Not if Shannon Sharpe wasn't.

I know this might be the homer in me, but how does Steven Jackson not belong in the top 10 in a list like this?

He's had ove 1,000+ rushing yards for six straight seasons. He had one of his better seasons on the worst team he's played on. He led the NFC in rushing that year.

LMAO I knew that was coming. Gonzalez is destroying Sharpe's numbers. Tony didn't have Elway throwing to him.

No, he had a slew of fantastic QB's in their own right : Grbac, Huard, Croyle, and a second and third year Matt Ryan. Not to mention Green, who was every bit as good under pressure as he was behind perfect protection, and might be a HOFer had he not been a Chief. / KNOWMO

Tyler Thigpen too! / KNOWMO

There isn't a single person here that thinks less of Tony than me.

But even I ain't as stupid as you are in my bias.

There's no question Tony gets in first ballot.

Name the first ballot TEs for me.

Well since he's head and shoulders above the second best TE, your point is a little weak.

There's a first time for everything. And this first time will happen to be a Kansas City Chief.

Gonzo will always be a Chief in my eyes. I hope he doesn't decide to go in as a Falcon.

Irrelevant.

:facepalm:

Name other TEs with 1000 receptions.

For the Bazillionth time, the HoF does not work that way.

I think not. I don't believe that the HOF Selection Committee will be comfortable saying that Gonzales is unequivocally better than Kellen Winslow, Mike Ditka, or (yes, I understand he is not liked around here) Sharpe. I would also be very surprised if the first person ever to be a first ballot HOFer at his position was a guy with no rings.