Ring of Honor: Willie & Curtis

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(07-21-2022, 10:44 AM)pally Wrote: Willie has been in local news a lot recently especially compared to some of the other players. 

 I hope this boosts his chances of HOF membership.  I think 2023 or 2024 may be his best chances. There isn't a huge backlog of offensive lineman who are eligible this or next year. In 2023, other than slam dunk Joe Thomas, the newly eligible players are dominated by the defense (Harrison, Freeny, Revis).  And Willie's star has been rising lately.  I'm hoping with the team's new prominence they might realize how overlooked Bengals players have been

I'd love to see Willie and one or both Kens go in this year.  Then in Aug of 2024 a nice road trip to Canton to watch the inductions and the Bengals play in the HOF game

Which is such a shame. He was an EXCELLENT pass-blocking OL, but very undeserving of the accolades he got, mainly due to draft slot, reputation and where he went to college: he was a top 5 league-wide LT his entire career, but was considered the #1 in the league every year and the accolades speak for it.

Whitworth was better almost every year (and Thomas NEVER had as good a year as Whitworth's 2014, his best year ever) and could actually run block, not to mention Peters, Jake Long, Michael Roos, etc. were all just as good as Thomas and never sniffed the amount of accolades (and Ryan Clady also ate up the other accolades, despite being NOT GOOD for a number of those years. At least Thomas was good).

Anyways. I'm happy for the two and I agree with Nicomo; Boomer and Chad would be my thoughts on who would go in next, however if any old-timer has a chance to usurp one of them (Boomer, not Chad: Chad's a shoo-in, IMO), I would think Montoya has a great chance.