He probably needs to keep that streak going for a couple more years or rack up another 15-sack campaign to move the needle to Likely. I think Thomas is a prohibitive favorite to get in. This was. Skeptics will point out that Rivers was 5-6 in the postseason and only made it as far as one AFC Championship Game, but he's also sixth in NFL history in passing yards and passing touchdowns. The big deal he signed with the Jags and the subsequent 14.5-sack campaign he posted in leading them to the AFC Championship Game turned the tide, as Campbell was a first-team All-Pro and made three consecutive Pro Bowl trips with Jacksonville. Allen will have a tougher time (presumably) without Yannick Ngakoue or Calais Campbell around in 2020, but he's off to a great start. They both need multiple All-Pro seasons before they can rise up the ranks. Get started >>. Quarterbacks like Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason and Steve McNair won league MVP without earning enshrinement. Greg Rajan is the senior editor for Texas Sports Nation, the Houston Chronicle's sports website, and also curates the daily TXSN newsletter and writes about sports media. Wagner turned 30 in June, and after eight seasons in the league, he has six Pro Bowl appearances and five first-team All-Pro nominations. Center Rodney Hudson deserves more attention, but he has been stuck behind Maurkice Pouncey in the AFC and has only three Pro Bowls to show across his seven years as a starter with the Chiefs and Raiders. Guy earned six Pro Bowl nominations and three All-Pro picks before turning 30. Likely (70% to 99%): WR Tyreek Hill, TE Travis Kelce. Erica Farber. Work to do (10% to 39%): RB Melvin Gordon, DE Jurrell Casey. Membership Foundation Corporate Partners Artifact Donations Commemorative Brick . He has eight Pro Bowl appearances, but he has never been a first-team All-Pro, never really been a viable pick as the best quarterback in football and has a total of four MVP votes across 14 seasons as a starter. SEA | TB | TEN | WSH. The suspension hurts Peterson's chances, but with eight Pro Bowls and three All-Pro appearances across his first eight seasons, his prior track record was impeccable. We still have no idea how Thomas will perform, but if we look back through history, four of the 32 offensive linemen since 1970 who were drafted with a top-five pick have made it to the Hall of Fame. Jets, Browns tapped for 2023 NFL Hall of Fame Game originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago. What do Johnsons future prospects look like? ARI | ATL | BAL | BUF | CAR | CHI | CIN Ten years after he retires, we're more likely to look at his two first-team All-Pro nods and forget those times he guessed wrong and gave up touchdowns with the Chiefs and Rams. Houston probably had the best shot of these four earlier in his career, given that he made four consecutive Pro Bowls and led the league with 22 sacks in 2014, but he hasn't been dominant since dealing with a knee injury between 2015 and 2016. Heres what you need to know. The Defensive Player of the Year candidate was named a first-team All-Pro in 2015 and 2019, but he hasn't received any other nominations across his other five pro seasons. In the running (40% to 69%): DE Danielle Hunter, S Harrison Smith. A big individual season and a few MVP votes in 2020 would be enough to push him into the next category. Jarrett made his first Pro Bowl last season, but his disruptiveness hasn't yet led to a gaudy sack total, which is what you need to get in as a defensive lineman. While the wide receiver logjam is a disaster for Hall of Fame voters, Moss should present a no-brainer case one day as a first-ballot choice. This trio is. First, its hard for young guys to adapt to the NFL. The three have career numbers that are comparable, and Holt and Wayne had the good fortune of playing with Hall of Fame quarterbacks (Kurt Warner and Peyton Manning) while winning Super Bowls. Texans great Andre Johnson fell short of election to the Hall of Fame again this year in his second time as a modern-era finalist. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. If he can follow in Patrick Mahomes' footsteps and win a Super Bowl this year, Jackson will have an impeccable rsum to start his career. Given the ages of Gilmore and Patrick Peterson, Ramsey is neck-and-neck with White and Marshon Lattimore as the likely best cornerback in football over the next five years. Its not at all random that hes become a big-time NFL player. In one of Coach Saban's press conferences, he spoke about some of the questions asked by the players to . Likely (60% to 99%): RB Frank Gore. Theyre easily first-ballot selections. Also, if a guy enters the league at a young age, he could theoretically have a longer NFL career, which would give him more time in the second half (or post-peak portion) of his career to put up the accumulation stats often needed to bolster a Hall-of-Fame case. (1:43), Barnwell: Projecting future Hall of Famers for all 32 NFL teams, The future of the NFL combine: Is there really a chance it could end forever? Work to do (10% to 39%): WR Mike Evans, WR Chris Godwin, LB Lavonte David. 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Unless Evans has a Powell-esque decline or gets radically overshadowed by a teammate la Holt with Isaac Bruce, then Evans seems to have a good chance to get into the Hall eventually. The former star wide receiver on Thursday was not elected in his second time as a modern-era finalist in as many years of eligibility. Itll be interesting to see if his postseason prowess carries him, as it arguably did Lynn Swann in his eventual election. The Hall of Fame receiver responded with a $100 million defamation lawsuit. Aldon Smith, who was once the most promising young edge rusher in football, would need a miraculous comeback in his first season since 2015 to get back on the HOF radar. Kamara took a step backward last season when he ran into some touchdown regression, but he still did enough to earn his third Pro Bowl appearance in three years. It was a good weekend for wide receivers at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Work to do (10% to 39%): OT Duane Brown. No promotions available. 2 with 6,103 yards. He should have a very strong case for election. Browns star left tackle Joe Thomas and Jets greats Joe . On the latest episode of the Let's Go! He also came up with an interception while winning his first Super Bowl, which helps his case. Likely (70% to 99%): TE Rob Gronkowski. Reggie Wayne, a Senior Bowl Hall of Famer, prepped Jalen Wayne for what to . In the running (40% to 69%): CB Tre'Davious White. Although the Texans struggled through much of his career with the team, the franchise and fans always knew they could rely on him for stellar numbers. Work to do (10% to 39%): QB Matthew Stafford, CB Jeff Okudah. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Likely (70% to 99%): OT Jason Peters. Sherman has a strong case as the best cornerback of the decade and was an essential piece of what was likely the best defense of the decade. Gates, a former college basketball player, had one of the greatest careers for an undrafted player, logging 16 seasons with the Chargers. Instead, legendary players and coaches like Troy Polamalu and Jimmy Johnson will wait until next year to give their speeches in Canton, Ohio. All of these guys have something in their favor, but it isn't enough to propel them to meaningful consideration as of yet. All but Gronkowski generated controversial off-field headlines, but the Hall voters only debate what is accomplished on the field. I addressed this in my MVP column in July. I'll start with the two young players. Hes too similar to other Hall-of-Famers and future Hall-of-Famers not to be taken seriously. In both cases, I'm looking mostly at the historical output for first overall picks. He'll have a better shot once reunited with Kyle Shanahan in San Francisco. (Justin Simmons, who was one of the NFL's best safeties a year ago, is still waiting for his first Pro Bowl appearance.). The Ring of Honor recognizes Vikings legends for their contributions to the success of the team on and off the field. His time may come, but maybe not for a while. Work to do (10% to 39%): QB Jared Goff, OT Andrew Whitworth, P Johnny Hekker. Prescott has made two Pro Bowls over his first four seasons, but his best rsum point is winning Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2016. Rivers is probably the most difficult case to parse among veteran players. Football Insiders with Trey Wingo. His case is very strong for a first-ballot election. In the running (40% to 69%): QB Philip Rivers, G Quenton Nelson, LB Darius Leonard. If Brown has a Whitworth-esque autumn to his career, he has a shot. Hill's game still relies on speed, so he could be more susceptible to a career shortened by injuries than most other candidates, but if he gets three more seasons with Mahomes, he's probably in. He previously worked as the sports editor at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. He isn't going to catch Jerry Rice, but he's just under 5,000 yards behind Larry Fitzgerald, who ranks second in career receiving yards. Wait, Joe Burrow? 2 pick was a four-time Pro Bowler and a three-time All-Pro during his five seasons in Detroit. Kelce has been a first-team All-Pro three consecutive times, although he oddly didn't make the Pro Bowl in two of those campaigns. He repeated that feat in 2019, but he'll need to have Campbell's longevity and continue at this level into his mid-30s to have a viable path to the Hall. In fact, a future Hall of Fame wide receiver recently revealed that Rodgers tried to recruit him over to the Packers. Moving to a higher-profile, more successful team will help Ramsey's chances of drawing national attention, although he wasn't close to Stephon Gilmore or Tre'Davious White a year ago. The former Philadelphia Eagles great and St. Louis Rams star will become the 28th and 29th wide receivers to be honored with a place in Canton, OH. While Tucker would be the overwhelming choice as the best kicker in football, the Hall has elected just two full-time kickers in its history. He is right on the borderline between the "Work to do" and "In the running" tiers. As a result, I'll mention them often, especially when looking at players who don't touch the ball frequently. Harold Carmichael finished his career with 590 receptions and 79 touchdowns. I polled my Twitter followers and found that 42.6% of voters thought Rivers was a Hall of Famer. In the running (40% to 69%): DE Joey Bosa, S Derwin James. Lock (100%): DT Aaron Donald. But history tells us that's a lot to ask. Barnwell and friends discuss sports -- usually. The 49ers' two-decade-plus string of Pro Bowl quarterbacks and near-two-decade run of employing an all-time receiving talent abruptly stopped in 2004. Fitzpatrick went from getting benched for the Dolphins in Week 1 to becoming a first-team All-Pro after his arrival in Pittsburgh; another year like 2019 will push him into Watt territory. The only thing likely to keep him out of Canton is an electorate that habitually underrates interior offensive linemen in favor of an endless stream of running backs. Collins retired with 70 touchdown receptions, sixth-best total in NFL history at the time and more than Hall of Fame receivers Lynn Swann, Art Monk, Bobby Mitchell, Michael Irvin and John Stallworth. It's not too late to play with friends and family. I'd like to see a bigger sample before I treat that rate as gospel, and players such as DeAngelo Hall and Everson Walls had long careers without making it to the Hall, but Lattimore is off to a promising start. Future Hall of Fame Wide Receiver Gushes Over Giants' Kadarius Toney 123 Shares By Vinny Somma Updated Apr 30, 2021 at 1:11pm Getty Kadarius Toney #1 of the Florida Gators reacts after. Lattimore has two Pro Bowl appearances in his first three seasons; if you throw out early-career players like Lattimore, Jalen Ramsey and Marcus Peters, eight of the 11 corners to pull that off since the merger are either in the Hall of Fame or going there. Okudah's presence owes to his draft status as the No. In the running (40% to 69%): RB Todd Gurley. Bakhtiari, likewise, is blocked by Tyron Smith. Likely (70% to 99%): LB Khalil Mack. Work to do (10% to 39%): S Tyrann Mathieu. If Murray breaks out in Year 2, he'll be on the fast track. Casey has made five consecutive Pro Bowls, but the Titans were willing to cut him this offseason before trading him for a seventh-round pick, which also seems telling about where they saw his future. Most Approximate Value (AV) in a receiver's best sets of five and seven consecutive seasons, 1960-2019. He needs only three more years to get to 60,000 passing yards, and if that gets Philip Rivers in, Ryan shouldn't have much trouble. Hall of Fame Wide Receivers. Gurley was a first-team All-Pro in 2017 and 2018, but he wasn't able to clinch a rushing title and didn't look like his old self last season. In the running (40% to 69%): WR Odell Beckham Jr., WR Jarvis Landry. There are another 11 players who aren't yet Hall-eligible, and five of them are locks to do the same. Work to do (10% to 39%): OT Andrew Thomas. After all, offensive tackle Joe Thomas was elected Thursday on the first ballot despite never playing a playoff game in 11 seasons with the Browns, who were more often than not the NFLs standard for team ineptitude. He has been one of the five best players at the second-most lucrative position in football over the past five years, and the fact that he was traded for two first-round picks and then delivered a wildly successful season with all of that attention in 2018 helps him. Work to do (10% to 39%): QB Carson Wentz, TE Zach Ertz, CB Darius Slay. In the running (40% to 69%): QB Cam Newton, CB Stephon Gilmore. Peters might not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but he should get in eventually. to put up the accumulation stats often needed to bolster a Hall-of-Fame case. Itll be interesting to see if that stellar stretch is good enough to get him in Canton. He is a graduate of Southwest Texas State University and Bowie High School in Austin. Thomas now has three Pro Bowls and two first-team All-Pro nods in four years, and while there might be some sort of drop-off if Brees retires, the Ohio State product did just fine with Teddy Bridgewater on the field in 2019. Hes No. Of the seven players eligible for the Hall of Fame who made it to the Pro Bowl in their age-21 campaign, six are in the Hall. Landry's hip surgery then looms as a problem; if he can get past it and keep this up, he profiles as a borderline Hall of Famer. Green. Lock (100%): QB Patrick Mahomes. Joe Fortenbaugh isn't picking Odell Beckham Jr. to lead the NFL in receiving yards, but he expects Kevin Stefanski's scheme to improve the wide receiver's numbers in 2020. Work to do (10% to 39%): WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, G David DeCastro, DE Cameron Heyward, S Minkah Fitzpatrick. He has made five consecutive Pro Bowls and has a first-team All-Pro appearance. Bosa's case is trickier, in part because he missed four games in 2016 and nine games in 2018 with injuries. All seven players who did that and who are eligible for the Hall are in, and the list of ineligible guys includes Hill, Patrick Willis, Joe Thomas, Adrian Peterson, Patrick Peterson, Zack Martin and Aaron Donald. Randy Moss. Running backs mean less than they have in the past, but Terrell Davis just made the Hall for what really amounted to a three-season stretch as the best running back in football. Three different Cowboys defenders make this list, and you could make a case for Jaylon Smith, too. Cox has made five consecutive Pro Bowls, although only one of those seasons resulted in a first-team All-Pro nod. Even so, I think hell eventually get there. Hilton, DE Justin Houston, DT DeForest Buckner, CB Xavier Rhodes. The only thing Pouncey is missing is a Super Bowl appearance. And thanks to coach Kelvin Sampson and the assistants he Solomon: DeMeco Ryans the right coach at the right time, 3 pressing questions facing new Astros GM Dana Brown, Jabari Smith Jr. growing up in NBA with an assist from his father, Poor parent behavior is driving high school sports refs away. He's in line behind guys like Atkins unless the USC product continues to make Pro Bowls deep into his 30s. Action Network makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the information given or the outcome of any game or event. If McCaffrey can piece together even two more seasons at his 2019 level and add two or three more like his 2018 campaign, that might be enough to make it to the Hall of Fame. Over that five-year span, Landry ranks third in the NFL in catches and seventh in receiving yards. Matthew Freedman (@MattFtheOracle) November 4, 2019. Edelman has never made a Pro Bowl, but the only . Art Monk<br>1980-1995. Thielen only emerged as a starter after turning 26, which means he would have to play into his late 30s to have a chance at racking up the cumulative stats modern wide receivers will need for enshrinement. People in favor of him will point to his stats, which are clearly better than those of Eli Manning, but that ignores the point; Manning isn't getting into the Hall because of his regular-season stats. From 2015 to 2019, his numbers are virtually identical to those of Eric Ebron. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Like Campbell, Heyward didn't earn widespread notoriety until he was approaching 30, with the Steelers star becoming a first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowler for the first time in his seventh season. His 2016 season was one of the most impressive years we've ever seen from a quarterback, as he dominated during the regular season and won league MVP. As a result, I would expect him to make it to the Hall someday. Only two full-time kickers Jan Stenerud and Morten Andersen are in the Hall of Fame, but it would be hard to see Vinatieri shut out given his accomplishments. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Work to do (10% to 39%): QB Kyler Murray, S Budda Baker. Syndication Packersnews . If the Falcons had held on to their lead and won the Super Bowl, Ryan would have won game MVP, and his 2016 probably would have been enough for a gold jacket. Watson has earned Pro Bowl nods in each of his first two full seasons as a starter, which is easier for quarterbacks than it is for most other positions. While guys like Franco Harris and Champ Bailey managed to make it to the Hall with similar starts to their careers, standouts like Chris Hinton, Ricky Watters and Donovan McNabb have come up short without getting to that next level. In the running (40% to 69%): RB Christian McCaffrey. But history suggests that his on-field performance makes him a Hall of Fame lock. From 2000-2003, Randy Moss put up video game numbers: 376 receptions, 5,649 yards and 49 touchdowns. What will define Eric Bieniemy's success? He has made four Pro Bowls and was a first-team All-Pro in 2012, but there are just too many offensive linemen with more impressive rsums who have struggled to get in for Brown to have much of a chance. Harold Carmichael and Isaac Bruce will enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August. For a list of other positions, click here. Julio or Hopkins: Who's the better bet to lead in receiving? Kelce is difficult to judge because tight ends aren't well represented in the Hall. Only Chandler Jones and Aaron Donald have more sacks since the start of 2017. Henry plays a Hall-friendly position and just won a rushing title. Gilmore wasn't on track to become a Hall of Famer before he joined the Patriots, having made one Pro Bowl across his first five seasons in Buffalo, but he has made back-to-back first-team All-Pro teams and then won Defensive Player of the Year last season. Garrett has played at a much higher level than Mayfield, but the $125 million man has missed 11 of 48 games thanks to various injuries and his season-ending suspension in 2019. The former Ozen High star and 14-year NBA vet has more on his mind than basketball, offering essays on life, his family and America. He joined the Chronicle in January 2015 as the online sports editor. He is a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, joining Lawrence Taylor as the only three-time winners of the award. Edelman has never made a Pro Bowl, but the only player with more receiving yards in the playoffs is Jerry Rice. 1. The superstar edge rusher has made the Pro Bowl every year except 2013, when he was suspended before going down with a torn ACL. Meanwhile on offense, receiver Allen Robinson's three-year, $46.5 million contract (signed last spring) comes with $15.2 million guaranteed in 2023. Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans is having himself a season. Jalen and Reggie Wayne connected while he was in college, and his uncle has helped him every step of the way since. In a normal universe, we would be celebrating the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2020 right about now. Joe Fortenbaugh breaks down why Julio Jones is the safer bet over DeAndre Hopkins to lead the league in receiving yards. Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor. He's an easy Hall of Famer. The only Hall-eligible players drafted since 1970 who have five of those and aren't in the Hall are Alan Faneca and Zach Thomas. The content on this page is for informational purposes only. But during his 15-year career, Lewis has only been a Pro Bowler and Second-Team All-Pro in 2010. He has the third most sacks through his age-25 season of any player since the league made it an official stat in 1982, trailing only Derrick Thomas and J.J. Watt. That means Robinson (who is coming off . In the running (40% to 69%): DT Ndamukong Suh. Below them are the players who are In the running (between 40% and 69%), and then the players who have Work to do to get on the Hall of Fame radar, who come in between 10% and 39%. Locks have a 100% chance of making it. Mahomes' rsum -- a league MVP and Super Bowl MVP -- is usually enough to get a player into the Hall of Fame, let alone doing it over two seasons as a starter. Where does Evans slot in? Partner with Us Back. On a weekly basis, Evans is a volatile player, but his year-over-year production has been incredibly consistent. These three Pats legends are more likely to land in the Hall of Very Good. podcast, future Hall of Fame wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, aware of the Raiders and Jets being interested in trading for the always-grumbling MVP. The players listed below are the top 250 HOFm-rated players who played WR starting in 1955 or later for at least 50 career games. Likely (70% to 99%): DT Geno Atkins. After missing the postseason for the first time in four years, the Green Bay Packers will now spend their offseason with one topic at the forefront of their internal conversations: the future of Aaron Rodgers. All 259 picks | Every team's class Longtime teammate Jeff Bagwell, meanwhile, had to wait until his seventh year on the ballot before gaining enshrinement to Cooperstown. I think Rivers probably gets in, but it might take a while. NE | NO | NYG | NYJ | PHI | PIT | SF In related news, the Cowboys also have a running back likely bound for the Hall. Gates numbers compare very favorably with those of the nine tight ends in the Hall. Returning to form and earning a seventh Pro Bowl nod in his first season with the Ravens got Thomas back on track. A healthy, available Garrett is a Defensive Player of the Year candidate and could rise quickly. In recent years Seattle has gained somewhat of a reputation as being the last stop for future Hall of Fame wide receivers. If Evans goes his entire career without gaining widespread notoriety or making a memorable run in the playoffs even if he has a long and steadily productive career and is regarded as one of the top receivers of his generation his chances to make the Hall of Fame will be materially diminished. Astros great Craig Biggio had to wait until his third time on the ballot to be voted to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and fell an agonizing two votes shy the previous year. The Museum of Broadcast Communications also named its first 33 "Legends" inductees, one for each year of the hall's . His peak is Hall of Fame-worthy -- he has two of the three best seasons in fantasy football history by a tight end -- but it lasted only four seasons. In the running (40% to 69%): QB Dak Prescott, WR Amari Cooper. Wide receiver, Arizona Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald's career stats: 1,432 receptions for 17,492 yards and 121 touchdowns One of the greatest wide receivers of all time, and certainly among the most dominant of his era, Fitzgerald will likely be a first-ballot Hall of Famer sometime around 2026. The guy who hasn't played a single NFL snap?
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