Other than a few posts here and there, and a few phone calls to local sports talk radio outlets, I haven't noticed much momentum towards putting MJD in the RoH. This is probably reflective of the fan base in general. Personally, I don't care either way. For most of his 8 years, MJD was the face of the franchise. There can be little debate that he laid it on the line whenever he was on the field, and he was respected by his peers and teammates from virtually day one. A case can be made that for the same length of time, he was as good at his position as compared to his peers as Boselli and Brunell were in their day.

 

His only blemishes are the holdout and having his best years on mediocre to bad teams.

 

It won't be a tragedy if he gets in or doesn't, but I do hope they honor MJD in some significant way, either upon his return to Everbank or, even better, upon his retirement. He meant a lot to many fans for a long time.

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