Return of JC Penney/Van Heusen Hall of Fame Voting
by David Fucillo on Dec 10, 2009 3:00 PM PST
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PrintThe is a sponsored post from JC Penney and Van Heusen. Vote at www.fanschoice.com.
Late in October I ran a post about the new Fan's Choice program that allowed you to vote on this year's Hall of Fame candidates. While the fan's vote doesn't officially count, it is a publicized way to at least get the fan perspective out there. For those that are unaware of this program, JC Penney and Van Heusen have come up with an option for the fans to voice their opinion on who they would select to be in the Hall of Fame. Recently the NFL announced 25 semi-finalists that include 49ers greats Jerry Rice, Roger Craig and Charles Haley.
It's actually rather interesting to compare that list with the Fan's Choice. 11 players selected by the fans did not appear in the official 25. The official list is in alphabetical order, while the Fan's Choice list (after the jump) is listed by # of votes received. That total is continually updating, so by the time you head over it may have changed. At this point we can only vote on the top 25 players. The only guys with significant time with the 49ers in the top 25 are Jerry Rice and Charles Haley (no Roger Craig unfortunately). Other players with some 49ers time are Jim Plunkett, Richard Dent and Kevin Greene. What I find particular interesting about the list is that six of the top seven spent at least some portion of their career with the Raiders, with five of them probably being most well known as Raiders.
1. Jerry Rice, WR - 31,301
2. Ray Guy, P - 29,310
3. Tim Brown, WR - 28134
4. Emmitt Smith, RB - 27,002
5. Jim Plunkett, QB - 23,369
6. Lester Hayes, DB - 20,379
7. Cliff Branch, WR - 19,895
8. Chris Carter, WR - 18,382
9. Tom Flores, Head Coach - 18,310
10. Todd Christensen, TE - 17,373
11. Shannon Sharpe, TE - 17,212
12. Otho Davis, Athletic Trainer - 10,120
13. Richard Dent, DL - 9,848
14. Charles Haley, DL - 8,124
15. Randall Cunningham, QB - 7,158
16. Phil Simms, QB - 7,031
17. Steve Atwater, DB - 6,252
18. Andre Reed, WR - 5,442
19. Ed "Too Tall" Jones, DL - 4,781
20. Joe Theismann, QB - 4,777
21. John Randle, DL - 4,156
22. Sterling Sharpe, WR - 4,107
23. Steve Tasker, Special Teams - 3,814
24. Kevin Greene, LB - 3,594
25. Jim Tunney, Contributor - 3,132
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If I had a vote
Cliff Branch, WR
Tim Brown, WR/KR
Cris Carter, WR
Don Coryell, Coach
Roger Craig, RB
Terrell Davis, RB
Dermontti Dawson, C
Richard Dent, DE
Chris Doleman, DE/LB
Kevin Greene, LB/DE
Russ Grimm, G
Ray Guy, P
Charles Haley, DE/LB
Lester Hayes, CB
Rickey Jackson, LB
Cortez Kennedy, DT
Art Modell, Owner
John Randle, DT
Andre Reed, WR
Jerry Rice, WR
Shannon Sharpe, TE
Emmitt Smith, RB
Paul Tagliabue, Commissioner
Steve Tasker, Special Teams/WR
Aeneas Williams, CB/S
Because I ran out of votes these are the guys I’d have on the bubble: Tim Brown, Russ Grimm, Richard Dent with some consideration to Terrell Davis, Roger Craig, John Randle and Aeneas Williams. Someone needs to explain to me why Paul Tagliabue, Steve Tasker and Cortez Kennedy are even considered.
I got Ray Guy
I’m never going to consider putting a gunner in the HOF, especially a guy whose most memorable play (maybe only remember-able play) is stopping Leon Lett from putting up a 55 burger on your team in the SB.
Ray Guy wrote the manual for modern punting and he’s still the best. Not to mention he is Andy Lee’s God, who is Fooch’s God so that makes Ray Guy Fooch’s Super God.
Oh, I'm not knocking...
… the Ray Guy pick. My comment was more of a joke, really. (Obviously it didn’t translate well).
Tasker was a fan favorite in Buffalo, and like it or not on the West Coast, the East Coast sure knows how to drive up vote counts in polls like these.
On a side note, I’m hoping Andre Reed gets into the HOF someday. Not necessarily endorsing his induction for this season (as it seems like quite a few other more worthy people are going to get in), but he WAS the Buffalo Bills passing attack for years.
I think it's his time
How many years has Ray Guy been elligible, 18 years? And when you look at the majority of these stats, they’re not too shabby:
Ray Guy was the first, and as of 2009, only punter, to ever be selected in the first round in the NFL Draft. Ray Guy retired in 1986. During his career, Guy:
Played in 207 consecutive games
Punted 1,049 times for 44,493 yards, averaging 42.4 yards per punt, with a 33.8 net yards average
Had 210 punts inside the 20 yard line (not counting his first 3 seasons, when the NFL did not keep track of this stat), with just 128 touchbacks
Led the NFL in punting three times
Had a streak of 619 consecutive punts before having one blocked
Has a record of 111 career punts in post season games
Had five punts of over 60 yards during the 1981 season
Never had a punt returned for a touchdown
Personally I think he’s made his case.
Agree with one change
I’d be willing to not do it only because he’s first ballot, but if he wasn’t I’d put in Tim Brown. Main reasons are from 1993-2002 he had at least 80 receptions and 1000 receiving yards in 9 of those 10 seasons, and he did go to at least one superbowl, although they didn’t win.
Low point as a 49ers fan...
Kevin Greene headbutting dumb as rocks Druckenmiller on the sideline before Druck’s first start.
This doesn’t have anything to do with the HOF vote. It was just a WWE moment that rubbed me wrong. Like say, Druckenmiller getting drafted first round because he can pull a truck chained to his waist.
Well, we're waiting....
Terrell Davis
HOF or not to-HOF. That is the eternal question. To me he is the interesting debate about HOF-worthiness.
agree
A very intriguing debate. He put up a very good rookie year, followed by 3 monstrous seasons before falling apart. How much is him, and how much was the Shanahan’s offensive system? Consider all the running backs Denver scratched out solid seasons from after TD: Olandis Gary, Reuben Droughns, Mike Anderson. I think that hurts TD’s Hall of Fame case a little bit.
by David Fucillo on Dec 10, 2009 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
I think he probably is. He had his career cut short by injuries which for reference happened to Gayle Sayers. Yes, other Denver running backs went onto success but nothing like the success TD had.
My biggest argument against is there are more deserving guys ahead of him to get in. If the the HOF committee can get a few of the other guys in than his turn will come up.
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