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Hall of Fame push for several Panthers (not necessarily who you're expecting)

Mr. Scot

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced a list of 122 candidates for their expanded class of 2020. PFT posted the list.

Here it is, with some names you might recognize highlighted...

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QUARTERBACKS — Randall Cunningham, Jake Delhomme, Boomer Esiason, Jeff Garcia, Jeff Hostetler, Dave Krieg, Donovan McNabb

RUNNING BACKS — Shaun Alexander, Mike Alstott, Tiki Barber, Earnest Byner, Larry Centers, Corey Dillon, Eddie George, Priest Holmes, Edgerrin James, Daryl Johnston, Thomas Jones, Maurice Jones-Drew, Eric Metcalf, Lorenzo Neal, Clinton Portis, Fred Taylor, Herschel Walker, Chris Warren, Ricky Watters

WIDE RECEIVERS — Isaac Bruce, Gary Clark, Donald Driver, Henry Ellard, Torry Holt, Chad Johnson, Derrick Mason, Muhsin Muhammad, Jimmy Smith, Rod Smith, Hines Ward, Reggie Wayne

TIGHT ENDS — Dallas Clark, Ben Coates, Keith Jackson, Brent Jones, Jeremy Shockey, Wesley Walls

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN — Willie Anderson, Matt Birk, Tony Boselli, Lomas Brown, Ray Donaldson, Alan Faneca, Kevin Gogan, Jordan Gross, Chris Hinton, Kent Hull, Steve Hutchinson, Lincoln Kennedy, Olin Kreutz, Chris Samuels, Jeff Saturday, Brian Waters, Richmond Webb, Erik Williams, Steve Wisniewski

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN — John Abraham, La’Roi Glover, Casey Hampton, Chester McGlockton, Leslie O’Neal, Simeon Rice, Richard Seymour, Justin Smith, Neil Smith, Greg Townsend, Bryant Young

LINEBACKERS — Carl Banks, Cornelius Bennett, Lance Briggs, Tedy Bruschi, James Farrior, London Fletcher, Seth Joyner, Wilber Marshall, Clay Matthews, Willie McGinest, Sam Mills, Chris Spielman, Takeo Spikes, Darryl Talley, Zach Thomas, Jessie Tuggle, Patrick Willis

DEFENSIVE BACKS — Eric Allen, Steve Atwater, Ronde Barber, LeRoy Butler, Nick Collins, Merton Hanks, Rodney Harrison, Albert Lewis, John Lynch, Terry McDaniel, Tim McDonald, Troy Polamalu, Bob Sanders, Troy Vincent, Darren Woodson

KICKERS — David Akers, Gary Anderson, Jason Elam, Jason Hanson, Ryan Longwell, Nick Lowery,

PUNTERS — Reggie Roby, Rohn Stark, Matt Turk, Sean Landeta, Jeff Feagles

SPECIAL TEAMS — Johnny Bailey, Josh Cribbs, Mel Gray, Brian Mitchell, Steve Tasker

* Jeremy Shockey, Eric Metcalf and Rohn Stark had stints with the Panthers but are primarily identified with other teams.

Sam Mills?  Absolutely. Jordan Gross? If I'm being honest, no but I could see someone making the argument. Wesley Walls? Kind of a stretch but okay.

But Jake Delhomme and Muhsin Muhammad? :thinking:

I'm as big a fan of Jake and Moose as anybody, and absolutely nobody here should denigrate the playing time for either of them when they were here.

But Hall of Fame?

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Jake may be HOF worthy because of his "story" more than his stat line. The whole backup-to-Super-Bowl angle, years muddling around the NFL Europe. I think he's the kind of feel-good story the league is trying to play up to detract from the off-the-field headlines that the NFL is racking up lately.

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I love Gross but just can’t see it. Only 1 all pro and 3 pro bowls and didn’t spend his whole (relatively short for a HoFer) career at LT. Plus no SBs and only played for Carolina and I find it very unlikely he ever gets in. I’d love it if he does but don’t see the voters making it happen.

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None of the ones listed, save MAYBE Sam Mills, will make it before Smitty does.

Jake, I kind of agree with Captroop on that one. I think they'll make his case based on the story alone.

Moose is probably deserving, eventually. It'll be a long time.

Walls could probably make a strong case. TEs didn't really get the glory back then that they get now, but Walls was an elite TE in his era.

Gross? MAYBE. He's the best/most consistent lineman we ever had. I'm not sure how you grade an OLs HOF worthiness, though.

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