Quote:All those pro bowls mean nothing at all they're a popularity contest. He was a good player, just not HoF worthy to me. Anquan Bolden is 12th in receptions, btw, 43 receptions behind Johnson.

 

There are and have been plenty of great players to put in the HoF, we don't need to rush guys in that never even hit double digit TDs in a season.

 

On another note. I wouldn't put Reggie Wayne in the HoF, either, and he's the guy just ahead of Johnson on the all time receptions leader list. Receptions just don't mean much in the modern NFL. I'd definitely weight TDs and post season impact higher than sheer amassed meaningless receptions.

The NFL doesn't think they mean nothing, as those postseason awards have been a basis for contract incentives.  Besides, if it were just fans voting on the Pro Bowl, I would agree completely with you about the lack of relevance of the Pro Bowl.  The actual game itself is a disaster.  But players and coaches actually vote for it too, and that still means something.

 

Reggie Wayne has been able to hit those numbers with one first ballot HOF QB throwing to him, another Pro Bowl QB throwing to him, with a Hall of Fame WR taking coverage away from him.  Andre Johnson didn't have any of that around him.  That's why he hasn't had much in the way of post season appearances/performances.  Besides, under that rationale, do we ignore the great players stuck on bad teams (Barry Sanders)?  I also have a problem with the over emphasis on TDs.  You dismiss receptions as "meaningless" but seem to ignore TDs late in garbage time as being equally meaningless.  Besides, QBs and offensive philosophy has as much a role in WR TDs as the ability of the WR in question.

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