"Why Isn't One of the NFL's Best Pass Defenders, not in the HoF?"

[jfkbengals]

(07-02-2020, 01:38 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Lot's of good reasons already mentioned.

Small market.

Bengals overshadowed by Steelers dynasty.

Never won a ring.

But one that has not been mentioned is that he played 8 seasons with another CB on his own team who was more flashy.  Not saying Lemar Parrish was a better cover corner than Riley, but he was a big play machine.  Parrish held the NFL career return touchdown record for almost 20 years until Deion Sanders passed him in the 90's.

Over the 8 years they played together ('70-'77) Ken Riley was 4th in the league in interceptions (36).  Parrish was 18th with 25 picks, but no one had more than his 4 interceptions returned for tds.

That was the point of the voter I was discussing in post #5, "Don't throw at Parrish, throw at Riley!"