2009 Pro-Football Hall of Fame Inductees

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Well, that's also why you aren't voting on the hall of fame committee.

I don't think we really need to make self-serving arguments like this when TWO players from this era just went in for us last year, but that's just my opinion I guess.

On the field, McDaniel was way, way better than Grimm, and that's all the voters are supposed to judge on.

McDaniel was no better than Grimm, they were both as good. Show me his rings, the writers of the HOF are enamored with stats, perfect example Monk. Grimm should have been elected like Monk years ago. Don't forget Jacoby either and to show you that i'm not a homer, Derrick Thomas ahead of Charles Haley who has 5 SB and was a much better player, C'mon.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

McDaniel was no better than Grimm, they were both as good. Show me his rings, the writers of the HOF are enamored with stats, perfect example Monk. Grimm should have been elected like Monk years ago. Don't forget Jacoby either.

I do think it's a crime that Jacoby isn't a finalist either, but at Grimms super bowl winning peak, he was a first team all pro Guard. He was a perennial pro bowler for 4 seasons and a 3 time all pro.

McDaniel was a pro bowler for 12 straight seasons, and a 7 time all pro. If Grimm wasn't injured in what should have been his prime (ages 28-31), he could have been a sure-fire hall of famer. Instead, what we are left with is a HOF finalist whose strongest argument is that he embodies the spirit of the great offensive line he played on.

I think entire units should be eligible for hall of fame inclusion. There's no doubt the "Hogs" from 1982-1992 deserve to be in the Hall. But when you start comparing individuals to individuals, we just get weak arguments like Grimm>McDaniel, which just isn't true.

Again, I think the injustice here is that the Hogs can't all go in together, after all, the strength of the unit was in numbers, not in individual greatness.