I wasn’t comparing Browning from the 80′s to Harrison but just kind of rambling on about a pretty good Safety being passed over. I thought maybe Tony had a comment.

Look at these Great Safeties being passed over: Jack Butler, Johnny Robinson, , Dick Anderson, Jake Scott, Cliff Harris, Jack Tatum, Donnie Shell, Dennis Smith, Gary Fencik, Deron Cherry, Kenny Easley, Eugene Robinson, LeRoy Butler, and Steve Atwater to name a few. Plus there are a bunch of CB being passed over so far too. The HOF voters don’t value DB’s enough?

I don’t think Bob Sanders will ever stay healthy long enough to make the HOF.

As you know most of HOF caliber PB’s and AP’s Safeties will come from the NFC who were winning most of the Super Bowls or had the best Defenses (in addition the Eagles and Steelers).

You have 49ers with Lott, Cowboys with Woodson, Packers with Butler and Sharper, Bucs with Lynch, Eagles with Dawkins, and in the AFC the Broncos with Atwater , the Steelers with Lake and a mish mash of others like Blaine Bishop a 4-time PBer who we all forget about. Now later we have Ed Reed’s 43 ints and PB’s over the last 6 years and Bob Sanders has a couple when healthy.

I think the AFC will be lucky to get more than one S – Atwater in from the 90′s and Reed is on track from this decade. Sharper has kind of muddied up things being a 90′s guy too.

Does anyone know if the HOF recognizes the difference in what type of Safety ?

Anyone give hard hitting Joey Browner a shot at the HOF? Not much respect for the 80′s All-Decade Safeties yet!!! Basically it looks like a player has to win a SB or in Tippett’s case go to one. Same with Robert Brazile. One of the best LB’s of the time in battles with the Steelers for the Division and they say Robert who? I’m really surprised Elvin Bethea got his due. Curly Culp is still waiting. Brazile was the Defensive star of that team with Earl Campbell of the Offense. It was a great team in Luv U Blue!!! They tore my Dolphin’s heart out and mine on more than one occasion.

You articulated exactly what I’ve wanted to say about popularity and reputation sticking to certian players which skews their accomplishments. It’s so hard to judge if you haven’t seen the player in games.

Darn, you were doing so well than you picked on my boy Matthews. Lol!! A little Cowboy fan envy or something? I’ll give you the last PB as not deserving but that’s it! He was still a stud late in his career when the Titans went to the SB in 1999. I know you can’t be saying he doesn’t deserve the HOF?

As far a Harrison, he’s not HOF to me but that’s totally my opinion and has nothing to do with number of PB’s. I’m not saying he wasn’t one of the better hitters/tacklers for a few year stretch but for most of his career he wasn’t a very complete player. I think if he could of stayed healthy he would of had a good chance to cement his career especially playing for the Pats. Bottom line is every time he got recognition he got injured, 30 career ints is pretty average , and 2/2 is something people look at.

Pains me to say this but I’d pick Cowboys Darren Woodson 5/3, Bucs John Lynch 9/2, and the Eagles Brian Dawkins over Harrison 2/2. Lynch’s big hit game is closer to Harrison’s so we can maybe argue that one for who’s more deserving but Woodson and Dawkins were/are better skilled all-around. I’d take them to cover over Harrison any day.

Harrison does have the most int’s of the group with a paltry like 34. Is the new norm for HOF Safeties now 25 to 35 ints?? It makes me marvel even more at Ronnie Lott’s 63 ints. or Miami’s great hitting Jake Scott’s 5/2, with 49 ints over 9 years and he can’t even get a sniff of the HOF. I never thought Dallas’s Clff Harris 6/3 belonged in the HOF with his 29 ints. in 9 years. I’m starting to think no one from the 90′s belongs in the HOF or has the game changed so much that a Safety can’t get more than 35 picks? 90′s All-Decade Saftey Carnell Lake was a very good player and he only had 16 ints. Shouldn’t there be more ints if there’s more passing?

Whoopee!!! Darren Sharper has 54 ints so I can put him ahead of Harrison. I found another one in LeRoy Butler with 38 ints. All-Decade nd he was really good too. There’s two for the HOF IMO. But based on this little bit of research I’d say the case got stronger for Harrison into the HOF. I still think there are three or four selections I’d like to see before him but Harrison does have the numbers so it would be hard to argue against him.

A guy like Rodney Harrison was not well liked by peers, opposition and sometimes even teammates and media. But why don’t you ask coach’s and general managers if they would have wanted Harrison. He was hurt a lot and that is a stike against him as well as HGH is a strike. BUt he was a difference makes and a house hold name. Subtract Stece Atwater and tell me all the other safies that made teh Pro Bowl in the AFC during Harrison’s career and tell me who was better!

Anyone who can set the most rushing yards in a game in the NFL is a PLAYER!

Corey’s 2004 season must rank as one of the best All-time for 30 yr old RB with : 345att 1635yds 12TDS 44 4.7avg 109.0avg game

His total stats are not the highest but are up there and I really like his chances at the HOF. People didn’t Ricky Watters diva attitude.

Corey Dllion: 0/4, kind of low on PB’s and no AP’s. Not even 2nd team. Lets be honest, if you don’t have a 1st team AP or 2nd team AP, than it will be tough to make the HOF. He has no rushing title.

Look at Ricky Watters. He was a 0/5, but never had a rushing title, IMO should be a 1/5. He has 91 total TD’s. That’s more than Dillon, and keep in mind, Ricky played in 144 games, whereas Dillon played in 150 games. And not to mention, Ricky had probably the most underrated performance in SB history! Ricky has 14,891 yard from scrimmage, whereas Corey has 12,154 yards from scrimmage.

Tony, I want to hear your argument defending him!

QB: Tom Brady(why do I even have bother)

RB: Corey Dillon (probably not)

DE: Richard Seymour (no)

DB: Ty Law (Maybe)

K: Adam Vinatieri (probably)