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Old 02-08-2016, 11:26 AM   #6125
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Schefter said that among the most notable first time HOF eligibles for next year are Dawkins, McNabb, Jason Taylor, Tomlinson, and Ward.

Tomlinson has to be a first ballot guy. Has to. 4th all time in yardage, 2nd all time in TDs, and has the single-season rushing TD record which is probably never going to be broken.

Taylor will go in eventually but it'll be a wait for him, writers seem to be leery about overvaluing sacks, just ask Kevin Greene. Ward will go in at some point but T.O., Moss, Bruce, and Holt should all go in first. Dawkins deserves it but safeties are really underrepresented in the Hall, he might need to wait a couple of years but I do see him going in.

McNabb has virtually no shot. Supporters of his will cite that he has better career numbers than presumptive future HOFer Warner but Warner also has 2 MVPs and a ring. Fair or not I think it's going to be next to impossible to make the HOF as a QB without a ring unless you retire top 10 in TDs AND yards or something. And when you consider that Warner will go in and there are no less than 6 active QBs right now that appear to be locks it's going to be hard to get McNabb in.
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