Quote:<b>From Sal Paolantonio, ESPN (a voter): </b>

 

I’m a big, big, big supporter of Tony Boselli. To me, it’s not about longevity. It’s about greatness. It is the Hall of Fame; it’s not the Hall of Longevity. He achieved true greatness at the position and he was true dominant left tackle of his era. He started more games than [Mike] Ditka. He started more games than Dwight Stephenson. He started more games than Gale Sayers. All of them in the Hall of Fame. We didn’t talk about longevity with them. We talked about greatness, and I think Tony Boselli achieved greatness. … He never got help [in pass protection]. He never gave up more than one sack a game. When you have a consistent level of greatness … and you have a coach like Tom Coughlin – who’s harder on anybody than any coach – and he says, “no. 71 is my guy here … we don’t have to worry about sacks.’ That’s pretty high praise. He has my vote without a doubt.”