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Eifert Posting
Apr 1, 2007

Most of the time he catches it every time.
Grimey Drawer
Florio is the most insufferable football news personality and it's not even close. He sucks so much.


I would put Peter King at a very distant second.

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Grittybeard
Mar 29, 2010

Bad, very bad!

Eifert Posting posted:

Florio is the most insufferable football news personality and it's not even close. He sucks so much.

Not as much NFL but I will point out that Clay Travis exists.

BlindSite
Feb 8, 2009

Eifert Posting posted:

Florio is the most insufferable football news personality and it's not even close. He sucks so much.


I would put Peter King at a very distant second.

Asked Florio, did you hear your source was debunked

Thought he might cry

sean10mm
Jun 29, 2005

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World

Grittybeard posted:

Not as much NFL but I will point out that Clay Travis exists.

I remember when he was just a generic sports douche and not an alt right creep.

Silly Burrito
Nov 27, 2007

SET A COURSE FOR
THE FLAVOR QUADRANT
Deservedly so.

https://twitter.com/Saints/status/1491972213679050760

wandler20
Nov 13, 2002

How many Championships?
Ronde Barber was robbed again.

https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1491973157137391617?t=pRAx2FXpiQKvJrNFvTf6QQ&s=19

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004



NFL hall of fame can gently caress off

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


I am fully on board, Hester should've made it in, but with a limit of 5 it's hard to say that the others didn't deserve their selections

AAAAA! Real Muenster
Jul 12, 2008

My QB is also named Bort

As a former Jaguars fan, Hester should be in over Tony Boselli.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
Yay Seymour

FizFashizzle
Mar 30, 2005








https://twitter.com/panthers/status/1491972475902648322?s=21

surf rock
Aug 12, 2007

We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.
Delighted by Butler getting in. This feels like a year where the Hall decided to clean up the list a bit and bring in some overdue people.

Hamhandler
Aug 9, 2008

[I want to] shit in your fucking mouth. [I'm going to] slap your fucking mouth. [I'm going to] slap your real mother across the face [laughter]. Fuck you, you're still a rookie. I'll kill you.
I'm OK if Zach Thomas doesn't get in but Sam Mills getting in over him is goofy as gently caress.

AsInHowe
Jan 11, 2007

red winged angel

surf rock posted:

Delighted by Butler getting in. This feels like a year where the Hall decided to clean up the list a bit and bring in some overdue people.

Agreed. A lot of marquee names in 2020 and 2021, and an overdue class this year.

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Sam Mills, afaik the only player to go to the NFL from Montclair State

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012
Weird how they elected a bunch of guys who have been eligible forever.

fartknocker
Oct 28, 2012


Damn it, this always happens. I think I'm gonna score, and then I never score. It's not fair.



Wedge Regret

Alaois posted:

Sam Mills, afaik the only player to go to the NFL from Montclair State

PFR has five others listed, but three of those were scabs in 1987 and after Mills the next guy played 32 total games over 4 seasons in the late 80s. So yeah, very small group.

Name Change
Oct 9, 2005


Is it wrong of me to think Hester would have had a better career/gotten into the HOF sooner/possibly at all if he hadn't been a Bear?

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


The famously small Chicago media market.

sweet thursday
Sep 16, 2012

Catching a few more balls as a WR would have helped too

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012

Sodomy Hussein posted:

Is it wrong of me to think Hester would have had a better career/gotten into the HOF sooner/possibly at all if he hadn't been a Bear?
I don't think it's hurt him in any way.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Seymour and Mills over Hester. :lol:

Hamhandler
Aug 9, 2008

[I want to] shit in your fucking mouth. [I'm going to] slap your fucking mouth. [I'm going to] slap your real mother across the face [laughter]. Fuck you, you're still a rookie. I'll kill you.

Sodomy Hussein posted:

Is it wrong of me to think Hester would have had a better career/gotten into the HOF sooner/possibly at all if he hadn't been a Bear?

I don't think it's anything other than being a special teams guy with limited other contributions

Name Change
Oct 9, 2005


sweet thursday posted:

Catching a few more balls as a WR would have helped too

This is generally what I mean

AAAAA! Real Muenster
Jul 12, 2008

My QB is also named Bort

Sodomy Hussein posted:

Is it wrong of me to think Hester would have had a better career/gotten into the HOF sooner/possibly at all if he hadn't been a Bear?
Yes.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

I think people forget how dominant Hester was. He was returning close to 10% of punts for touchdowns his first 2 years.

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012

Sodomy Hussein posted:

This is generally what I mean
I just don't think he was a good receiver. On a better offensive team they probably stop trying earlier. They haven't put in Steve Smith yet, who went from top tier returner to top tier WR and had a similar calibre of QB. And I think Hester will almost certainly get in eventually.

Quiet Feet
Dec 14, 2009

THE HELL IS WITH THIS ASS!?





Atlanta Falcons legend Devin Hester.

Was Mike Smith still the Falcons coach when Hester broke the punt return TD there? I remember whoever it was being absolutely clueless as to why suddenly everyone was celebrating.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
Sigh gently caress off Rodgers

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

I think Hester would have been a great #2 or #3 receiver. Bears made him a #1 and saddled him with some of the dumbest offensive minds in the game.

That shouldn't matter though. He was far and away the best to ever do something in the history of football.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
Devin Hester returning punts was like watching perfection.

Doltos
Dec 28, 2005

🤌🤌🤌

Alaois posted:

Sam Mills, afaik the only player to go to the NFL from Montclair State

The football field is a muddy mess most of the time and you're up on the mountain with no windbreak during windy rear end NJ winters so field goals become impossible sometimes and everyone is miserable in the tiny rear end stands. The school is also somehow the second largest D3 school and is somewhat successful so I guess that explains the weird loyalty of north NJ. Only problem is that there's exactly one road in and out of the parking garage nearby and for some reason it's always packed on Saturday. Not to mention going up route 46 at any time sucks rear end.

The team's roster is also weirdly huge, even by D3 standards. My roommate was 6'3, 220 lbs, couldn't crack their 13 (!) deep WR corps, and became a special teams... specialist. Tuesday workouts has like literally what feels like 100 kids taking up the entire rec center because no one wants to walk all the way to the track gym. It's also right next to the big cafeteria everyone uses so every now and then a legion of football players come through and wipe out whole food stations. It's the most logistic nightmare campus ever and I'm surprised anyone came out of it good enough for the NFL, let alone HoF.

Doltos fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Feb 11, 2022

Zurreco
Dec 27, 2004

Cutty approves.

Sodomy Hussein posted:

Is it wrong of me to think Hester would have had a better career/gotten into the HOF sooner/possibly at all if he hadn't been a Bear?

You mean the team that he carried to the Superbowl? You think that stint is doing him a disservice in demonstrating his value?

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
Hester joined the Seahawks in his final season only to return punts and he was still really good. He truly was the best punt returner of all time.

Ches Neckbeard
Dec 3, 2005

You're all garbage, back up the truck BACK IT UP!
Kupp 1 vote lol gently caress off with the MVP award

DariusLikewise
Oct 4, 2008

You wore that on Halloween?
I want to meet the person that voted for Cooper Kupp and shake their hand

Pontius Pilate
Jul 25, 2006

Crucify, Whale, Crucify

Zurreco posted:

You mean the team that he carried to the Superbowl? You think that stint is doing him a disservice in demonstrating his value?

Plus that super bowl opening kick return has to be one of his greatest hits that people won’t forget, even if they lost.

Related, that super bowl seems to be missing on youtube. What originally sent me down this rabbit hole was trying to find complete sb broadcasts—commercials, halftime, game, etc, but the best I could find was sb 6 (I think?) with some commercials and an amusing joe namath in Miami in the early 70s pregame show. I admittedly didn’t delve too deep, but this seems like a cultural oversight

Pontius Pilate fucked around with this message at 07:21 on Feb 11, 2022

SunshineDanceParty
Feb 7, 2006

One Road. Two Friends. One Ass.

Niwrad posted:

I think Hester would have been a great #2 or #3 receiver. Bears made him a #1 and saddled him with some of the dumbest offensive minds in the game.

That shouldn't matter though. He was far and away the best to ever do something in the history of football.

Yeah he's done a few interviews talking about what a mess trying to be a wr with those coordinates was like.

And yeah Ray Guy is in and no one is ever touching Hester now.

a neat cape
Feb 22, 2007

Aw hunny, these came out GREAT!
https://twitter.com/dpshow/status/1491955272478167045?t=u1S_X1dnA27I1ra-6BMNmw&s=19

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sean10mm
Jun 29, 2005

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World

:hmmyes:

Got to clean up that anti Patriots HOF bias. :chord:

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