Unfortunately, Houston fans have had to wait through the years to see their stars get inducted. 1. On the latest episode of the Let's Go! Over that five-year span, Landry ranks third in the NFL in catches and seventh in receiving yards. In 1996, he decided to play football full-time. Instead, legendary players and coaches like Troy Polamalu and Jimmy Johnson will wait until next year to give their speeches in Canton, Ohio. Tucker is only nine years in, and while he can kick for a long time if he stays healthy, asking anyone in the NFL to do anything for 13 more seasons is risky. Matthew Freedman poses and answers the burning question about Evans' future Hall of Fame chances. Since 1970, 55 players who are eligible for Canton have hit that 8+2 mark, and 52 of them earned enshrinement. 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. And as much as everyone loves Boldin, he was never dominant enough to keep his former teammate out of Canton. Bakhtiari, likewise, is blocked by Tyron Smith. Art Monk. If Brown has a Whitworth-esque autumn to his career, he has a shot. It's an extremely small sample, and Collins is another example of a player who had an early All-Pro appearance before taking a step backward, but Adams projects as a superstar. Kuechly played just eight seasons with the Panthers from 2012-19, but they were very good ones, with five first team All-Pro selections, seven Pro Bowls and a spot on the All-2010s team. Last season, Thomas became the second wide receiver to win Offensive Player of the Year. Suggs logged 139 sacks, good for eighth all-time. Hightower has made huge plays in two Super Bowls, having stuffed Marshawn Lynch at the 1-yard line and strip-sacked Matt Ryan, but he has rarely gotten the regular-season attention he deserves. While Hunter's chances are probably somewhere in the 65% range, Smith is closer to the lower end of the spectrum in the 40% zone. I've split players into four groups. 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. Timing can matter for players, and it has been weird for Suh. Mosley. Rodgers is a three-time All-Pro, a member of the 2010s All-Decade Team and so much more. Graham has five Pro Bowls to his name, but I don't think he has done enough to earn a gold jacket. Reggie Wayne, a Senior Bowl Hall of Famer, prepped Jalen Wayne for what to . Should the Green Bay Packers Move On From Aaron Rodgers? Complicating things for Johnson is the logjam of candidates at his position. A candidate must get 80 percent of the vote to be elected. Lock (100%): QB Drew Brees. He claimed a sack title in 2017 and was half a sack behind Shaq Barrett a year ago. He shared a receivers room with four Hall-of-Famers and caught balls from a pair of Hall-of-Fame quarterbacks in Peyton Manning and Kurt Warner while playing in eight post-season games . He looked to be firmly on a Hall trajectory at that point, but over the ensuing five seasons, he has just one Pro Bowl appearance. Likely (70% to 99%): QB Russell Wilson, LB Bobby Wagner. He was selected No. Kamara was also Offensive Rookie of the Year, which helps his chances further. 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. Hightower and McCourty have made only two Pro Bowls each, and while they'll get a bump for their Super Bowl rings, it's tough to imagine them getting in when guys like Richard Seymour, Tedy Bruschi and Mike Vrabel didn't make it from the first era of Pats Super Bowl winners. In the running (40% to 69%): DE Joey Bosa, S Derwin James. That means Robinson (who is coming off . More on the Ring of Honor found on the team website. While injuries have cost Watt 32 games over the past four seasons, his unprecedented four-season peak from 2012 to 2015 locked up things. Charley Taylor. How Relationship With Reggie Wayne Is Helping South Alabama WR Jalen He just turned 26 in August. Okudah's presence owes to his draft status as the No. Brees could have retired five years ago and comfortably made the Hall of Fame. Jeremy Fowler polled a panel of more than 50 coaches, execs, scouts and players to come up with top-10 rankings for 2020: QB | RB | TE | WR | OT 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 it stands, though, Gurley doesn't have enough on his rsum to get in. 8/16/2011. He could roll off a string of these nods in the years to come. They both need multiple All-Pro seasons before they can rise up the ranks. With three rushing titles, a 2,000-yard season and an MVP award in his trophy room, Peterson will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. The left tackle has seven Pro Bowls and two All-Pro nods before turning 30. Six of the seven men ahead of him are in the Hall, with the exception of Peppers. Williams made seven consecutive Pro Bowls before sitting out the 2019 season and forcing a trade to the 49ers. The Cowboys are blessed with two linemen bound for Canton. Gore is third in career rushing yards, which owes much to the fact that he also ranks third in carries. Work to do (10% to 39%): RB Derrick Henry, OT Taylor Lewan, DE Vic Beasley Jr., S Kevin Byard. In the running (40% to 69%): DE Josh Allen. Do you have a sports website? Work to do (10% to 39%): S Tyrann Mathieu. But playing on so many bad Eagles teams delayed his entry into the Hall of Fame. But given the relatively small number of modern-era inductees each year a minimum of three and maximum of five now is a good time to look at the ballot in upcoming years and notable players wholl become eligible for election and may impact Johnsons fate with voters. Lewan has three Pro Bowls. Jones is likely to top 13,000 receiving yards and earn his eighth Pro Bowl nod this season, which should be enough to seal things for the superstar wideout. 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. ARI | ATL | BAL | BUF | CAR | CHI | CIN In recent years Seattle has gained somewhat of a reputation as being the last stop for future Hall of Fame wide receivers. Lock (100%): QB Ben Roethlisberger. Lock (100%): QB Aaron Rodgers. 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. 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. Pro Football WR Hall of Fame Monitor The Pro Football Reference Hall of Fame Monitor (HOFm) is a metric designed to estimate a player's chances of making the Pro Football Hall of Fame using AV, Pro Bowls, All-Pros, championships, and various stat milestones. The guy who hasn't played a single NFL snap? Carmichael was one of the best wide receivers of his era. Rank'Em: Cowboys Now Have 20 Hall of Famers - Dallas Cowboys I think Thomas is a prohibitive favorite to get in. Browns, Jets to open 2023 NFL preseason in Hall of Fame Game The NFL's 2023 Hall of Fame Game will feature the Cleveland Browns and New York Jets, the Hall announced Tuesday. NFL Nation: Analysis for every pick He ranks seventh all-time in receiving touchdowns (116), 30th in yards (11,841) and 17th in receptions (955). you might say Moss, Larry Fitzgerald and DeAndre Hopkins. 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. Pro Football Reference's Hall of Fame monitor ranks Edelman 110th among wide receivers, and that gives him credit for winning three Super Bowls. Sanders started 16 regular season games at cornerback and another eight at wide receiver - becoming the first two-way starter in the NFL since the Philadelphia Eagles Chuck Bednarik, who retired in 1962. Work to do (10% to 39%): C Alex Mack, DT Grady Jarrett. All but Gronkowski generated controversial off-field headlines, but the Hall voters only debate what is accomplished on the field. Unless he really hangs on into his 40s, he'll finish as the second-most-productive tight end in history, behind Tony Gonzalez. 1 with seven receiving touchdowns as well as 1,407 air yards and yards after the catch combined (perAirYards.com). Watt's last name and presence on a high-profile defense won't hurt. . Assessing Browns' FA needs. 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. His PFR Hall of Fame score of 94.2 ranks ahead of several wide receivers already in the Hall of Fame, including Michael Irvin, Art Monk, Andre Reed and Lynn Swann. Work to do (10% to 39%): DE Chase Young, S Landon Collins. Many of the modern-era players to whom hes statistically comparable played well into their 30s. Leonard, with one All-Pro spot and a Pro Bowl appearance last year, is right behind. Pouncey fits that magic 8+2 formula I mentioned earlier with regard to Atkins, and at 31, he should still have a couple more Pro Bowls in him. Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon both expect Frank Gore to get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but do not see him as a lock to get into Canton. Dan Orlovsky denounces the NFL Network's Top 100 players for 2020 for excluding Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz. Erica Farber and Bill Siemering, prominent figures in U.S. commercial radio and public radio, respectively, are among eight new members of the Radio Hall of Fame. One more nomination should get Smith in. The superstar edge rusher has made the Pro Bowl every year except 2013, when he was suspended before going down with a torn ACL. 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. 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. Even so, I think hell eventually get there. 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. Andre Johnson: What future Hall of Fame ballots look like How Antonio Brown is hurting his Hall of Fame future, and what the Erica Farber. Lock (100%): TE Jason Witten. Jets, Browns tapped for 2023 NFL Hall of Fame Game originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago. At the same time, Green has missed 23 games over the past two years with injuries. This was. A healthy, available Garrett is a Defensive Player of the Year candidate and could rise quickly. Work to do (10% to 39%): WR Davante Adams, OT David Bakhtiari, LB Za'Darius Smith. One issue: Five of those six are running backs, with Randy Moss as the only exception. Mack is entering what is likely to be his final season with the Falcons. Let's see whether we can get a sense of who those 50 are right now: Jump to a team: Partner with Us Back. Lock (100%): WR Larry Fitzgerald. 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. Smith-Schuster had a down 2019 season amid injuries and terrible quarterback play; he should bounce back to his 1,426-yard form from 2018. Regardless of age, Evans has had an impressive start to his career. Work to do (10% to 39%): QB Jared Goff, OT Andrew Whitworth, P Johnny Hekker. Scouting reports | More draft coverage. 50 Greatest QB-WR Duos in NFL History - Bleacher Report 2 pick was a four-time Pro Bowler and a three-time All-Pro during his five seasons in Detroit. Gronk has five first-team All-Pro appearances. He led that sports section to three Associated Press Sports Editors top-10 national awards and his work has been honored by APSE and the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors. The 2021 Radio Hall of Fame inductees will be honored at the in-person 2021 Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday, October 28, 2021, at Chicago's Wintrust Grand Banking Hall. McShay's favorite pick for all 32 teams The End of In-Person Voting for Future Hall-of-Fame Classes? Maybe Not He's ahead of guys like Von Miller, Dwight Freeney, Terrell Suggs and Bruce Smith, and while he played more games than all but Suggs, the fact that he was a productive pass-rusher from the jump as a 21-year-old is a positive. Work to do (10% to 39%): QB Joe Burrow. He's an easy Hall of Famer. Tom Fears, WR, UCLA, 11th round, 103rd overall: Just play along. All rights reserved. Try selecting a different location. Xavien Howard made the Pro Bowl in 2018 and would be the best candidate, but he has missed an average of six games per season across his four pro campaigns. You could make a case Jones belongs in the Likely category based on his 2017 and 2019 seasons, although I'd argue there's a significant gap between those two campaigns and the rest of his career. (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? From 2000-2003, Randy Moss put up video game numbers: 376 receptions, 5,649 yards and 49 touchdowns. 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. The former LSU corner was already a star on the field after his 2018 campaign, but getting that first nod is usually tougher than getting invited back. Hall of Famer predicts controversial team for Rodgers. 10 Hall of Fame-Worthy NFL Wide Receivers (not named Julian Edelman) He might not make it on the first ballot, but he should make it eventually. He's the second-most productive receiver in football history. The reason Jackson is in this section and Fuller is in the next group is that Jackson has made two Pro Bowls in three seasons while Fuller has two across six years.