(03-09-2022, 11:16 AM)NCJag Wrote:

(02-17-2022, 11:52 AM)FBT Wrote: Yeah, I think that now that the jam is cleared for a Jaguar getting in, Fred will become the focus.  Everyone in front of him on that list except for the active players is in the hall, correct?  He should get in eventually.  Hopefully it won't be as long a wait as it was for Tony.

Correct: everyone ahead of him ELIGIBILE is in the HOF currently (Gore/Peterson not eligible yet). He's tied with AP for fifth all time at 4.6YPC, and is also tied for fifth all time with TD runs of 50+ yards (8) and fifth for 1000 yard seasons by a RB (7). Those are the numbers the presenters need to pound on. He's out run Larry Johnson, Jamaal Charles, Jamaal Lewis, Priest Holmes, Chris Johnson, Clinton Portis, Willis McGahee, and Shaun Alexander who had multiple Pro Bowl/All Pro/All Decade team appearances over him.

Even MJD, who has 3 Pro Bowl/3 All Pro seasons in a 9 season career is still 3K years behind Fred, who played 13 seasons, but played 13 out of 32 games his last 2 seasons and only played a full 16 game season TWICE. Im not discounting what Terrell Davis did in his career, but he basically made it off the power of his 1st-4th seasons (61 out of 64 games played, 6413 yards rushing, 56 rushing TDS, 152 receptions, 1181 receiving yards, 5 receiving TDS). 3 All Pro, 3 Pro Bowl, 2 OPOY, 2 Super Bowls, 1 Super Bowl MVP definitely helped, but his last 3 years he played 17/48 games, 1194 yards.) Fred deserves to be carried among the pantheon of great backs in NFL History. He deserves the HOF.