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Tepper expanding the ring of honor


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Let's not throw too wide a net here, guys.

Honors like this are not for the good or the great, but for the elite. If you start putting too many people in here, you might have to "expand" the Ring of Honor to its own building.

Remember, the team is expected to be around for decades to come. You fill up the Ring of Honor now, do you have room to honor the players of the future?

It's the same reason we don't retire the  number of every player who had a good career with us.

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3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Let's not throw too wide a net here, guys.

Honors like this are not for the good or the great, but for the elite. If you start putting too many people in here, you might have to "expand" the Ring of Honor to its own building.

Remember, the team is expected to be around for decades to come. You fill up the Ring of Honor now, do you have room to honor the players of the future?

It's the same reason we don't retire the  number of every player who had a good career with us.

Agreed. Smitty and Pep will end up in the HOF. I really like Gross and think he was elite for us, but will not end up in the hall. 

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Pep and Gross. I would rather wait on Smith or even not at all. Smith was a great WR but not what we should uphold as the best about our organization because of his character flaws, which were and are deep.   

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Just now, Wolfcop said:

If Steve Smith is not in it then you might as well not have one. If he didn't play with that chip on his shoulder he would not have been as great as he was. 

Smith can't hold Peps jock as a player and a person.

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See, here's where you have to start talking criteria...

Wanna compare the athleticism of Sam Mills and Luke Kuechly? Uuuhhh...no. But Sam Mills was exceptional for other reasons, and anybody who would question why the Panthers hold him in such high regard probably deserves a kick in the nuts.

Ask who's the better linebacker between the two of them, though? That's a valid discussion.

So is being an elite level player enough, or so you need to have something more?

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