Hall of Fame class of 2015 (1 Viewer)

[AB in DC]

Per PFT:

A strong first-year eligible class of players including Junior Seau and four members of the Greatest Show on Turf are among the 26 players announced as semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame tonight.In addition to Seau, the first-year eligible players include Rams teammates Kurt Warner, Orlando Pace, Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt.

Also on the list are the five players who were in the final 10 of last year’s voting but not among the five elected: Linebacker Kevin Greene, defensive end Charles Haley, running back Jerome Bettis, guard Will Shields and wide receiver Marvin Harrison.

The other 16 names to make the cut to 26 include running backs Roger Craig, Terrell Davis and Edgerrin James, wide receiver Tim Brown, offensive linemen Joe Jacoby, Mike Kenn and Kevin Mawae, linebacker Karl Mecklenburg, cornerback Ty Law, safeties Steve Awtwater, John Lynch and Darren Woodson, kicker Morten Andersen and coaches Don Coryell, Tony Dungy and Jimmy Johnson.

From that group of 26 names, the group will be whittled down again to 15 finalists, who will then be up for debate and election the day before the Super Bowl.

A maximum of five players from that group of 15 can be chosen.

The committee will also vote separately on seniors nominee Mick Tingelhoff, and two contributors, former General Managers Bill Polian and Ron Wolf.

 

[AB in DC]

Initial thoughts:

- Seau, Harrison, and Pace are shoo-ins

- Shields has a good shot

- Kurt Warner will get in eventually, but is he a first-ballot guy? There are a lot of other great names on the list.

- And no offense to the guy, but "Mick Tingelhoff" doesn't even sound like a real name.

 

[Tau837]

I'd vote for:

Seau

Warner

Harrison

Pace

Shields

 

[Fariq]

- And no offense to the guy, but "Mick Tingelhoff" doesn't even sound like a real name.

But Edgerrin does?

 

[Ghost Rider]

Haley

Warner

T. Davis

Seau

Pace

We'll find out tonight.

 

[grateful zed]

tim brown

 

[Ghost Rider]

This could be Tim Brown's year. With only one or two no-brainers this year (Seau and maybe Pace), this could be the year a guy like Brown squeezes in. I could see Warner being made to wait a year or two, and the media seems to have it in for Haley.

 

[Alex P Keaton]

I'd vote for:

Harrison

He might have trouble getting in given that he is a criminal.

 

[dcgangstas]

Being a life-long Raider fan, I'd love to see Tim Brown get in.

But I think it goes this way:

Seau

Pace

Haley (at long last)

Shields

Harrison

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

What time are they announcing these?

 

[ThaPenguin]

Per twitter, Bettis is in.

 

[Freelove]

Hearing Tim Brown, Jerome Bettis, Will Shields, Charles Haley, and Junior Seau among players.

 

[Neal Cassady]

And Tinglehoff

 

[moleculo]

Seau and maybe Shields are the only ones of the 5 worthy. Big swing and a miss, IMO.