Peppers as a first-year HOF entrant in 2024?

[PanthersATL]

That's what one website is saying.

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The Carolina Panthers’ great will undoubtedly be a first ballot Hall of Famer when the time comes as Peppers eclipsed nine Pro Bowls and three All-Pros during his time with Panthers, Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. Peppers ended his career just a sack short of third all time, with his 159.5 sacks culminating throughout 17 years in the league. The 6-foot-7 edge rusher was a member of the 2010s All-Decade Team and proved to be one of the best players in Panthers’ history after being selected No. 2 overall in the 2002 NFL Draft.

https://bvmsports.com/2023/09/06/5-most-likely-first-year-2024-pro-football-hof-inductees/7/ 

[jfra78]

Yes

[Proudiddy]

No question.

[Prowler2k18]

Absolutely!!!

[Cali Cat]

Absolutely.

[CRA]

If he isn’t first ballot, first ballot defenders no longer exist 

[electro's horse]

of course

[TheBigKat]

Will he be the first drafted Panther to the HOF

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, CRA said:

If he isn’t first ballot, first ballot defenders no longer exist 

Yeah, I mean this is the biggest layup of all layups. 

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

4th/5th all time in sacks depending on whether you look at post-1982 when it became an official stat.  First ballot all day.  

[tukafan21]

Luke is the question mark for first ballot and that's only due to longevity (I think he gets it though)

But Peppers was never in question, the only reason Smitty is the Panthers GOAT and not Peppers, is because half his career was with the Bears and Packers.

He's 4th all time in sacks, I wouldn't need to know anything else, even the player's name, to know that person is a first ballot HOFer

[tukafan21]

30 minutes ago, TheBigKat said:

Will he be the first drafted Panther to the HOF

Either first or tied for first if Smitty were to get in this year.

But I'm actually hoping Smitty doesn't yet, sure it would be cool for him to go in with Peppers, but I think it would be more fun for the fans if he went in the same year as Kuechly.

Same reason as my previous post, Smitty and Luke are higher on the Panther GOAT list than Peppers because they spent their whole careers here (Smitty's Ravens years don't count lol).

[Growl]

probably depends on how much he publicly says “wow I really loved my tenure in Green Bay” 

[Harbingers]

13 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

Luke is the question mark for first ballot and that's only due to longevity (I think he gets it though)

But Peppers was never in question, the only reason Smitty is the Panthers GOAT and not Peppers, is because half his career was with the Bears and Packers.

He's 4th all time in sacks, I wouldn't need to know anything else, even the player's name, to know that person is a first ballot HOFer

There is no way Luke doesn’t get first ballot. I think he’ll come back around to coaching somewhere too eventually when he grows up a bit more and lives the other side of life for a while. That would all but cement it.