Two first-year eligible nominees are among the 25 modern-era player semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024.
  • pfref@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    A ranking of the semifinalists by PFR’s HOF Monitor, which estimates the strength of a player’s chances of eventually being a HOF inductee:

    Player Last Year Pos HOFm Rank among eligible non-HOFers at position
    Julius Peppers 2018 DE 119.75 1
    Antonio Gates 2018 TE 113.63 1
    Reggie Wayne 2014 WR 109.14 1 last year finalist
    Torry Holt 2009 WR 107.22 2 last year finalist
    Steve Smith 2016 WR 98.91 3 last year semifinalist
    Jahri Evans 2017 G 95.75 1 last year semifinalist
    Andre Johnson 2016 WR 93.91 4 last year finalist
    Dwight Freeney 2017 DE 86.55 2 last year finalist
    Anquan Boldin 2016 WR 80.02 8 last year semifinalist
    James Harrison 2017 OLB 74.93 2 last year semifinalist
    Hines Ward 2011 WR 74.67 9 last year semifinalist
    Jared Allen 2015 DE 71.15 6 last year finalist
    Ricky Watters 2001 RB 64.39 3 last year semifinalist
    Eric Allen 2001 DB 60.45 14 last year semifinalist
    Willie Anderson 2008 T 60.03 7 last year finalist
    Tiki Barber 2006 RB 58 6
    London Fletcher 2013 ILB 55.98 8 last year semifinalist
    Fred Taylor 2010 RB 53.4 10 last year semifinalist
    Devin Hester 2016 RET/WR 50.4 N/A last year finalist
    Rodney Harrison 2008 DB 47.28 31 last year semifinalist
    Eddie George 2004 RB 46.66 14
    Robert Mathis 2016 DE 46.65 23 last year semifinalist
    • MetaKoopa99@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I find it interesting that Robert Mathis has made it to the semifinalist stage three times already and John Abraham has had zero HOF momentum since he retired. The awards, the sacks, the approximate value, and the overall career impact all lean toward Abraham

      • BosLahodo@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Wilfork played the ultimate “impact doesn’t show up on the box score” position.

        He’d eat up 2 blockers at a time and still move them out of the way allowing easier tackles for other players.