The field of 26 semifinalists for the NFL Hall Of Fame was narrowed down to 15 finalists tonight. The list of semifinalists is loaded with great players and coaches, but some of them will have to wait until next year to see if they will be enshrined in Canton, lets check out who made the semifinalist list and who made the cut to be a finalist.
Semifinalists:
Morten Andersen
Steve Atwater
Jerome Bettis
Tim Brown
Isaac Bruce
Don Coryell
Roger Craig
Terrell Davis
Tony Dungy
Kevin Greene
Charles Haley
Marvin Harrison
Torry Holt
Joe Jacoby
Edgerrin James
Jimmy Johnson
Mike Kenn
Ty Law
John Lynch
Karl Mecklenburg
Kevin Mawae
Orlando Pace
Junior Seau
Will Shields
Kurt Warner
Darren Woodson
So many good players on that list, it’s hard every year to see someone get left out. Now lets see who made the cut to be a finalist for the Hall of Fame enshrinement this year.
Finalists:
Junior Seau
Orlando Pace
Kurt Warner
Jerome Bettis
Tim Brown
Terrell Davis
Kevin Greene
Charles Haley
Marvin Harrison
John Lynch
Tony Dungy
Jimmy Johnson
Morten Andersen
Will Shields
Mick Tingelhoff (Senior Finalist)
Bill Polian (Contributor)
Ron Wolf (Contributor)
Recap and Selections
Man, picking 5 of the 15 just isn’t fair. Being limited to that few votes makes it hard on a lot of guys that deserve to be in each year, but there are guys on this list that should have been enshrined a long time ago. Guys like Charles Haley and Tim Brown have been held out for years for different reasons, but they are more than deserving to be in the Hall of Fame. If I had a vote, the following five guys would be getting in this year.
- Tim Brown
- Charles Haley
- Kevin Greene
- Orlando Pace
- Junior Seau
Just missing the cut:
- Jimmy Johnson
- Marvin Harrison
- Kurt Warner