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Otis Taylor: The Legend (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=251327)

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Originally Posted by cdcox (Post 7998524)

You wish you were old?

define "old"

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Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 7998217)

Very nicely done.
I want to slap Baldwin for wearing #89. Retire the jersey.
Taylor, Budde, Tyrer all deserve HOF consideration. Taylor most of all.

Did you dig his red shoes? He played a couple years in Arrowhead on the "Astroturf." Lots of Chiefs players wore the red shoes on Astroturf.

That catch he made against Pat Fischer of the Redskins was a one handed grab. I was in that end zone. That was right in front of me.

The guy who was throwing the ball was pretty decent, too.

#89 was one of a kind.

Nice job on the video. Really enjoyed that.

What about Johnny Robinson?

Interesting comment:

"It's hard to appreciate just how large and fast he was for his time. He was the equivalent of a 6' 8" receiver with 4.4 speed today."

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Originally Posted by tomahawk kid (Post 7999505)

What about Johnny Robinson?

By the numbers its more perplexing why Robinson is not in the HOF. The voters and the vets committee are all about numbers. Otis had 3 all-pro seasons which by today's standards seem pale. He had one other excellent season while his rest were rather ordinary.

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Originally Posted by Gif Horse (Post 7999516)

Interesting comment:

"It's hard to appreciate just how large and fast he was for his time. He was the equivalent of a 6' 8" receiver with 4.4 speed today."

Where did you find all the old footage?

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Originally Posted by whoman69 (Post 7999520)

By the numbers its more perplexing why Robinson is not in the HOF.

57 goddamn interceptions?

Only two guys had more from 60-71. The three guys right below Robinson are all in the HOF.

http://www.pro-football-reference.co...der_by=def_int

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Originally Posted by tomahawk kid (Post 7999529)

Where did you find all the old footage?

Most of it came off the History of the Chiefs DVD. The rest came from some old NFL Films shows I downloaded.

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Originally Posted by Gif Horse (Post 7999539)

57 goddamn interceptions?

Only two guys had more from 60-71. The three guys right below Robinson are all in the HOF.

http://www.pro-football-reference.co...der_by=def_int

Yep.

The fact that Paul Krause is in and Johnny isn't - what a freaking joke.

And LeBeau and Boyd played corner, not safety.

Johnny Robinson had more interceptions than any other safety during his career. And he's not in the HOF.

Paul Krause
Ronnie Lott
Darren Sharper
Eugene Robinson
Johnny Robinson.

That's your top five interceptors at safety ALL TIME.

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Otis Taylor should absolutely be in the Hall of Fame. The typical arguments against him are that he didn't play in enough games, didn't catch enough passes, and didn't gain enough yardage. Please. The man played more games, caught more passes, gained more yards (total and per catch average) than Lynn Swann.

How about comparing him to another Hall of Famer who played at the same time Taylor did? Well Taylor AND Gale Sayers were both drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1965, with Sayers obviously choosing the NFL route with the Bears, where he played in just 3 full seasons (68 games total), gained 1,000 yards rushing twice, scored 56 touchdowns, and played on only two winning teams. But looking at Sayers' numbers and longevity completely distorts what he really was - one of the greatest running backs in NFL history. Watch just 20 seconds of footage and you know he was great.

It's the same with Otis Taylor. Watching that video reminds you that this guy was a special football player who deserves just as much as those other two guys to be enshrined.

Thanks man, great job! Otis is my favorite Chiefs offensive player of all time

There's an 11 year old boy living inside me whose hero is still Otis Taylor. Both of us enjoyed every second of that video. Extremely well done, thanks for posting.

Amazing player and man... And what a family too... Great family all the way around IMO...

Awesome video-was one of the very first players I idolized as a kid. Willie Lanier was number one.