parties. Over here it's full of drunk wannabe Americans or else people who have no clue what's going on and distract you.

I want to watch the game and it's hard to concentrate in that environment!

[The Buscher]

First-time eligibles for HOF Class of 2017 include:
S Brian Dawkins
QB Donovan McNabb
DE Jason Taylor
RB LaDainian Tomlinson
WR Hines Ward

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter)

February 7, 2016

 

You never know with the current process, but I'd be shocked if Tomlinson wasn't a first ballot guy.  4th all time in rushing yardage, 2nd in rushing TDs, and he has the single-season rushing TD record.  That record is probably never going to be broken considering how many teams use goal-line RBs or simply throw it on the goal line.

Taylor will go in but it might take a while, he'll be grouped in as a "pass rusher" and sacks alone aren't enough to get people in right away, just ask Kevin Greene.  Ward also has a decent shot for enshrinement but only after T.O., Holt, Bruce, and Moss go in first.  Safety is a position that gets generally overlooked in Canton so even if Dawkins gets in I suspect it will be a long wait.

McNabb I really don't think has a chance.  Most expect Warner will go in eventually and so McNabb's supporters will cite that he had better numbers than Warner, but the difference will be the lack of a ring.  If you don't retire in the top 10 in both yards and TDs I just don't really see how you get in as a ringless QB.  Fair or not that just seems to be the trend.  When you also consider that there are 6 active QBs right now that already figure to have their spots in Canton secure, I just can't see how McNabb goes in.

[gunnar hendershow]

I've done like 2 Super Bowl "parties" in my life. They were miserable experiences where 80% of people aren't watching the game. However being at a party for Super Bowl XLII with a very johnny-come-lately Patriots fan was a fun experience I will say.

[DMN in the House]

I'll be at work, trying to watch as much of the game as possible in the hopes that the Denver Broncos are lost in some sort of alien abduction incident in which they are all transported to some sort of paradise and never come back, thus ridding us of the scourge that is the Denver Broncos in the nicest way possible.