Shields not elected to Hall of Fame

[Big Poppa Payne]

Originally Posted by scott free

Yeah, that resume should do it, particularly the All Decade team.

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

Will was very gracious about it, and that's awesome of him. Rep for Will.

I just feel like this validates the lack of respect the NFL has towards the Chiefs. I realize that part of the problem is they haven't won a playoff game in over 20 years but that's not Will Shields fault. He is one of the good guys in the NFL and he played the game the way it was meant to be played, he deserves better.

There is almost 1,700 players in the league each year and to win the Walter Payton NFL player of the year award, something Will Shields did is a prestigious honor and it means you're not only a good player but a good person. I just feel like Will Shields should've been a lock, I would like to know who was selling him to the HOF committee because they did a shitty job.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by npayne1978

I just feel like this validates the lack of respect the NFL has towards the Chiefs. I realize that part of the problem is they haven't won a playoff game in over 20 years but that's not Will Shields fault. He is one of the good guys in the NFL and he played the game the way it was meant to be played, he deserves better.

He was awesome, as were a lot of Chiefs from that era (my God the whole line!!), but he and they were all part of something that didn't work in the end.

And the HoF should be about individual achievement, and it really is, but there's a cloud that'll alway hang over those who didn't play as members of a team that achieved post-season success.

It really sucks for him, it really does. He really did typify the best of what a football play should be.