Big Willie HOF Finalist

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

Not that Pro-Bowl and All-Pro teams are the entire story (see Riley, Ken), but here they are nonetheless:

Player, Pos: PB, AP1, AP2, SB
Big Willie, RT: 4, 3, 1, 0
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Eric Allen, CB: 6, 1, 2, 0
Jared Allen, DE: 5, 4, 0, 0
Jahri Evans, G: 5, 4, 1, 1
Antonio Gates, TE: 8, 3, 2, 0
Torry Holt, WR: 7, 1, 1, 1
Luke Kuechly, LB: 7, 5, 2, 0, 1 DPOY
Eli Manning, QB: 4, 0, 0, 2, 2x SB MVP
Steve Smith, WR: 5, 2, 1, 0
Terrell Suggs, DE/OLB: 7, 1, 1, 2, 1 DPOY, 1 DROY
Fred Taylor, RB: 1, 0, 1, 0
Adam Vinatieri, PK: 3, 3, 0, 4
Reggie Wayne, WR: 6, 1, 2, 1
Darren Woodson, S: 5, 3, 0, 3
Marshall Yanda, G/T: 8, 2, 5, 1

I doubt Willie gets in. I think Yanda is ahead of him in terms of OL, and Evans is a dead heat at best.

Suggs and Kuechly would be my top 2 in the class. Yanda 3rd.

Beyond those? Vinatieri (4), Woodson (3), and Manning (2) all have multiple SBs helping them.

Holt, Wayne, Gates, and Smith are all good candidates, but probably only 1 gets in this time. I'd go with Gates or Holt.

Poor Fred Taylor has a case of the Riley's. He deserves to be in, but all those years toiing in Jacksonville meant not so much PB/AP recognition.

My guess: Suggs, Kuechly, Yanda, Manning (whom I would not vote for), Vinatieri (ditto), and one of the receivers/TEs. I'd go with Gates.