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Kurt is up, along with Orlando, Torry and Ike.
Rams fans know Kof Kurt's worthiness. But it is not a national knowledge. In 2011, voter peter King said, Now some words about the quarterback who is singlehandedly forcing me, one of the 44 Pro Football Hall of Fame voters, to act like the five-year donut hole in the middle of his career is a crack in the sidewalk and not the Grand Canyon. I don't like to judge active players for the Hall, and I won't."He then on to praise Kurt's play in the Arizona Super Bowl.\
Tony Monkkovic of the New York Yimes asks, "Do you think he’s done enough to merit Hall of Fame induction? Some of those who decide such matters are surprisingly pessimistic.
“He’s not even in the conversation,” Vito Stellino, a football writer and a Hall of Fame voter, was quoted as saying last week if the Cardinals didn’t win.
Writing before the game, Gary Myers of The Daily News said the second Super Bowl victory was “crucial”. (Warner has one victory and two losses in Super Bowls.) Myers later quoted ESPN’s John Clayton as saying: “He needs to win this game. I don’t think there is any question,” although Clayton said Warner could also get in with a few more elite seasons.
I think Kurt will get in based on his body of work that does have a donut hole in it . . . but I think Orlando Pace and Ike will have to wait. Will Shields was in the top 10 of finalists this year and will give Pace a run for his money.
Ike and Torry will be lumped in with Tim Brown and Marvin Harrison, with Harrison going in next year, then maybe Brown, then Ike. Pace will possibly join Ike in 2017.
Kurt will get it, and it will be first ballot, but it will be filled with lots of his negatives, his pick-6s in Super Bowls and his comebacks in those games and his defenses letting opponents drive the field with little time left, and taking the Pats and Steelers games. And the Titans nearly tying the game won't help. Kurt cannot play defense and put his team in a situtation to win all three, but the Rams/Cards didn't get it done.
I just think Kurt's positives will outway he naysayers on Kurt.
Rams fans know Kof Kurt's worthiness. But it is not a national knowledge. In 2011, voter peter King said, Now some words about the quarterback who is singlehandedly forcing me, one of the 44 Pro Football Hall of Fame voters, to act like the five-year donut hole in the middle of his career is a crack in the sidewalk and not the Grand Canyon. I don't like to judge active players for the Hall, and I won't."He then on to praise Kurt's play in the Arizona Super Bowl.\
Tony Monkkovic of the New York Yimes asks, "Do you think he’s done enough to merit Hall of Fame induction? Some of those who decide such matters are surprisingly pessimistic.
“He’s not even in the conversation,” Vito Stellino, a football writer and a Hall of Fame voter, was quoted as saying last week if the Cardinals didn’t win.
Writing before the game, Gary Myers of The Daily News said the second Super Bowl victory was “crucial”. (Warner has one victory and two losses in Super Bowls.) Myers later quoted ESPN’s John Clayton as saying: “He needs to win this game. I don’t think there is any question,” although Clayton said Warner could also get in with a few more elite seasons.
I think Kurt will get in based on his body of work that does have a donut hole in it . . . but I think Orlando Pace and Ike will have to wait. Will Shields was in the top 10 of finalists this year and will give Pace a run for his money.
Ike and Torry will be lumped in with Tim Brown and Marvin Harrison, with Harrison going in next year, then maybe Brown, then Ike. Pace will possibly join Ike in 2017.
Kurt will get it, and it will be first ballot, but it will be filled with lots of his negatives, his pick-6s in Super Bowls and his comebacks in those games and his defenses letting opponents drive the field with little time left, and taking the Pats and Steelers games. And the Titans nearly tying the game won't help. Kurt cannot play defense and put his team in a situtation to win all three, but the Rams/Cards didn't get it done.
I just think Kurt's positives will outway he naysayers on Kurt.