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The case for Sam Mills

Mr. Scot

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Mr. Scot

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FYI: A couple of candidates have gone ahead and announced that they did not get into this year's Hall of Fame class.

The names? Leroy Butler, Richard Seymour and Tony Boselli.

Cases could be made for each of those guys, especially Boselli.  He was one of the best left tackles I've seen.

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If you consider Sam Mills the complete person--the character, the leadership, the work ethic, and the respect he earned in addition to his play, Canton is where he belongs.  Just play?  Borderline in my opinion.

I used to go to OTAs a lot. When they were at Winthrop, the field and the dressing area (gym) were a pretty good distance from one another.  The players were walking out, and Curtis Whitley and Greg Kragan were walking together.  Sam Mills was nearly sprinting down the service road toward the practice field, blowing by them.  Kragan started ripping Mills, calling him an old man and shouting that he is not a rookie.  Moose Muhammad, then a rookie, was behind them walking as well.  You could tell he got concerned that he was not running, based on Mills and Kragan's comments, so he started jogging nervously.  I started laughing as he ran by, and he looked at me as if I had figured him out. 

Later, I saw an OTA at BOA and Moose was there, back from Chicago.  I told him that story, and he started laughing, admitting that I was right.  He remembered it.  Then he started talking about Sam Mills---nobody earned his respect more than Sam Mills.  

Sorry--just thought I would share an interesting story about some ancient Panthers.

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James:  He is 13th all time in yards, 26th in TDs (91) in 148 games.  Over 12,000 yards (about 85 yards per game rushing; 23 yards per game receiving.)

It was very quiet.  However, when you have Manning and that passing game with Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne, I can't see James being a priority for the defense.

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It pisses me off that Mills keeps getting passed over year after year. That man deserves to be in the Hall of Fame as a player, coach, and overall amazing leader. How many other players can say that a whole team's philosophy is built around what they said/did for the team.

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