Just play along. Syndication Packersnews Inside linebackers generally need to become Defensive Player of the Year candidates and earn multiple first-team All-Pro appearances to get serious consideration for Canton, but Edmunds is off to a great start. QB Anthony Richardson rejects 'project label' entering combine, Texans terminate center Justin Britt's contract, Bun B, Badu, J.J. Watt celebrate RodeoHouston Southern Takeover. He might not make it on the first ballot, but he should make it eventually. Stanley was a first-team All-Pro last season, which was his first serious recognition as a superstar. This was. Last season, Thomas became the second wide receiver to win Offensive Player of the Year. Of the 27 Hall-eligible players who have pulled that off, 14 are enshrined. Work to do (10% to 39%): WR T.Y. DeCastro has five consecutive Pro Bowl appearances and two All-Pro nods; if Faneca can't get in with nine consecutive Pro Bowl appearances and five All-Pro shots, DeCastro still has a lot of work to do. In both cases, I'm looking mostly at the historical output for first overall picks. While Witten, 38, is years removed from his peak, he's going to finish his career with 11 Pro Bowl appearances and two first-team All-Pro nods. Left and right arrows move across top level links and expand / close menus in sub levels. Of the seven players eligible for the Hall of Fame who made it to the Pro Bowl in their age-21 campaign, six are in the Hall. Work to do (10% to 39%): DE Yannick Ngakoue. Sherman has a strong case as the best cornerback of the decade and was an essential piece of what was likely the best defense of the decade. Likely (70% to 99%): WR Tyreek Hill, TE Travis Kelce. Leonard, with one All-Pro spot and a Pro Bowl appearance last year, is right behind. The star inside linebacker made his first Pro Bowl last season, which is incredible given that it was his age-21 season. Wilson hasn't missed a game as a pro, so as long as he plays another five or six seasons and continues to rank among the better quarterbacks in football, he should be fine. Lock (100%): RB Adrian Peterson. The two first-time eligible players who stand out on next years ballot are defensive end Julius Peppers and tight end Antonio Gates. Although the Texans struggled through much of his career with the team, the franchise and fans always knew they could rely on him for stellar numbers. Below them are the players who are In the running (between 40% and 69%), and then the players who have Work to do to get on the Hall of Fame radar, who come in between 10% and 39%. Work to do (10% to 39%): WR Davante Adams, OT David Bakhtiari, LB Za'Darius Smith. Mosley's case, meanwhile, has stalled in New York. When: 1999-2004 These two probably had the greatest four-year stretch in NFL history. After being retired for five years, players maintain modern-era eligibility for 20 years, after which their cases go to the seniors committee. Itll be interesting to see if his postseason prowess carries him, as it arguably did Lynn Swann in his eventual election. Roy Williams is the lone Hall-eligible safety who didn't follow his early success to Canton. No promotions available. NFL Nation: Analysis for every pick Dan Orlovsky denounces the NFL Network's Top 100 players for 2020 for excluding Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz. I think he'll end up getting in because he has simply racked up numbers year after year without missing much time, although I could also see an argument that he hasn't done enough outside of that one brilliant year. While he has made six Pro Bowls, that's not typically enough for interior linemen to make it into the Hall. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Collins was a Defensive Player of the Year candidate in 2016 and has three Pro Bowls across his first five seasons. Julio Jones (2011-17): 8,076, two-time All-Pro, will be a Hall-of-Famer Jerry Rice (1985-89): 7,370, Hall-of-Famer, greatest receiver of all time Randy Moss (1998-2003): 7,258, Hall-of-Famer Torry Holt (1999-2004): 7,147, most yards through five years in NFL history Jackson does an incredible job of avoiding hits and getting out of bounds, but there's naturally going to be questions about whether a quarterback can run the ball 10 times per game in the modern NFL and have a 15-year career as a starter. Given the ages of Gilmore and Patrick Peterson, Ramsey is neck-and-neck with White and Marshon Lattimore as the likely best cornerback in football over the next five years. Jeremy Fowler polled a panel of more than 50 coaches, execs, scouts and players to come up with top-10 rankings for 2020: QB | RB | TE | WR | OT Hester was a (great) returner, which typically doesn't inspire the same sort of fervor as other All-Pro nods, while Jackson actually started with three consecutive All-Pro nods before dropping off and retiring after nine years. Hekker's case is interesting. Seymour made it to seven Pro Bowls and three All-Pro teams and hasn't made it to the Hall of Fame, but Thomas was more conspicuous at safety and was a key member of a legendary defense. Likely (70% to 99%): S Earl Thomas. Ranking the top outlier contracts If Murray breaks out in Year 2, he'll be on the fast track. CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GB | HOU | IND Gates, a former college basketball player, had one of the greatest careers for an undrafted player, logging 16 seasons with the Chargers. Lewan has three Pro Bowls. I think Thomas is a prohibitive favorite to get in. His PFR Hall of Fame score of 94.2 ranks ahead of several wide receivers already in the Hall of Fame, including Michael Irvin, Art Monk, Andre Reed and Lynn Swann. Typically, there are between 45 and 50 Hall of Famers playing at any one time. Evans and Godwin might end up hurting each other's chances by preventing the other from getting a 185-target season like the one Michael Thomas enjoyed in 2019. The one-time tight end has made nine Pro Bowls and was a first-team All-Pro twice. Elliott has already won two rushing titles across his first four seasons, and that might be enough on its own. Harold Carmichael finished his career with 590 receptions and 79 touchdowns. Evans was a big-time NFL prospect. Likely (70% to 99%): WR Michael Thomas. The Hall of Fame Game, like the rest of the preseason, has been canceled during the coronavirus pandemic. Hekker got a two-season head start, but he has been a first-team All-Pro four times before turning 30 in February. Donald clinched his gold jacket when he won his second Defensive Player of the Year award. Cooper has made four Pro Bowls in his first five seasons. They both need multiple All-Pro seasons before they can rise up the ranks. More on the Ring of Honor found on the team website. If that seems surprising after what he accomplished last season, remember that it was his first season with either a Pro Bowl or an All-Pro nod. From 2000-2003, Randy Moss put up video game numbers: 376 receptions, 5,649 yards and 49 touchdowns. Since there have been only 346 people elected to the Hall of Fame (some of whom aren't even players), we don't always have great measures or estimates for what players at each given position have to do to make it. He previously worked as the sports editor at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. His time may come, but maybe not for a while. What will define Eric Bieniemy's success? Try selecting a different location. He also came up with an interception while winning his first Super Bowl, which helps his case. If the Falcons had held on to their lead and won the Super Bowl, Ryan would have won game MVP, and his 2016 probably would have been enough for a gold jacket. Skeptics will point out that Rivers was 5-6 in the postseason and only made it as far as one AFC Championship Game, but he's also sixth in NFL history in passing yards and passing touchdowns. McCaffrey is still only 24 and has a relatively sterling health history, so it's on him to buck history. Matthew Freedman poses and answers the burning question about Evans' future Hall of Fame chances. Likely (70% to 99%): OT Jason Peters. Work to do (10% to 39%): C Alex Mack, DT Grady Jarrett. The 2021 Radio Hall of Fame inductees will be honored at the in-person 2021 Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday, October 28, 2021, at Chicago's Wintrust Grand Banking Hall. Work to do (10% to 39%): TE Jimmy Graham, CB Kyle Fuller. Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor. Orlovsky sounds off on Wentz not making top 100 list. He looked to be firmly on a Hall trajectory at that point, but over the ensuing five seasons, he has just one Pro Bowl appearance. One more nomination should get Smith in. The induction process, like so many things, is on hold. I'll do a little bit of projecting here and there, given historical aging curves and what we know about each player's injury history, but this is almost entirely about what each player has done so far. Peppers, who played for the Panthers (twice), Bears and Packers, ranks fourth on the NFLs all-time sack list with 159 and was also on the Halls All-Decade Team for the 2000s and 2010s. Things would be different if he had actually won the MVP award or been the quarterback who ran the Eagles through the playoffs in 2017. And as much as everyone loves Boldin, he was never dominant enough to keep his former teammate out of Canton. More NFL coverage . But lack of team success isnt a disqualifier. A starter from day one, Jackson was a first-team All-Pro while leading the league in interceptions in 2018. Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports. Work to do (10% to 39%): S Tyrann Mathieu. Where does Evans slot in? Instead, legendary players and coaches like Troy Polamalu and Jimmy Johnson will wait until next year to give their speeches in Canton, Ohio. Peters might not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but he should get in eventually. There are questions about Roethlisberger's character; he has twice been accused of sexual assault. If Kelce can earn that nod in 2020, that might be enough to get him in. Work to do (10% to 39%): QB Baker Mayfield, DE Myles Garrett. In the running (40% to 69%): QB Dak Prescott, WR Amari Cooper. In the running (40% to 69%): WR Odell Beckham Jr., WR Jarvis Landry. All 259 picks | Every team's class Gore had the misfortune of playing for some bad San Francisco and Indianapolis teams, but his numbers are certainly impressive. Theyre easily first-ballot selections. It might seem surprising to put Hill this high, but he has made it to four Pro Bowls and been a first-team All-Pro twice across his first four seasons. The closest comp is Ken Anderson, who had a similar peak and won an MVP award but didn't last quite as long and hasn't been able to get in. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Or write about sports? Work to do (10% to 39%): RB Derrick Henry, OT Taylor Lewan, DE Vic Beasley Jr., S Kevin Byard. On a weekly basis, Evans is a volatile player, but his year-over-year production has been incredibly consistent. I'd like to see a bigger sample before I treat that rate as gospel, and players such as DeAngelo Hall and Everson Walls had long careers without making it to the Hall, but Lattimore is off to a promising start. Edelman's career as a starter really didn't begin until he was 27, so while his case is built on postseason performance, I still don't think he has the regular-season production needed to supplement a case. Texans great Andre Johnson fell short of election to the Hall of Fame again this year in his second time as a modern-era finalist. In his other two seasons, he racked up a combined 23 sacks and made a pair of Pro Bowls. Tight ends have relatively short careers, which makes projecting their Hall chances exceedingly difficult. This site .css-110721q{color:#0079F0;}contains commercial content. Jarrett made his first Pro Bowl last season, but his disruptiveness hasn't yet led to a gaudy sack total, which is what you need to get in as a defensive lineman. Tom Fears, WR, UCLA, 11th round, 103rd overall: The 2010 No. Rodgers is a three-time All-Pro, a member of the 2010s All-Decade Team and so much more. Greg Rajan is the senior editor for Texas Sports Nation, the Houston Chronicle's sports website, and also curates the daily TXSN newsletter and writes about sports media. In the running (40% to 69%): C Maurkice Pouncey, LB T.J. Watt. Likely (70% to 99%): CB Richard Sherman. What will the Buffalo Bills do without defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier? Byard was a first-team All-Pro in 2017 when he led the league with eight picks, but despite playing at an upper-echelon level over the ensuing two seasons, he hasn't received the same consideration. You could make a case Jones belongs in the Likely category based on his 2017 and 2019 seasons, although I'd argue there's a significant gap between those two campaigns and the rest of his career.