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[Jewell]

To play the role of Captain Obvious, the issue for anyone that played/plays WR is that there is a backlog of guys waiting to get in, several old timers or recent retirees that are going to get in, several borderline guys from the past generation, and a ton of current guys that are on track for consideration. Long story short, there is a LONG list of WR that merit consideration, and that list is longer than there are currently receivers in the HOF. Can they ALL get inducted? Unlikely, so we have to draw the line somewhere.

To be specific, all of these guys would get in before Welker:Cris Carter

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Moss

Harrison

Tim Brown

Torry Holt

Isaac Bruce

Then there's still Andre Reed sitting out there, along with Hines Ward, Rod Smith, and Jimmy Smith in Welker's tier. Then among the contemporaries you've got:

Reggie Wayne

Roddy White

Andre Johnson

Larry Fitzgerald

All of whom are likely to retire close to the same time as Welker, and all of whom are likely to have better HOF credentials at the time.

Welker is hanging out with guys like Driver and Steve Smith. Maybe he's the best of that tier, but that looks like 11 guys clearly ahead of him, and six others in his tier. That's a lot of WRs. And it leaves out all the guys a few years younger who are going to obliterate a lot of the stats of these guys.

When you see the actual list of guys waiting to get in the Hall it's very difficult to argue that Welker has a better resume than any of them.

I was just looking at Chris Carter's numbers, and that stretch that he had in Minnesota from 1993 to 2000 is as good as any stretch I've seen. I'm not sure exactly what the Hall voters are holding against Carter. Maybe that it took him several years to get up and running.

Carter's Pro Football Reference page...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CartCr00.htm

 

[netnalp]

Given the voting patterns in the past, Moss may not be a first ballot guy (although he should be).

Moss not being a 1st ballot guy would be mind numbingly stupid. There is really no excuse for that.I agree with the Ed Reed mention. He has to be a 1st ballot guy as well. He's the best Safety of this generation.

I agree with you, but I suspect there will be voters that will initially cite his attitude, his off field antics, his quick fall from grace, taking plays off, wearing out his welcome on 3 teams in a year, etc. as reasons to not vote for him out of the gate.

Agreed. I have said for years that I think voters will make both Moss and Owens wait years to get in.

I wouldn't be surprised. As great as their numbers are they could be even better if they didn't have those attitudes that caused conflict with their teams.