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Bobblehead · 08-03-2007, 10:00 AM

It will be tough for TD only because his carreer was so short. If he had put up even decent numbers for a few more years he would have been a shoe-in.

And while I love Rod Smith, he will have similar issues as Art Monk. A long and great career, but without those few years where everyone was measured against him. I'd take Smith on my team any day of the week, but I'm not sure he had those HOF seasons.

Seems like the Broncos have an awesome personnel department, and a great system. And I don't think anyone would complain if more of those players made the hall. But when they come up and are measured against other guys who did have the long career and benchmark seasons, they just don't quite have enough to usurp them.

In the years the Broncos were considered for enshrinement, who should have been bumped to make room?

It is always interesting reading the articles by guys like Peter King and Dr. Z who try to explain who they push for and why they did or didn't vote for specific players.

Edit: and just a thought, but I wonder if the Patriots aren't going to be wondering the same things in a few years. Other than Brady, they have a lot of very good players but I'm not sure they have any "HOF" players. They are a team greater than the whole of their parts.

08-03-2007, 10:00 AM	#3
Bobblehead Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: in your blind spot. Exp:	It will be tough for TD only because his carreer was so short. If he had put up even decent numbers for a few more years he would have been a shoe-in. And while I love Rod Smith, he will have similar issues as Art Monk. A long and great career, but without those few years where everyone was measured against him. I'd take Smith on my team any day of the week, but I'm not sure he had those HOF seasons. Seems like the Broncos have an awesome personnel department, and a great system. And I don't think anyone would complain if more of those players made the hall. But when they come up and are measured against other guys who did have the long career and benchmark seasons, they just don't quite have enough to usurp them. In the years the Broncos were considered for enshrinement, who should have been bumped to make room? It is always interesting reading the articles by guys like Peter King and Dr. Z who try to explain who they push for and why they did or didn't vote for specific players. Edit: and just a thought, but I wonder if the Patriots aren't going to be wondering the same things in a few years. Other than Brady, they have a lot of very good players but I'm not sure they have any "HOF" players. They are a team greater than the whole of their parts. __________________ "The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence." —Bill Clinton "The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge." —Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress "But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity" —WKRP in Cincinatti Last edited by Bobblehead; 08-03-2007 at 10:03 AM.