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Surprised he walked away on his own terms. Sort of expected him to linger around unwanted and unsigned. Good for him. He was an excellent tight end and was one of the faces of the Chargers. Not having a ring could hurt his Hall of Fame chances, but he should still be able to get in eventually.

Interesting fact: Gates played basketball in college and never played college football!

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3 minutes ago, RuskieTitan said:

Surprised he walked away on his own terms. Sort of expected him to linger around unwanted and unsigned. Good for him. He was an excellent tight end and was one of the faces of the Chargers. Not having a ring could hurt his Hall of Fame chances, but he should still be able to get in eventually.

Interesting fact: Gates played basketball in college and never played college football!

He would get in very easily if I were a voter.  He was definitely a HOF caliber player with the career numbers to back it up.

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There is absolutely ZERO question that the guy is a HOF.   With his resume, his teams couldve never once made the playoffs, and he would still get in?

Rings only matter for HOF IMO if said players individual accomplishments are questionably HoF worthy.  Gates doesnt have that issue.  Top 5 TE all time.

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