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Who Should Make the Hall of Fame

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I know there was a similar topic, but I thought I'd make a new one anyway.

 

Someone I think should get to the Hall of Fame but never will is Phil Simms. A columnist for the Giants says this:

 

"I strongly believe Phil Simms deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, but I doubt he will be elected. He hasn't received enough support from the selectors in the past, and with quarterbacks like John Elway and Dan Marino coming up for election, Simms will retreat further to the back of the voters' minds. It's too bad. Simms played perhaps the great game every a quarterback in the Super Bowl. He was largely responsible for the Giants getting to another Super Bowl. And he posted some impressive numbers.

 

Not to denigrate Joe Namath - who is in the Hall of Fame - but consider this statistical comparison between Simms and Namath:

 

Simms Namath

Games 164 140

Attempts 4,674 3,762

Completions 2,576 1,866

Percentage 55.4 50.1

Yards 33,462 27,663

Touchdowns 199 173

Interceptions 157 220

Rating 78.5 65.5

 

 

How come Namath was selected and Simms comes up short in the voting? Is it because Namath guaranteed his Super Bowl victory, while Simms was merely quietly confident about his?

 

I think Simms did enough to warrant election to the Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, I don't see it happening."

 

Also, in Simms' Super Bowl XXI victory over the Broncos, he posted these stats in out performing the Hall of Fame lock John Elway:

 

"Simms set Super Bowl records for most consecutive completions (10) and highest completion percentage (88 percent on 22 completions in 25 attempts). He also passed for 268 yards and three touchdowns and was named the game's most valuable player."

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Ray Guy

There's a reason why the best punter award is named after the guy. If you are considered the best ever at something how can you not be in the Hall of Fame

Are there any punters in the hall of fame? And I'm not including those multi-position guys from back in the day...

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No One. There's enough players in the HOF, who have no business being in. The players who are deserving like Monk, and Dantley. Will make it, so my answer is no one.

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I'll disagree with all previous baseball suggestions, save Goose Gossage. I'll pick Alan Trammell.

 

Also, I have reservations that Tim Raines will get his just due when he becomes eligible.

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