ln the running (40% to 69%): RB Alvin Kamara, DE Cameron Jordan, CB Marshon Lattimore. Lock (100%): RB Adrian Peterson. Allen will have a tougher time (presumably) without Yannick Ngakoue or Calais Campbell around in 2020, but he's off to a great start. Both players are on a streak, and their chances depend on keeping that streak going. Six players have done that since the merger: Murray, Cam Newton, Sam Bradford, George Rogers, Billy Sims and Earl Campbell. 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. While injuries have cost Watt 32 games over the past four seasons, his unprecedented four-season peak from 2012 to 2015 locked up things. McCaffrey could turn into LaDainian Tomlinson, but what if he's more like Shaun Alexander, who won league MVP at his peak and never really got serious Hall of Fame consideration? We don't talk enough about Hunter, who only has two Pro Bowl nods over his first five seasons. 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. Players the Jaguars could target (You might remember Mitchell Trubisky in the Pro Bowl in 2018.) Quarterbacks like Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason and Steve McNair won league MVP without earning enshrinement. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? I think his five-year peak with the Seahawks probably would have been enough to get him in, but earning a sixth Pro Bowl trip with the 49ers last season only helped his chances. 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. He joined the Chronicle in January 2015 as the online sports editor. Tight ends have relatively short careers, which makes projecting their Hall chances exceedingly difficult. Wagner also has a Super Bowl victory and, quite famously, an MVP vote from Tony Dungy on his rsum. Work to do (10% to 39%): QB Kyler Murray, S Budda Baker. 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. He could roll off a string of these nods in the years to come. It's not too late to play with friends and family. He made it to four Pro Bowls in his first five seasons with the Ravens, and while that's the sort of production we associate with Hall of Famers, he wasn't able to earn a first-team All-Pro nod over that stretch. Guy earned six Pro Bowl nominations and three All-Pro picks before turning 30. That's just about a magic formula for getting into the Hall. Heres what you need to know. The Nebraska product nearly won a Super Bowl with the Rams in 2018, but a win with the Bucs and one more All-Pro appearance would greatly help his chances. His case is very strong for a first-ballot election. So this is really a list of 15. Mack is entering what is likely to be his final season with the Falcons. Everyone but Hill is either a lock or extremely likely to make it in. Both Bosa and Kittle could make this tier placement look stupid if they have big seasons in 2020. In the running (40% to 69%): QB Cam Newton, CB Stephon Gilmore. White got his just due last season and was named a first-team All-Pro while tying for the league lead in interceptions (six). March 25, 2020 9:36 pm ET. The Notre Dame product probably needs a second one to have a viable shot at Canton. One more nomination should get Smith in. If you need something more, Fitzgerald's 2008 playoff run is probably the best postseason from any receiver in league history. McCardell and Smith dubbed "Thunder . As it stands, though, Gurley doesn't have enough on his rsum to get in. 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. In fact, a future Hall of Fame wide receiver recently revealed that Rodgers tried to recruit him over to the Packers. 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. Let's run team-by-team and try to estimate each notable player's chances of making it to the Hall of Fame given his current rsum. A candidate must get 80 percent of the vote to be elected. How many future Hall of Famers will play in Super Bowl 55? - WKYC Okudah's presence owes to his draft status as the No. Heres what those guys did in their first five seasons and where they rank among all receivers in the age-21-to-25 cohort. 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. Roy Williams is the lone Hall-eligible safety who didn't follow his early success to Canton. Last season was the first time Peterson missed an NFL game or failed to make the Pro Bowl, with both owing to his six-game PED suspension. There are questions about Roethlisberger's character; he has twice been accused of sexual assault. When: 1999-2004 These two probably had the greatest four-year stretch in NFL history. 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. Mosley. Pro Football Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Village. 7 overall in the 2014 draft at the age of 20. Longtime teammate Jeff Bagwell, meanwhile, had to wait until his seventh year on the ballot before gaining enshrinement to Cooperstown. If a receiver can enter the league and perform well right away at a boyish age, that speaks well for his future as he develops. Jones now has five consecutive seasons with at least 10 sacks. The End of In-Person Voting for Future Hall-of-Fame Classes? Maybe Not CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GB | HOU | IND Not all elite prospects turn into Hall-of-Famers, but given Evans draft capital, physical profile and college production, its reasonable to say that what hes done in the NFL hasnt been a random fluke. Work to do (10% to 39%): RB Le'Veon Bell, LB C.J. 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. Around the NFL Writer. Rodrigue: Rams' future in focus during NFL combine as trade, cap Williams needs a couple of high-profile seasons as the best left tackle in football, which is tough with Tyron Smith around. In his final college season, he had a nice 69 receptions for 1,394 yards and 12 touchdowns in 13 games as a redshirt sophomore. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, September 1st at: www.radiohalloffame.com. 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. In the running (40% to 69%): C Jason Kelce, DT Fletcher Cox. When a group consists of you and Jerry Rice, you've done something right. Future Hall of Fame wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, though, has a different team in mind for Rodgers. 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. While James is closer to the 69% end of the spectrum here, Bosa's more toward 40%. I believe Evans will be in the NFL Hall of Fame someday, and in this piece I hit on a few of the reasons for my position. He has a stronger case than you think. He has made five consecutive Pro Bowls and has three first-team All-Pro nods to go with his Defensive Player of the Year trophy from 2016. Five of the 40 defensive players chosen among the top three picks of the draft since 1970 who are eligible for the Hall are enshrined, a percentage that will rise as players like Julius Peppers and Von Miller eventually become eligible. 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. He previously worked as the sports editor at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. If he can stay healthy, he's probably going to retire in the top 10 for career passing yardage, but will that really be enough to get him in without more individual awards or team success? At the same time, no tight end in history has more than four 1,000-yard seasons over their respective careers, and Kelce has just run off four consecutive 1,000-yard campaigns. There aren't any Dolphins who would appear to have greater than a 10% chance of making the Hall of Fame. Erica Farber. The Saints have the best tackle combination in football, but Armstead went underappreciated before picking up steam over the past couple of years and Ramczyk raised his game in 2019. Troy Aikman, John Elway and Roger Staubach won multiple Super Bowls. It's tough to rack up interceptions in the modern NFL, but Peters has 27 since entering the league, nine more than any other player. Roethlisberger won two Super Bowls with the Steelers and spent 18 seasons as Pittsburghs starter. Harold Carmichael and Isaac Bruce will enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August. It hasn't been for lack of trying on his part, though. In part, that has been driven by health; the only other wideout ranking in the top 100 for receiving yards who has played all 80 games over the past five seasons is Larry Fitzgerald. Disputed loan at center of Commanders probe, Picking the top bounce-back candidates for all 32 NFL teams, Football historians talk about the game in a previous pandemic, Ranking the NFL's top 25 prospects: Young players who could break out in 2020, last attempted something like this column in June 2016, 42.6% of voters thought Rivers was a Hall of Famer, honor his request and trade the 25-year-old, trading a first-rounder to the Bills in 2009. Wilson hasn't missed a game as a pro, so as long as he plays another five or six seasons and continues to rank among the better quarterbacks in football, he should be fine. The closest comp is Ken Anderson, who had a similar peak and won an MVP award but didn't last quite as long and hasn't been able to get in. After five consecutive Pro Bowl campaigns, I wonder whether Landry actually has a better shot of surpassing his friend and longtime teammate. Last season, Thomas became the second wide receiver to win Offensive Player of the Year. Collins was a Defensive Player of the Year candidate in 2016 and has three Pro Bowls across his first five seasons. 260 players who could win MVP Matthew Freedman (@MattFtheOracle) November 4, 2019. Since the merger, 11 offensive linemen have been named a first-team All-Pro in four consecutive seasons, and nine of them are in the Hall of Fame. Ranking NFL offensive weapons Marcedes Lewis has been in the NFL for a long time. Leonard, with one All-Pro spot and a Pro Bowl appearance last year, is right behind. Since 1970, 55 players who are eligible for Canton have hit that 8+2 mark, and 52 of them earned enshrinement. If that seems surprising after what he accomplished last season, remember that it was his first season with either a Pro Bowl or an All-Pro nod. Nelson doesn't play a high-profile position, but he's off to a great start. Likely (70% to 99%): WR DeAndre Hopkins, CB Patrick Peterson. Of the 35 Hall-eligible players who have won that trophy since the merger, 11 are in, and that number will rise in the years to come. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. In the running (40% to 69%): DE Joey Bosa, S Derwin James. In 1996, he decided to play football full-time. Most Approximate Value (AV) in a receiver's best sets of five and seven consecutive seasons, 1960-2019. The only player in the Hall of Fame primarily for his work as a punter is Ray Guy, and you could make a case that Hekker is on that track. Manning won two Super Bowls with the Giants, winning MVP both times. Baker was a first-team All-Pro in 2017 and a two-time Pro Bowler, although his 2017 awards were for special-teams work, which isn't valued as highly by voters. I would put Gronkowski's chance somewhere around 99%. Work to do (10% to 39%): WR Keenan Allen, G Trai Turner, DE Melvin Ingram III, CB Chris Harris Jr. Turner has made five consecutive Pro Bowls, but interior linemen typically need multiple first-team All-Pro nods to draw significant Hall interest. Art Monk. I'll do a little bit of projecting here and there, given historical aging curves and what we know about each player's injury history, but this is almost entirely about what each player has done so far. Browns star left tackle Joe Thomas and Jets greats Joe . All but. David has been supremely underrated during his career, but after earning a first-team All-Pro nod in 2013, he has made it to a lone Pro Bowl over the ensuing six seasons. Do you have a blog? Who should be the next player from each team to make the Hall of Fame Instead, legendary players and coaches like Troy Polamalu and Jimmy Johnson will wait until next year to give their speeches in Canton, Ohio. Mosley needs to be recognized as the best inside linebacker in the game at least a couple of times; after missing virtually all of 2019 with a groin injury, he has opted out of the 2020 season over concerns for his family's health. Newton has an MVP award, which goes a long way toward pushing any player into the Hall of Fame. Scouting reports | More draft coverage. 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. 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. Jones should make up some of that difference in 2020, and after Fitzgerald retires, he should be able to challenge the Cardinals great for that second spot. Action Network makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the information given or the outcome of any game or event. Reggie Wayne, a Senior Bowl Hall of Famer, prepped Jalen Wayne for what to . In the Super Bowl Era. He has been phenomenal while winning one Super Bowl, and came within an interception of winning a second, but he has also never been considered the best quarterback in football or garnered a single MVP vote. I think he'll end up getting in because he has simply racked up numbers year after year without missing much time, although I could also see an argument that he hasn't done enough outside of that one brilliant year. NFL Nation: Analysis for every pick As a result, I'll mention them often, especially when looking at players who don't touch the ball frequently. Watt's last name and presence on a high-profile defense won't hurt. Timing can matter for players, and it has been weird for Suh. Rank'Em: Cowboys Now Have 20 Hall of Famers - Dallas Cowboys I think the PED suspensions could help keep out players like Edelman and Lane Johnson, but it's tough to imagine Peterson not making it. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Dan Orlovsky denounces the NFL Network's Top 100 players for 2020 for excluding Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz. 19 Won't: Maurice Jones-Drew Work to do (10% to 39%): WR Mike Evans, WR Chris Godwin, LB Lavonte David. We all know what he's capable of, but he needs to put together a first-team All-Pro or Defensive Player of the Year-level campaign soon. 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. Radio Hall of Fame Announces 2021 Inductees - RADIO ONLINE QB Anthony Richardson rejects 'project label' entering combine, Texans terminate center Justin Britt's contract, Bun B, Badu, J.J. Watt celebrate RodeoHouston Southern Takeover. The Hall is forgiving of running backs, and Bell's versatility should age well, but he has missed a lot of time through injuries, suspensions and his 2018 holdout. Suggs logged 139 sacks, good for eighth all-time. Graham's case is interesting. Naturally, now seems like a good time to look forward. Charley Taylor<br>1964-1975, 1977 . Radio Hall of Fame Announces 2021 Inductees - Radio World 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. (1:43). 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. Both are locks for election. The two first-time eligible players who stand out on next years ballot are defensive end Julius Peppers and tight end Antonio Gates. Work to do (10% to 39%): TE George Kittle, DE Nick Bosa. Projecting future Hall of Famers for all 32 NFL teams - ESPN.com In recent years Seattle has gained somewhat of a reputation as being the last stop for future Hall of Fame wide receivers. To use an example, I don't think Eli Manning has the rsum of a Hall of Fame quarterback, but history tells us that most quarterbacks who win two Super Bowls typically get in. Charley Taylor. The 2010 No. Jets, Browns tapped for 2023 NFL Hall of Fame Game originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago. Gates numbers compare very favorably with those of the nine tight ends in the Hall. 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. Work to do (10% to 39%): S Tyrann Mathieu. He just turned 26 in August. Wentz's injury history this early in his career also doesn't bode well for his chances of playing deep into his 30s. If pro football did what hockey used to and waive the waiting period for the likes of Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, it could be argued Brady deserves the same treatment. 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. Edelman has never made a Pro Bowl, but the only . I mentioned the math for quarterbacks in the Bengals section; in Garrett's case, four of 26 non-QBs taken with the first overall pick since the merger have made it to the Hall. Work to do (10% to 39%): WR T.Y. Likely (60% to 99%): RB Frank Gore. He is a graduate of Southwest Texas State University and Bowie High School in Austin. 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. He needs to have a second act and have another selling point -- either winning a Super Bowl, competing for another MVP award or making it to a handful of Pro Bowls -- to have a viable path to a gold jacket. He has now made three consecutive Pro Bowls, although his only first-team All-Pro nod came in 2017. Jets, Browns tapped for 2023 NFL Hall of Fame Game The Cowboys are blessed with two linemen bound for Canton. How Relationship With Reggie Wayne Is Helping South Alabama WR Jalen After being retired for five years, players maintain modern-era eligibility for 20 years, after which their cases go to the seniors committee. 4 overall pick will start his career at left tackle after Nate Solder opted out of this season. There are another 11 players who aren't yet Hall-eligible, and five of them are locks to do the same. ARI | ATL | BAL | BUF | CAR | CHI | CIN But Thomas rsum with six first team All-Pro selections and 10 Pro Bowl trips helped overcome any shortcomings with team success. 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. Its rattlesnake season in Texas. Marriott has since been ordered by a judge to release footage of Irvin and the woman's altercation and the name of the . Eagles great Harold Carmichael finally gets his Hall of Fame enshrinement Warren Moon played until he was 44. Stafford posted gaudy numbers earlier in his career when the Lions had him lead the league in attempts, but he has made it to one Pro Bowl and hasn't won a playoff game in 11 seasons. A score of 100 is around the average modern-era inductee. He rarely gets the public attention he deserves, but the Pro Bowl voters haven't ignored the interior disruptor, who has earned eight Pro Bowl nods and a pair of first-team All-Pro votes. What will define Eric Bieniemy's success? Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports. McShay's favorite pick for all 32 teams Graham has five Pro Bowls to his name, but I don't think he has done enough to earn a gold jacket. If he can keep this level of play up for three more seasons, Jordan could get in. With their city hosting the Final Four, the Cougars don't shy from national title talk. Just play along. Evans is on pace to join Randy Moss as the only other player in NFL history to open his career with six consecutive 1,000-yard receiving campaigns.
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