08-05-2023, 02:34 PM
Ken Riley was NEVER voted to the Pro Bowl. I remember because people asked what could the sports writers be looking at every year to NEVER consider Ken Riley as Pro Bowl or All Star or All Pro. I think playing in Cincinnati, because if he was playing in New York, why anybody with half his talent in New York gets treated like a star by The New York sports writers.
This glaring mistake is being corrected today as Ken Riley goes into the NFL Hall of Fame. I just wish he was alive to see it.
Tony Perez was the most under estimated player in baseball per Maury Wills in Sports Illustrated around 1970. So I never expected Tony to make the HOF. More amazing is Ken Riley, who was never in a Pro Bowl even though he was more than good enough.
So glad that TODAY.....KEN RILEY.....Goes into the NFL Hall Of FAME
Yes, next needs to be Ken Anderson. Again, if Ken Anderson had played in New York, he would have been in decades ago. The very smug New York looks down on fly over Cincinnati. A good example is Ken Burns History of Baseball, which barely mentions an Ernie Banks, but acts like if it didn't happen in New York or Boston, it didn't happen. There are many players for New York teams who have no business in the Hall Of Fames, and too many great players for cities like Cincinnati being left out by New York snub.
But TODAY, somebody got it right. Ken Riley joins Anthony Munoz as the only 2 Cincinnati Bengals in The Hall Of Fame. Yes Paul Brown also, but he was in before he started The Bengals Bengals can also share in Charlie Joiner in HOF, for he indeed spent years here as a Bengal. .....But I can add many times Pro Bowl Ken Anderson, or many times Pro Bowl Max Montoya. Cris Collinsworth for his Pro Bowl years and for his NFL Game Of Week broadcasting needs considered. Had AJ Green or Issac Curtis played in New York, they would go in easy.
But as Johnny Bench tried to tell fans at HOF chanting Pete, save that for another day, this is a day to celebrate. So just as when Johnny Bench went in, today is not a day to say who isn't in, that is for another day....
TODAY is KEN RILEYS DAY....and it is well deserved....but as Jimmy Cagney said when Fred Astaire was honored in the 1980's, " What the heck took everybody so long " ......To Ken Riley Family, it took too long, but TODAY is YOUR DAY.
I saw Lemar Parrish and Ken Riley, and later Louis Breeden and Ken Riley, both great CB combos, but Always Ken Riley.
This glaring mistake is being corrected today as Ken Riley goes into the NFL Hall of Fame. I just wish he was alive to see it.
Tony Perez was the most under estimated player in baseball per Maury Wills in Sports Illustrated around 1970. So I never expected Tony to make the HOF. More amazing is Ken Riley, who was never in a Pro Bowl even though he was more than good enough.
So glad that TODAY.....KEN RILEY.....Goes into the NFL Hall Of FAME
Yes, next needs to be Ken Anderson. Again, if Ken Anderson had played in New York, he would have been in decades ago. The very smug New York looks down on fly over Cincinnati. A good example is Ken Burns History of Baseball, which barely mentions an Ernie Banks, but acts like if it didn't happen in New York or Boston, it didn't happen. There are many players for New York teams who have no business in the Hall Of Fames, and too many great players for cities like Cincinnati being left out by New York snub.
But TODAY, somebody got it right. Ken Riley joins Anthony Munoz as the only 2 Cincinnati Bengals in The Hall Of Fame. Yes Paul Brown also, but he was in before he started The Bengals Bengals can also share in Charlie Joiner in HOF, for he indeed spent years here as a Bengal. .....But I can add many times Pro Bowl Ken Anderson, or many times Pro Bowl Max Montoya. Cris Collinsworth for his Pro Bowl years and for his NFL Game Of Week broadcasting needs considered. Had AJ Green or Issac Curtis played in New York, they would go in easy.
But as Johnny Bench tried to tell fans at HOF chanting Pete, save that for another day, this is a day to celebrate. So just as when Johnny Bench went in, today is not a day to say who isn't in, that is for another day....
TODAY is KEN RILEYS DAY....and it is well deserved....but as Jimmy Cagney said when Fred Astaire was honored in the 1980's, " What the heck took everybody so long " ......To Ken Riley Family, it took too long, but TODAY is YOUR DAY.
I saw Lemar Parrish and Ken Riley, and later Louis Breeden and Ken Riley, both great CB combos, but Always Ken Riley.
1968 Bengal Fan
