Hall of Fame Voting Open Thread
by John B on Feb 4, 2012 5:46 PM EST
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PrintTonight is the voting and announcement of the 2012 inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, this August. Two men with significant ties to the Jets have a shot.
One is Bill Parcells, who served as head coach from 1997 to 1999. He took over after the Rich Kotite disaster and restored the franchise's credibility, getting to the AFC Championship Game in 1998. After successful stints with the Giants and the Patriots, his success with the Jets enhanced his legacy further.
More significant is a man Parcells brought to the Jets, Curtis Martin. Martin, the five time All Pro, 2004 NFL Rushing Champion, and 10 time 1,000 yard rusher, was a Hall of Famer on the field. Even greater, though, were his class and grace in the locker room and off the field.
I will not get my hopes up for Curtis because this entire system is painfully flawed. There are ridiculous artificial caps on the number of players who can make it, and many deserving people have to wait years and years due to the subjectivity of writers.
You can watch the proceedings on NFL Network or on nfl.com.
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This is very true
Ive always been a baseball fan first, and I think their HOF is becoming a joke. Some of the guys in there do not belong. The NFL has so many that do belong but it will take awhile.
Should you choose to test my resolve in this matter, you will be facing a finality beyond your comprehension, and you will not be counting days, or months, or years, but milleniums in a place with no doors.
If you didn’t cap the amount of hall of famers, you could very easily wind up with an extremely watered down HOF
You can fix it if that hypothetical problem emerges. Right now you do have an actual problem of lots of deserving guys needing to wait.
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Thats Awesome...but no Cris Carter again?
Bull.
And That Is a JET FIRST DOWN!!!
No This is Patrick...
I think it's appropriate that Martin got in now
He wasn’t as great as Faulk, and he’s better than Bettis
Surprising that no wideout got in – I think Reed deserved to go in more than Carter or Brown
Curtis Martin
Definetly should go in NOW !. one of the greatest Jets ever, and one of the top 10 RB’s of all time.
Strong group
Doleman, Kennedy, C-Mart, Dawson, Roaf. Not sure how Parcells didn’t get in, though.
Martin getting in just took away the sting of the 2011 season
One of my all time favorite athletes. There are some that feel he is overrated but if you put together a team full of guys like Curtis Martin, you would probably never lose.
Should you choose to test my resolve in this matter, you will be facing a finality beyond your comprehension, and you will not be counting days, or months, or years, but milleniums in a place with no doors.
I totally agree!!!
I can totally careless who win the Super Bowl now!!
Born a Jet. Die a Jet. On XBOX Madden 2012. I Play like a Jet!!!
Awesome for Curtis
probably my most favorite Jet.
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The craziest part is that Martin is probably the least great of the 5 modern era guys to get in
Testament to how strong the class was.
Congrats to Curtis Martin
I wish Parcells and Bettis would have gotten in also. Too bad so sad for C. Carter…I hope he never makes it in.
Love with a LEO is like a drug.. One taste and your addicted!
I would rather Carter didnt get in. I think Tim Brown should get in but he seemed pretty pissed that he didnt make it this year.
Should you choose to test my resolve in this matter, you will be facing a finality beyond your comprehension, and you will not be counting days, or months, or years, but milleniums in a place with no doors.
Carter is one of the most overrated players in history
Tim Brown deserves it before Carter IMO
I feel the same way
Andre Reed deserves to go in before Carter as well.
Love with a LEO is like a drug.. One taste and your addicted!
The drug problems in Philly will probably keep him out forever
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great day on a dark weekend
congratulations Curtis.
Not necessarily.....
The Pats could get crushed, and Brady could get injured. How could that POSSIBLY be a dark weekend?
Don’t root for injuries. It’s classless.
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by John B on Feb 4, 2012 6:37 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
In general, I agree, but...
In the case of Tom Bundschen, I have to make an exception.
Patience is a virtue
Win or lose, odds are the Patriots will not win a Playoff game next year.
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Congrats Curtis
Very deserving, not flashy but hardest working RB, earn every yard just like he earned this induction. Congratulation to #28 Curits Martin.
"I’m going to get [the ball] right here and I am going to bury it in your face."-Larry Bird to Xavier McDainel
Yes!
congrats curtis!
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about the only good thing the Jets got from the Patriots, you guys we realized we helped that team by letting them have BB for Eliis even though BB’s a cheat, we could have declined the deal since he was under contract to succeed Parcells and would not have become their coach, we knocked out Bledsoe to usher the Brady era, and we beat Oakland to set up the Snow ball game with the Tuck rule
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