Pace is not as good as those two IMO. I'm not saying he shouldn't be in the HOF but those two were better and I think most people would agree with that. Pace did have some down years and he had some games early in the years he held out and got tagged where he played poorly.
I'll have to respectfully disagree on that point.
Pace, when on form, was the best left tackle I've seen in my near thirty years of watching the NFL. He had it all- strength, finesse, balance, speed and technique.
Unfortunately, he could also be a lazy so-and-so and this meant that he didn't necessarily put 100% effort into every play. I believe that that was because he was so naturally gifted that he could coast through games, safe in the knowledge that he would still be better than his opponent.
Ogden and, in particular, Jones both worked harder and were more consistent than Big O. Neither, however, had his sheer ability. At the peak of their powers, there's no question in my mind that Pace was the best of the trio; what he lagged was consistency and the mindset to push himself to the very limit.
Longevity is, rightly or wrongly, one of the things which makes a player more likely to end up in Canton. Pace, through his various injuries, didn't have as long a period at the very top as either Ogden or Jones. But make no mistake: Pace was a "better" left tackle than either of them.