Devilshark69 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Well he’s finally in the hall!! Posthumously of course , just like his teammate the snake. For you young ‘uns he was the original field stretcher for the raiders offense. Waaaay overdue! Damn crime the man couldn’t enjoy it while he was alive! But him and Kenny are sitting in raider heaven having a cold one and a victory cigar.... congratulations to him and his family!!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbsk Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Thoroughly well deserved, not a guy you look at the bulk stats on but the very definition of a deep threat and big play waiting to happen 😀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodisrespect Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Shame he had to wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humble_Beast Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 sucks he didn't get to the see the day. Idk what that was about from the NFL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilshark69 Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 Welcome to the nation HB, the writers who vote don’t show much love. That’s why it took Tim brown 5 yrs to get in etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbsk Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) On 2/14/2022 at 4:21 PM, Devilshark69 said: Welcome to the nation HB, the writers who vote don’t show much love. That’s why it took Tim brown 5 yrs to get in etc. I never really understood why there was such a strict yearly quota. To me, if you're good enough and you had the impact you should get in. Now I understand they don't want the place flooded with good rather than great players but to set an arbitrary number kind of seems like either some undeserving will get in during a lean year or some deserving will be left out by the very nature......... I guess the NFL view it as another marketing and money spinning thing though so I guess that's why 😁 Edited February 19, 2022 by Darbsk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billking Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 So deserving, wish he were alive to enjoy the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimkelly02 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Congrats for Branch! It really upsets me the NFL has chosen to wait til these legends pass away to put them in the hall of fame. They always knew he (and Snake) was going to eventually get in there. Obviously, no one knew when he was going to pass and 71yo isn’t super old but what’s the point of waiting til after his death to finally put him in. He retired in 1986 and was a finalist in 2004 and 2010. Dies in 2019, then in 2022 he finally gets elected in. If it was me…. It’d be in my will that my family in order to get the inheritance has to go to the ceremony, get up on stage, and at the last moment bring up the insanity and disrespect of what I believe to be purposely waiting until after my death to let me in…. And then DECLINE membership into the hall and legally fight any association of my name with the hall of fame. If you won’t give these old players, who helped build the NFL into the global billion dollar brand it is today but never earned substantial contracts to play, then you don’t deserve to keep earning money off their image, memory, etc by putting them in the hall of fame. I’d venture to guess that most of these guys aren’t rich at this point in their lives and living very modestly off pensions and social security. They’re most valuable possession is their accomplishments and pride. So if you won’t give them their jacket, ring, and HOF membership while their alive so they can enjoy it then don’t you dare try to capitalize off their name ever again in the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geezy Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 shouldve been in 20 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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