Hall of Fame door could open for Denver Broncos Randy Gradishar - Mile High Report
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milehighreport.comPosted Jul 3, 2019, 3:43 PM UTC
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milehighreport.comThere's gonna be 10 senior spots, you cannot tell me ONE can't go to Randy.
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Isn't Mecklenburg eligible for senior inductee status now? Wouldn't that be great if him and Gradisher got in next year?
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That would be awesome. Honestly though, no disrespect to Mecklenburg, but Gradishar was on another level. He should have been a first ballot hall of famer without a doubt.
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Gradishar was definitely on another level and should have been inducted back in the 1980 when he first became eligible.
Mecklenburg should have at least been on the ballot by now with the sheer numbers he put up across so many positions. He was the definition of jack of all trades.
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Long past overdue for him and many others that have donned Orange and Blue! Hopefully they find a way!
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If this happens I’ll change my opinion on the NFL Hall-of-Fame
Yeah, the HoF will never be legit to me until Gradishar is inducted. He was the greatest LB in the history of the game when he retired. But because he played in a "cow town" no one paid any attention.
You can bet that the league’ career leader in tackles would have been a 1st ballot HOF’er if he played for NY or Dallas.
I've said it forever that if Gradishar played in Pittsburgh, Dallas, or Chicago, he would be a household name for football fans to this day. Like Butkus or Lambert.
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And yes that probably hurts him
IKR? He and Tom Nalen don't even get the consideration they deserve.
Sadly it probably won’t. The HoF politics are ridiculous and this change doesn’t address the biases that the committee seems to have.
Why? He shouldn't have been a senior candidate to begin with and should have been inducted back in the 1980's.
The only way I will take the HoF seriously is if they revamp their selection process to include the possibility that more people can be admitted in years where there is a logjam of talent and where it de-emphasizes people like Peter King (singling him out specifically since I think he has played an outsized role in fucking the Broncos over with HoF inductions). as having too much influence.