These names are the most likely for this year’s selection. The senior nominee names list is loaded so it might be only four modern candidates instead of usual five names.
Antonio Gates TE Torry Holt WR Andre Johnson WR Julius Peppers DL Reggie Wayne WR Patrick Willis LB
Even Hines Ward and WR Steve Smith didn’t make it to the finals name selection because of the overflow backlog of receivers on past 5 years of NFL Hall candidates.
Punt receiving category will probably be a 10 year wait imo. Raiders Punter legend Ray Guy had to wait over 15 years before finally being selected for HoF .
btw I am impressed with how Packers fared during playoffs. Bears might have a rebuilt Packers team to deal with next season.
I am glad Pittsburgh at least made the playoff game against Bills competitive because I wasn’t really expecting the team to do well in playoffs. I can understand why some Steelers fans wanted coach Tomlin ousted, but Tomlin also did enough changes to keep Steelers going just enough to get back into playoffs. That’s all any sensible Steelers fan can ask for until they find a better QB down the road.
Would Bears like to have QB Mitch Trubiskey returned to them?