Jets, Browns tapped for 2023 NFL Hall of Fame Game originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago. His PFR Hall of Fame score of 94.2 ranks ahead of several wide receivers already in the Hall of Fame, including Michael Irvin, Art Monk, Andre Reed and Lynn Swann. In the Super Bowl Era. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Smith-Schuster had a down 2019 season amid injuries and terrible quarterback play; he should bounce back to his 1,426-yard form from 2018. Work to do (10% to 39%): OT Andrew Thomas. Likely (70% to 99%): QB Matt Ryan, WR Julio Jones. Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports. If you were asked to name off the top of your head the three best NFL receivers to enter the league at 21, you might say Moss, Larry Fitzgerald and DeAndre Hopkins. Hunter just needs more individual recognition to raise his chances. Just play along. Locks have a 100% chance of making it. Lock (100%): TE Jason Witten. In the running (40% to 69%): WR A.J. The Pro Football Reference Hall of Fame Monitor (HOFm) is a metric designed to estimate a player's chances of making the Pro Football Hall of Fame using AV, Pro Bowls, All-Pros, championships, and various stat milestones. Rivers is probably the most difficult case to parse among veteran players. Edelman's career as a starter really didn't begin until he was 27, so while his case is built on postseason performance, I still don't think he has the regular-season production needed to supplement a case. Pro Football Reference's Hall of Fame monitor ranks Edelman 110th among wide receivers, and that gives him credit for winning three Super Bowls. His peak is Hall of Fame-worthy -- he has two of the three best seasons in fantasy football history by a tight end -- but it lasted only four seasons. While injuries have cost Watt 32 games over the past four seasons, his unprecedented four-season peak from 2012 to 2015 locked up things. The only thing likely to keep him out of Canton is an electorate that habitually underrates interior offensive linemen in favor of an endless stream of running backs. Work to do (10% to 39%): DE Chase Young, S Landon Collins. One issue: Five of those six are running backs, with Randy Moss as the only exception. He figures to have a strong case for first-ballot election. The former Panthers quarterback has two other Pro Bowl nods besides that 2015 season, although he hasn't received a nomination since. Work to do (10% to 39%): RB Derrick Henry, OT Taylor Lewan, DE Vic Beasley Jr., S Kevin Byard. Join our linker program. The only wide receiver from Carmichael's era who had more TD catches was Paul Warfield, who had 85. But Thomas rsum with six first team All-Pro selections and 10 Pro Bowl trips helped overcome any shortcomings with team success. McCardell and Smith dubbed "Thunder . He deserves it. McShay's favorite pick for all 32 teams Larry Fitzgerald on NFL future: 'I just don't have the urge to play Work to do (10% to 39%): QB Kyler Murray, S Budda Baker. 2 pick was a four-time Pro Bowler and a three-time All-Pro during his five seasons in Detroit. 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. Carmichael was one of the best wide receivers of his era. It might seem surprising to put Hill this high, but he has made it to four Pro Bowls and been a first-team All-Pro twice across his first four seasons. ln the running (40% to 69%): RB Alvin Kamara, DE Cameron Jordan, CB Marshon Lattimore. If Murray breaks out in Year 2, he'll be on the fast track. Like Hill, if Kelce gets three more seasons with Mahomes, I think he's a Hall of Famer. Wilson is somewhere in the 90% range. How Calvin Johnson compares to the Pro Football Hall of Fame WRs 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. Evans and Godwin might end up hurting each other's chances by preventing the other from getting a 185-target season like the one Michael Thomas enjoyed in 2019. Hightower has made huge plays in two Super Bowls, having stuffed Marshawn Lynch at the 1-yard line and strip-sacked Matt Ryan, but he has rarely gotten the regular-season attention he deserves. Get started >>. 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. Dan Orlovsky denounces the NFL Network's Top 100 players for 2020 for excluding Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz. Hes top-10 in passing yards and touchdowns, so hell get a gold jacket at some point, if not on the first ballot. JAX | KC | LAC | LAR | LV | MIA | MIN Outside of that one year, though, he has three Pro Bowl nods, no first-team All-Pro spots and a 2-5 record in the postseason. These three Pats legends are more likely to land in the Hall of Very Good. But during his 15-year career, Lewis has only been a Pro Bowler and Second-Team All-Pro in 2010. 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 Best Wide Receivers of All-Time - Future Football Legends Roy Williams is the lone Hall-eligible safety who didn't follow his early success to Canton. He has now made three consecutive Pro Bowls, although his only first-team All-Pro nod came in 2017. Inside linebackers generally need to become Defensive Player of the Year candidates and earn multiple first-team All-Pro appearances to get serious consideration for Canton, but Edmunds is off to a great start. He also has worked at the Austin American-Statesman and Temple Daily Telegram. Most Approximate Value (AV) in a receiver's best sets of five and seven consecutive seasons, 1960-2019. Graham's case is interesting. The former Philadelphia Eagles great and St. Louis Rams star will become the 28th and 29th wide receivers to be honored with a place in Canton, OH. The reason Jackson is in this section and Fuller is in the next group is that Jackson has made two Pro Bowls in three seasons while Fuller has two across six years. Graham has five Pro Bowls to his name, but I don't think he has done enough to earn a gold jacket. All but. Jets, Browns tapped for 2023 NFL Hall of Fame Game Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, September 1st at: www.radiohalloffame.com. In the running (40% to 69%): QB Deshaun Watson. What will the Buffalo Bills do without defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier? All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Draft a league now and start fresh with a 0-0 record and a shortened schedule. Members of the Ring of Honor are recognized with a banner on the facade of the Metrodome's upper deck, forever living in Vikings lore. The only exceptions are a pair of interior offensive linemen (Alan Faneca and Steve Wisniewski) and safety John Lynch. I think Thomas is a prohibitive favorite to get in. This trio is. Buccaneers: Antonio Brown back in Hall of Fame form in 2021 Contemporaries Torry Holt and Reggie Wayne also made the finalists cut from 15 to 10 with Johnson, but likewise didnt gain election. Elliott should be a prohibitive favorite to get in. In the running (40% to 69%): RB Todd Gurley. Things would be different if he had actually won the MVP award or been the quarterback who ran the Eagles through the playoffs in 2017. Returning to form and earning a seventh Pro Bowl nod in his first season with the Ravens got Thomas back on track. He ranks seventh all-time in receiving touchdowns (116), 30th in yards (11,841) and 17th in receptions (955). The End of In-Person Voting for Future Hall-of-Fame Classes? Maybe Not Likely (70% to 99%): DT Geno Atkins. 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. Witten is also the only Hall of Fame candidate on the Raiders' roster. Tom Fears, WR, UCLA, 11th round, 103rd overall: Rank'Em: Cowboys Now Have 20 Hall of Famers - Dallas Cowboys 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. Browns star left tackle Joe Thomas and Jets greats Joe . Both Bosa and Kittle could make this tier placement look stupid if they have big seasons in 2020. There could still be a season in which Mike Zimmer needs to use Barr as an edge rusher and he ends up with 10 sacks, but that's not going to be enough. The suspension hurts Peterson's chances, but with eight Pro Bowls and three All-Pro appearances across his first eight seasons, his prior track record was impeccable. Hes too similar to other Hall-of-Famers and future Hall-of-Famers not to be taken seriously. The list of players who have done that isn't long, as it consists of Lawrence Taylor, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Patrick Willis, Aaron Donald and Martin. Kiper's draft grades for every team Collins retired with 70 touchdown receptions, sixth-best total in NFL history at the time and more than Hall of Fame receivers Lynn Swann, Art Monk, Bobby Mitchell, Michael Irvin and John Stallworth. Players with that sort of injury history early in their careers typically don't have the sort of lengthy peak needed to become a Hall of Famer. Kamara was also Offensive Rookie of the Year, which helps his chances further. Partner with Us Back. Itll be interesting to see if that stellar stretch is good enough to get him in Canton. I've split players into four groups. Rodgers is a three-time All-Pro, a member of the 2010s All-Decade Team and so much more. I would put Gronkowski's chance somewhere around 99%. More NFL coverage . Of the seven players eligible for the Hall of Fame who made it to the Pro Bowl in their age-21 campaign, six are in the Hall. At the combine, he measured in at 6-foot-5 and 231 pounds and ran an impressive 4.53-second 40-yard dash. Wagner turned 30 in June, and after eight seasons in the league, he has six Pro Bowl appearances and five first-team All-Pro nominations. We may be compensated for the links provided on this page. Itll be interesting to see if his postseason prowess carries him, as it arguably did Lynn Swann in his eventual election. Radio Hall of Fame Announces 2021 Inductees - Radio World In both cases, I'm looking mostly at the historical output for first overall picks. This is the big question: How much longer will Evans play and how productive will he be? Harris has four Pro Bowls and a first-team All-Pro appearance in 2016, but his play has slipped over the past couple of years, and smaller cornerbacks typically don't do well after they turn 30. The second-best trade in Reid's history might have been trading a first-rounder to the Bills in 2009 for Peters, who has held down left tackle for 10 of the past 11 seasons in Philadelphia and will return to play guard in 2020. Work to do (10% to 39%): RB Melvin Gordon, DE Jurrell Casey. Pro Football Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Village. I worry a little about Atkins because he plays in a small market and in an era in which he's second fiddle to a better version of the same player (Aaron Donald), but history suggests Atkins is in. He's in line behind guys like Atkins unless the USC product continues to make Pro Bowls deep into his 30s. He previously worked as the sports editor at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. These NFL wide receivers do not count toward our list of 10 worthy Hall of Famers. Just six of 32 Hall-eligible winners made it to Canton, although that's going to rise in the years to come as the likes of Charles Woodson and Julius Peppers win enshrinement. Gore is the football equivalent of somebody like MLB outfielder Jim Rice as a compiler who plays a position the electorate loves. How Antonio Brown is hurting his Hall of Fame future, and what the volatile wide receiver needs to do to fix it Brown's continued off-field distractions have cast doubt on when -- and if -- he . (1:43), Barnwell: Projecting future Hall of Famers for all 32 NFL teams, The future of the NFL combine: Is there really a chance it could end forever? The NFL's 53 Most Likely Future Hall of Fame Players 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. Quarterbacks like Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason and Steve McNair won league MVP without earning enshrinement. 1 min read. Allen will have a tougher time (presumably) without Yannick Ngakoue or Calais Campbell around in 2020, but he's off to a great start. In the running (40% to 69%): DE Josh Allen. The 2021 Radio Hall of Fame inductees will be honored at the in-person 2021 Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday, October 28, 2021, at Chicago's Wintrust Grand Banking Hall. 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. 8/16/2011. Suggs logged 139 sacks, good for eighth all-time. Manning won two Super Bowls with the Giants, winning MVP both times. Even so, I think hell eventually get there. 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. Evans was a big-time NFL prospect. Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor. In the running (40% to 69%): DT Ndamukong Suh. That's just about a magic formula for getting into the Hall. Kelce is difficult to judge because tight ends aren't well represented in the Hall. His 2016 season was one of the most impressive years we've ever seen from a quarterback, as he dominated during the regular season and won league MVP. Vander Esch's chances are stronger than his fellow linebacker because he was a first-round pick and made the Pro Bowl as a rookie, while Smith was a second-round pick and didn't make it until his third campaign. Five seasons of 100 receptions or more plus a few others that flirted with 100 make Johnson one of the most reliable wide receivers in NFL history. Ryan's case is trickier. Lock (100%): DT Aaron Donald. At the same time, Green has missed 23 games over the past two years with injuries. The Museum of Broadcast Communications also named its first 33 "Legends" inductees, one for each year of the hall's . Even if Hopkins takes a step backward without Deshaun Watson, he's probably just a couple of Pro Bowls from getting in. He's an easy Hall of Famer. The future of Tampa Bay's tight end room. What happens next is critical for Gurley, who would have seemed on the road to Canton after taking home Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2015 and adding an Offensive Player of the Year award two years later. With their city hosting the Final Four, the Cougars don't shy from national title talk. Work to do (10% to 39%): DE Yannick Ngakoue. If Brown has a Whitworth-esque autumn to his career, he has a shot. Astros great Craig Biggio had to wait until his third time on the ballot to be voted to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and fell an agonizing two votes shy the previous year. Gordon made it to two Pro Bowls during his five seasons with the Chargers, but injury concerns and fumble woes make it tough to see a Hall of Fame ceiling for the 2015 first-rounder. One more Pro Bowl would probably do the trick. What do Johnsons future prospects look like? Mack is entering what is likely to be his final season with the Falcons. Lewan has three Pro Bowls. This site .css-110721q{color:#0079F0;}contains commercial content. Peters might look better in the long term than he does now. 7 overall in the 2014 draft at the age of 20. Three different Cowboys defenders make this list, and you could make a case for Jaylon Smith, too. We still have to see what happens with the former LSU star, but of the 24 quarterbacks drafted with the first overall pick since the merger, five are either Hall of Famers or extremely likely to be enshrined. 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. Bosa won Defensive Rookie of the Year, which hasn't been quite as big of a boon as you might think. Hall of Famers | NASCAR Hall of Fame In the running (40% to 69%): C Jason Kelce, DT Fletcher Cox. Can Baker Mayfield's game be fixed? Guy made only one Pro Bowl after turning 30, and Hekker probably needs a couple more All-Pro appearances to earn serious consideration. In the running (40% to 69%): DE Danielle Hunter, S Harrison Smith. Lock (100%): QB Ben Roethlisberger. Do you have a blog? 1 with seven receiving touchdowns as well as 1,407 air yards and yards after the catch combined (perAirYards.com). While Tucker would be the overwhelming choice as the best kicker in football, the Hall has elected just two full-time kickers in its history. Collins was a Defensive Player of the Year candidate in 2016 and has three Pro Bowls across his first five seasons. Just nine tight ends are enshrined, and Kelce's game leans more toward receiving than any of them. March 25, 2020 9:36 pm ET. 10 Hall of Fame-Worthy NFL Wide Receivers (not named Julian Edelman) In Week 9, he led the league with 180 yards receiving, and for the year, hes No. That's three Hall of Famers, two locks, and Martin, who would be a lock if the Hall valued interior linemen. 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. Jackson and teammate Kyle Fuller both slipped last season, but each earned Pro Bowl nods, and that's going to matter more to voters 15 years from now than how either player actually performed in 2019. As long as Willis gets in, Wagner could retire tomorrow and follow his former rival right through the front door. Larry Fitzgerald won't be suiting up for the Arizona Cardinals for the start of the season, but the future Hall of Fame wide receiver stopped just short Friday of announcing his retirement. Unless he turns things around dramatically this season, he would fall out of the "Work to do" category altogether. Former Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly, ex-Giants quarterback Eli Manning, ex-Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs and longtime Patriots/Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri are the notables on the 2025 ballot. The induction process, like so many things, is on hold. Casey has made five consecutive Pro Bowls, but the Titans were willing to cut him this offseason before trading him for a seventh-round pick, which also seems telling about where they saw his future. 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. But lack of team success isnt a disqualifier. In the running (40% to 69%): QB Lamar Jackson, CB Marcus Peters, K Justin Tucker. The Ring of Honor recognizes Vikings legends for their contributions to the success of the team on and off the field. Reggie Wayne, a Senior Bowl Hall of Famer, prepped Jalen Wayne for what to . 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. Pro Football WR Hall of Fame Monitor We present them here for purely educational purposes. Tucker is only nine years in, and while he can kick for a long time if he stays healthy, asking anyone in the NFL to do anything for 13 more seasons is risky. ARI | ATL | BAL | BUF | CAR | CHI | CIN What will define Eric Bieniemy's success? He's going to get in on the first ballot. Assessing Browns' FA needs. DT | LB | CB | Safety Try selecting a different location. 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. Hilton, DE Justin Houston, DT DeForest Buckner, CB Xavier Rhodes. Left and right arrows move across top level links and expand / close menus in sub levels. Buy Seahawks Tickets. Six players have done that since the merger: Murray, Cam Newton, Sam Bradford, George Rogers, Billy Sims and Earl Campbell. Scouting reports | More draft coverage. In the running (40% to 69%): S Jamal Adams. So maybe the best thing for Johnson and Texans fans is to be patient. Julio Jones (2011-17): 8,076, two-time All-Pro, will be a Hall-of-Famer Jerry Rice (1985-89): 7,370, Hall-of-Famer, greatest receiver of all time Randy Moss (1998-2003): 7,258, Hall-of-Famer Torry Holt (1999-2004): 7,147, most yards through five years in NFL history Work to do (10% to 39%): RB Mark Ingram, OT Ronnie Stanley, DE Calais Campbell. 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