Who should go into the Chiefs Ring of Honor in 2025?
 

Tamba is going in this year btw. Pretty interesting choices to be had here.

Poll incoming

I like Trent Green as a dude and he did produce from a stats perspective but to have a QB in the Ring of Honor who lead his team to exactly 0 playoff wins during his tenure seems a bit much.

Jamaal is the best player on the list, but Norma is the legacy pick.

I’d go Jamaal. Maybe do something separate for Norma.

Why Eric Berry?

It’s not the Ring of Haglunds.

Does only one go in? It's got to be either Jamaal or DJ.

Jamaal was the most electric player in Chiefs history until Tyreek came along. On the other hand, DJ made some amazing defensive plays including a key sack in the Titans playoff game (called back by Jeff Triplette), and then scoring the winning touchdown on a fumble return (called back by Jeff Triplette).

If we're only picking one, I think it's DJ this year on the strength of a 13 year career compared to Jamaal's 9 years. Jamaal then goes in next year. I wouldn't mind if the order was reversed since they're both worthy.

Jamaal Charles. The only other one to even consider for ring of honor is DJ, IMO. Besides Norma Hunt of course.

Why in the **** is Trent Green, Tamba Ali, Eric Berry being mentioned as ring of honor worthy?

Is this for the they were good in their day? Or is it supposed to be reserved for the elite ones like DT, Tony G, Jamal Charles etc,

This dynastic era of Chiefs football should seriously up the bar for who gets into the team’s Ring of Honor.

Eric Berry should absolutely be in the ROH. Not before DJ or Jamaal, but come on. Don't let that last year take away from how great he was here.

He gave us five full seasons: five Pro Bowls, three first-team All Pros, and a Comeback Player of the Year award. He received a handful of votes for DPoY in 2016 as well.

Like Jamaal, he was incredible when healthy and had the misfortune of playing for our shitty franchise before Mahomes came along.

I was torn between Green and Charles. Wouldn't have been even a thought if Charles was older than Green. Green is deserving, but perhaps a later year.

Norma

Green would maybe have been deserving before the recent run of success the Chiefs have had, but no way anymore.

I would argue that either Willie Roaf or Brian Waters would get on the ring before Trent Green. I liked Trent Green, but there was no playoff wins!

Doubt his spirit would be into it. **** Hobospirit. The crap he pulled his last season Reid couldn’t flush that turd fast enough.

The ring of honor should have a higher bar. Only 1/2 from each era should go on the ring.

Statue right next to Lamar.

Or take down Jack Steadman and put Norma in his place.

I got ripped here for projecting Pacheco as a Lock for the Ring of Honor.

There's about 50 names already there. Seems like a lot but the team has been around a long time. Plus, there's more players on a football team than other sports.

Weird as hell that people hate Eric Berry for his body giving out and having no control over that but don’t have any hate for the same thing happening to Tamba, DJ or Jamaal

Someone goes in the ring of honor every year

DJ was great for 10+ years. Jamaal lasted longer than most RB's. I dont think Tamba should be in the ROH.

Alex Smith

People don't like what Berry said while his body was giving out.

And I don't fault him for wanting the most money possible, but there was this contingent of "**** you pay me" players in the NFL who used this dumbass line about them getting paid out the ass to help set up all players to get paid more or something as if they were making a sacrifice. He parroted some of that shit before Clark stepped in and got him his money, and that really didn't sit right with a lot of fans, particularly after the franchise stuck by him and paid him in full through his cancer treatment season.

Kill yourself

Pat Mahomes. Just get him up there already.

Norma

I believe Norma, then Jamaal then Dj.

I also think that Trent deserves to be in there too.

Todd Blackledge

Whoever the GM for the Broncos was that traded up for Paxton Lynch and prevented us from drafting him. Then we get Mahomes the next year.

Ya know, you might as well put the Bills GM in our ring of honor too.

It isn't the ring of realllly good. Just like the HOF in Canton, the bar seems to have dropped over the last decade or two. It lessens the ones already in when you add a borderline candidate. one could argue that, with 50 years between SB, there weren't many players/personnel worthy of the honor when the "homer" glasses are taken off. Norma Hunt deserves some form of honor, but none should also be an option.

He deserves it a lot more than Gary Spani or Jack Freaking Steadman!

I think this is faulty logic.

Will Shields, Tony Gonzalez, Derrick Thomas and Willie Roaf are some of the best players of all time. Guys like Jamaal Charles, Eric Berry and Priest Holmes were Hall of Fame level talents or producers for relatively short time periods.

I hate the fact that a guy like Pacheco is more likely to gain access to the Ring of Honor than Charles or Priest simply because he had the great fortune of playing with Mahomes.

He was great for those 4 seasons but IMO that is not a long enough Chiefs career to be added to the ring. And frankly, the way his time with the team ended absolutely should be a consideration. The franchise did him right and then he screwed them.

Tamba, maybe. I like Trent Green but he didn't spend a lot of years here and he never won a playoff game. Though on that last part, that really wasn't completely his fault.

Jamal and Tamba for sure.

Dj also is a shoe in

Then you could say the same for every member of those teams as well including Dick Vermeil. Are we putting in coaches into our ring of honor when they only succeeded with other teams?!?

Trent Green WAAAAY overdue.

Hard Pass on Team Haglunds.

Can someone tell me why Norma Hunt should be in the ring of honor?

Maybe this is my ignorance talking, but she was the wife of the founder. And it's not like she drove Lamar - that guy was a wildcatter through and through. Was she instrumental in the history of the Chiefs in some way?

I don't get that at all. Should we put Lamar's brothers up there? Is Tavia Hunt gonna be in the RoH someday?

I'm open to be convinced here - was she from KC and that's why Lamar brought the team here? Was Lamar looking to sell and her influence and love of the SB or whatever instrumental in him retaining ownership?

SHE WENT TO EVERY SUPERBOWL!!!

There is no logical reason. Very likable person and "first lady" as Lamar's wife. Give her a plaque inside the stadium, but ROH? GMAFB

DJ and/or Jamaal are the correct answers.

Norma was kind of an add on purely for discussion. I do think Colquitt will likely be in the ROH one day

From what I can tell, she actually influenced some of the soccer stuff the Hunts were involved in but as far as football goes, she was just there for the ride.

Yeah, it seems like this should be Jamaal or DJ in a walk.

I figured as much, then I saw she was 2nd in the voting and figured there had to be some story or stories I simply missed.

Doesn't seem that way.

Gonna say that's just a flat out wrong answer. I'd vote Berry or Green ahead of her. She was Lamar's wife - that was it. She wasn't instrumental in the history of the Chiefs.

It's a sympathy vote and little else from what I can tell.

I was coming here to say exactly the same thing. She seemed to be a football fan and she supported the Chiefs, but so do most of us. Did she ever have any impact that was felt on the football field?

Jamaal and DJ played for division rivals which is far worse. Jamaal said he’s always been a Broncos fan and wanted revenge against us.

Every player falls apart at some point. It’s only natural to want your money. Can’t say I’d be much different if I was in his shoes

This is how I feel too. It seemed he quit on the team after he was treated fairly by the Chiefs. Now there could be another side to the story we don't know. He and Justin Houston seemed to have turned on the front office.

Haven't you heard behind every successful man is a strong woman:p

Norma Hunt
Jamaal Charles
Derrick Johnson
Trent Green
Eric Berry

True Fans have a Norma tattoo over their heart.

Willie Roaf and Will Shields should both on the list

Eric Berry is a no brainer

If Okoye is in there, shouldn't Charles be also?

Maybe a hot take:

There are already way too many people in the Ring of Honor. It should be limited to hall of famers imo.

I like that it goes beyond Hall of Famers. Those guys are already getting great accolades. I think the Ring of Honor is a great next tier down of acknowledgement.

Tavia and Gracie start showing their tits and they can be in the ring IMO

I'm not against the concept.

It is kind of embarrassing how bloated it is already. ALOT of names up there that are cringe worthy already. Good lord it should be reserved for legendary players.

That pic should be on the ring of honor

haven't there been years when no one was put in the Ring? I thought they didn't in 2020 (COVID year)?


Save it for a transcendent player.

A lot of Chief fans cant recognize some of the this names. I googled it one time at halftime. Many had 3-4 good years and they are on the ring. We are going to run out of space when this era is over

50 years between SB's causes that....

Haven’t seen this person mentioned yet but I’d bet Mitch Holthus will be up there at some point

If I had to remove 1/4 of them, it wouldn't take me more than 10 minutes.

At 1/3 some of them might start to get a little difficult.

But c'mon, Hall, Anders and Grunhard shouldn't be on there. T-Rich is a reach, IMO. Gary Spani just existed for awhile and did very little on bad teams. ****ing Steadman. Hedrick gets in on his time in Dallas. Jerrel Wilson is a goddamn punter.

Some of the old timers can sell me on Podolak, I guess. He seems like a mascot more than anything. Mike Garrett had one good season in KC. Burford is laughable. Abner Haynes had a 3 genuinely decent seasons and we mostly sucked anyway.

There's some real chaff up there, to say the least.

There's two ways to approach the Ring of Honor, and it really seems like an Either/Or situation.

EITHER

1.) The Ring of Honor is essentially rewarding popular Chiefs lifers... We see this from a number of guys who weren't necessarily the biggest contributors but were really popular with fans and had their time in the sun when this franchise was either living off of past achievements or was in playoff purgatory. This includes guys like Kimble Anders and Dante Hall [Outside of 02-04 was forgettable], guys who don't necessarily have the most production or longevity but were favorites among fans.

OR

2.) We need to actually have statistical and effectiveness standards. This means realistically that probably 20% or so of the Ring doesn't really belong in it (Not going through all of them, just a guess), as we were just putting people in that reminded us of our glory days for a while there.

I think you have to view it as Option 1, because if you don't, the lack of standards becomes befuddling. At least that's what I've personally come to terms with.

Also Option 1 is the only way that I can justify Colquitt getting in and I REALLY want to see Colquitt get in.

Is it possible Tyreek ever makes our Ring of Honor? Assuming he never returns, of course..

Probably.

Of this era, you have a few guys that are obvious. Mahomes, Kelce, Jones. Not to mention Reid and very possibly Spags. Butker, 'problematic' beliefs and all, absolutely belongs up there.

Then you have guys like Bolton and Creed who are well on their way. Possibly McDuffie. Maybe Mitchell Schwartz (not long enough here) and Eric Fisher (not good enough; similar to Grunhard in that regard)?

I think what I want to see is 6-8 years in KC at/near the top of your position during a successful era. So even Hali, who's time here ended with a thud, was very successful during a period that the defense was quite good most of the time. I think he belongs. I think DJ belongs.

Hill and his 6 years here is right at the fringe. Is he a shoe-in? No, I don't think so. But he's got a HELL of a lot better case than Kimble Anders or Dante Hall.

He may just end up getting squeezed out by the fact that there are going to be more great candidates going forward than there was when those guys got in.

Jet Chip Wasp makes him a Chiefs legend. I'd vote him in.

The modern NFL business model causes some players to move. It's harder to hold changing teams against people now.

1. DJ
2. Jamaal
3. Trent
4. EB

Tamba and DJ can be put up on the Ring of Rigged Referee honor

Hobospirit can be put on the cock ring of Haglund.

Anyone that thinks Eric Berry shouldnt get into the Ring of Honor is just butthurt that he got paid and then was a shell of his former self. He was voted into the Pro Football HOF All Decade Team (2010s). He has 3 1st team APs, 5 Pro Bowls. If he didn't get cancer, then that dude is a Pro Football HOFer, because the AVG DB in the HOF has 3 1st team AP, 7 Pro Bowls, and 13 years starting in the league. He just needed the longevity.

He was probably the best safety this team has ever had.

You name 4 that are worthy and deserving. There are others that are also. The next 3 were very good but not HOF/ROF worthy. Just because they were good/the best on shitty teams doesn't earn them a place. Being on a great team doesn't earn you a place either. Pacheco is about a decade away from even being talked about, who knows how he turns out.

1. During the season before a game Hobospirit told a reporter he was healthy enough to play but his spirit wasn’t into it.

2. Hobospirit would tell the team all week he would be ready and good to go. 2 hours before Gametime he would tell the team he wasn’t ready.

I’m saying your logic that players from teams that didn’t go far in the playoffs not being RoH-worthy is bunk.

.. But you think Jamaal Charles, our franchise’s all-time leading rusher, doesn’t deserve the RoH so this debate is probably not worth my time.

Mahomes
Andy
Kelce
Donovan
Jones
Veach
Butker
Clark (obviously)

Those guys are locks. Spags should be a lock but I’m not sure he is. Still think it’s more likely than not he gets in.

McDuffie is a young guy that I think will get in unless he has a bad injury (knocks on wood).