Darrell Green and the Hall of Fame?
 

Does anyone know when Darrell is eligible for the HOF?

I would think he would be a first ballot guy. Do you?

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It will take them about 3 seconds to vote in #28.

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Thats what most people said about Art Monk...

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I think he is eligible next year.

My buddy (Giants Fan) thinks he is a first Ballot HOFer. You don't usually hear that kind of talk from Rival fans. I am not sure if he is first ballot or not, but he belongs in the hall.

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I cannot imagine that he would not be a first balloter. I mean he was the best CB in the league during his prime. Add the fastest man wins and he has the aura too. I think that is the one thing missing from Monk. He never had an aura because he was so quiet. Well except to Skins fans.

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There are some who will say he played for 20 years, has only 54 INTs and went to the pro-bowl just 7 times.

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He does have some "trademark" plays:
Chasing down Dorsett.
Punt return hurdle for TD in the playoffs.

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Green is very open and expressive unlike Monk.


Plus people hear about Green because of his charity too.

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He should make it first ballot. He was a phenomenal player. Plus people argue that as the years go by Monk's numbers look less impressive (I don't agree but whatever) I don't think you can make the argument that as the years go by Green's career looks less impressive.

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Its too bad he was the face of the skins when they sucked...I wish he could have finished his career on a high note.

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[quote=AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace;271075]Its too bad he was the face of the skins when they sucked...I wish he could have finished his career on a high note.[/quote]
they beat dallas in his last game....good enough

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[quote=bigm29;271077]they beat dallas in his last game....good enough[/quote]


yeah, I meant like the playoffs, or a trip to the superbowl...I'm just glad he didn't pull a deon and try to finish his career elsewhere...Darrell was class all the way

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He was the original shutdown corner before Deion. He has plenty of memorable moments like someone already mentioned. Plus his world famous speed is a big part of his legacy. I'd really, really be shocked if he didn't get in first ballot.

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its ashame we even have to wonder. he should get in right away

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Now that I think about it, didn't Peter King write in an article that Darrell Green was a first ballot hall-of-famer if he ever saw one, or something to that nature

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Love me some D. Green. What a career. I remember seeing him get burnt a fair share of times, but he learned to play w/in himself & only gamble when he was a step ahead.
No doubt he should be considered a 1st ballot guy. I agree w/most of the posts here. Somebody mentioned his speed. This is his legacy; maybe the fastest football player EVER!
I'm not exaggerating. From 85 -87 I think it was, the nfl had a "fastest man in the nfl competition" w/a 60 yd. sprint & DG smoked the competition each time. He ran about 6.01 - 6.05 each time. Who was the competition? Willie Gault & Ron Brown, both Olympic gold medalists on the 1984 4x100 team, and Renaldo Nehemiah, gold medalist in the 110m high hurdles.
What's so impressive about this is that Green had played football & taken so many hits over the years, while these guys were track guys (and they were bigger) who had taken time off from football.

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hard for him not to get in on the first ballot. truly elite during his peak.

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Hard to see any way Green's not a first ballot choice, by the Monk fiasco has me suspicious over the entire HOF process. Too easy for a small but vocal minority take an unreasonable postion and build a coalition around it.

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[QUOTE=jamf;271069]He does have some "trademark" plays:
Chasing down Dorsett.
Punt return hurdle for TD in the playoffs.[/QUOTE]

and let's not forget the play he made on the ball to knock it away against Chris Carter of the Vikings in the 85/86 Championship game.
Dallas Sucks.

Re: Darrell Green and the Hall of Fame?
 

If not first ballot then I will NEVER have faith in the system they use to pick who goes.

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First ballot. No brainer. In his prime who was better than DG??

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If Darrell Green isn't a first ballot Hall of Famer, then the voters should have their voting privledges revoked. Also, Monk should have been voted in a while ago, it's a shame that he's still having to wait to get in!

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of all the guys in the last twenty years of the league,well the ones not in the hall yet,i would think that darrell green and jackie slater are about the only ones to be sure 1st round locks.

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Matty:

I want to pick a nit with your post here. Darrell Green was not the first shut down corner (before Deion). There were shut-down cornerbacks before Darrell Green came into the league.

Dick "Night Train" Lane, Lem Barney, Herb Adderley and Willie Brown come immediately to mind.

Interestingly, I believe all four of those gentlemen are in the Hall of Fame.