Expiration date on our core players

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(08-23-2017, 10:46 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: You said it yourself, maybe our next QB is a HOF franchise QB and better than AD. Our defensive guys are very good, but none of them are hall of fame material. My point is the future could easily be better as the roster turns over, it could be worse, but we have no idea yet.

Geno Atkins will be a HoF candidate. He will almost certainly finish his career in the top 50 all-time in sacks (as a DT it is impressive and he needs 33 more to get there, so even as low as 6/yr for the next 5yrs), have 5+ 1st team All-Pros (3 right now), 2-3 2nd team All-Pros (1 right now), have 9+ Pro Bowls (at 5 right now)... and that's a conservative-ish estimate. We also don't know if/when the Bengals don't get him some actual help outside of Dunlap, and not knowing where he'll go after his contract is up. He could go to NE or Denver or something and win a SB or two, making him a lock.

He's led NFL DTs in sacks in 4 of his 7 years, with the three non-years coming from being a part-time rookie, a injury-shortened year (still 6 sacks in 9 games), and the year following that.

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Burfict would be a HoFer if he had played his entire career with the Steelers, but probably not any other team.