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Originally Posted by SNR
A guy who sets the all-time record for a position in nearly all categories?
Tough call, it really is if he's first ballot or not. The chances aren't as ugly as some posters like to think it is. All time receiving yards, TDs, catches for a TE? That's pretty big shit.
Also, Barry Sanders was a first ballot HOFer. And he won ONE playoff game.
Luckily the HOF committee actually looks at how good a player actually is, and not just how good of a team the guy was on for his career.
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First of all Barry Sanders is a RB. RB and QBs are horrendously overrepresented.
Barry Sanders was also the most dynamic player of his generation, and anyone who thinks that he shouldn't have been a first ballot HOFer should be chemically neutered.
And the 1970's Steelers are filled with horrendously overrated guys who are in the HOF due to the success of the team rather than the individual.
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