What NFL players are HOF if they retired now?
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Add Adrian Peterson. Add Larry Fitzgerald. And probably add Jason Witten
Subtract JJ Watt. He's not there yet. He's basically had 5 good seasons out of 9.
Subtract JJ Watt. He's not there yet. He's basically had 5 good seasons out of 9.
Watt is a 3X defensive player of the year. He’d be a first ballot if he retired now
Lynch
Julio Jones
Von Miller
Aaron Donald is very close already
Richard Sherman
Earl Thomas
Julio Jones
Von Miller
Aaron Donald is very close already
Richard Sherman
Earl Thomas
He's not even in the top 40 in career sacks. He's got as many sacks as Chandler Jones in only 6 less games, but Jones isn't a HOFer right now.
Watt needs another good season then he'll be a lock.
Won 2 Super Bowls for an NYC team, hes basically the quarterback of the millennium.
I’ve never been overly impressed by him. I don’t view him as a hall of famer, but admittedly I haven’t seen enough of him to make a full judgement.
2 players have won Defensive POY 3 times:
LT & Watt
1 player has multiple 20 sack seasons:
Watt
5x 1st team all pro
IMO he’s in right now as they will factor in injuries ala Gale Sayers or Sandy Koufax in MLB
and Jones is certainly on his way.
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So we have
Brady
Ben
Brees
Rodgers
AP
Gore
Fitzgerald
Jones
Joe Thomas
Watt
Suggs
Sherman
Donald
Vinatieri
Brady
Ben
Brees
Rodgers
AP
Gore
Fitzgerald
Jones
Joe Thomas
Watt
Suggs
Sherman
Donald
Vinatieri
Tucker as well?
Coming from a Steeler fan. Vinatieri kicked in a dome for a good portion of his career. Tucker's accomplishments:
NFL records and honorsEdit
- Most accurate kicker in NFL history (min. 100 attempts)[1]
- Most seasons with 30 made field goals (6)[21]
- Longest field goal in a domed stadium – 61 yards vs. Detroit Lions (2013)
- First NFL kicker to kick a field goal in the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s in the same game
- First NFL kicker to kick three 50+ yard field goals in one half (2016)
- Most 50+ yard field goals in one game – 3 (2016) (tied)
- Most 50+ yard field goals in one season – 10 (2016) (tied)
- Fastest kicker to 1,000 points in NFL History (2019)
- AFC Player of the month (October 2019)[26]
- Pro Bowl (2019)[27]
True. This isn’t baseball where the ticket to the Hall is compiling stats over a long time. The Football Hall of Fame is more about dominance, even if for only a short time. Watt is definitely a Hall of Famer. He’s probably the best defensive player the NFL has had since Reggie White.
Look at Kenny Easley, Terrell Davis, Dwight Stephenson, etc.
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Luke Kuechly
Patrick Peterson
Kam Chancellor
Richard Sherman
might not be locks, but might make it simply because no one else is better on the nomination list some years.
Patrick Peterson
Kam Chancellor
Richard Sherman
might not be locks, but might make it simply because no one else is better on the nomination list some years.
Borderline but probably a yes for Eli Manning, same for Phillip Rivers but likely after Eli.
