Jim Tyrer is a finalist for the Hall of Fame (senior committee)

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The case presented for Tyrer:

In life, monstrous things happen, but it is not always monsters who do them. The pastor who Jim Tyrer confided in said in his eulogy, “We should be careful not to judge a life by its concluding events.”

Those words seem prophetic today.

So what are we to do? We now know the ravages of concussions and CTE and their debilitating effect on many ex-football players so it is a hard question we need to ask ourselves.

According to the Hall’s by-laws, which exclude off-field matters by fiat, the induction of Jim Tyrer is long overdue. According to his resume alone, there is nothing to debate.

But then there were gunshots, and a family forever injured in a way nothing could change. Where does that leave Jim Tyrer?

That’s something each of you will have to decide for yourself. But his family hopes it will leave him with a bust in Canton at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.