ICB Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 A topic that has intrigued me the past few years is the jersey numbers that have been retired by the Patriots, with the majority of the currently retired numbers worn by players who in the long-run, will have had little impact on the history of this franchise once the Brady/Belichick era is over. Obviously guys like Hannah and Tippett deserve it, but how about everyone else? Haynes was a HOF but not sure he played long enough here and was more known as a Raider. Should Kraft consider unretiring those numbers and letting more deserving players of the SB era in? Only Brady and maybe Gronk getting their jersey retired out of this ridiculous run we’ve had seems unfair. Guys like Ty Law, Tedy Bruschi, Willie McGinest, Drew Bledsoe, Richard Seymour, Troy Brown seem far more deserving of this honor than the guys who came before then. We are a historic franchise now. I would be interested to see how many jersey numbers teams like the Steelers, Packers, Cowboys, Niners have of guys who have never won a championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 There arent all that many retired numbers: Quote The following Patriots numbers are retired: 20 (Gino Cappelletti), 40 (Mike Haynes), 57 (Steve Nelson), 73 (John Hannah), 78 (Bruce Armstrong), 79 (Jim Lee Hunt) and 89 (Bob Dee). How many is too many? I think 1 a decade should be the rate. Don't get me wrong, a lot of guys from the dynasty to today deserve recognition, but that is what the Hall is for. Retiring of a number should really be for a guy who defined an era of Patriots football. To me thats only Tom Brady. I do think all the guys you mentioned, many of whom already have been inducted, deserve Patriots HoF honors. But retiring of a number is for a guy who as an all time great at his position at the time and really defined Patriot football for their time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apparition Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 6 hours ago, ICB said: A topic that has intrigued me the past few years is the jersey numbers that have been retired by the Patriots, with the majority of the currently retired numbers worn by players who in the long-run, will have had little impact on the history of this franchise once the Brady/Belichick era is over. Obviously guys like Hannah and Tippett deserve it, but how about everyone else? Haynes was a HOF but not sure he played long enough here and was more known as a Raider. Should Kraft consider unretiring those numbers and letting more deserving players of the SB era in? Only Brady and maybe Gronk getting their jersey retired out of this ridiculous run we’ve had seems unfair. Guys like Ty Law, Tedy Bruschi, Willie McGinest, Drew Bledsoe, Richard Seymour, Troy Brown seem far more deserving of this honor than the guys who came before then. We are a historic franchise now. I would be interested to see how many jersey numbers teams like the Steelers, Packers, Cowboys, Niners have of guys who have never won a championship. The Steelers only have 2 officially retired numbers; the Cowboys have none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazStandard Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I don't really agree with retiring numbers, for the most part. I like that Bruschi wore 54, and then passed it on to Hightower. Law and Revis wearing the same jersey feels right. Likewise Vrabel and Ninkovich. Numbers have little stories of their own, and it's nice when players add to the legacy of a particular one. That said, I would retire Brady's number. Watching another Patriot wear 12 would just be too weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I'd retire Brady's number, Vinatieri's number, and Law's number. That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlNFL19 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Stanley Morgan was pretty good too. The guy's career average was 19.2 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 On 2/3/2018 at 8:56 PM, lancerman said: I'd retire Brady's number, Vinatieri's number, and Law's number. That's it. Those 4 plus Bruschi and Gronk imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP3MVP Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I would retire gronks Number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhunt2402 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I like the Patriots HOF as the pinnacle of team recognition, save jersey retirement for the actual legends (maybe just Brady tbh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 3 hours ago, dhunt2402 said: I like the Patriots HOF as the pinnacle of team recognition, save jersey retirement for the actual legends (maybe just Brady tbh) so much this. Brady is the only guys from the BB era I retire the number for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 On 2/8/2018 at 6:06 PM, Deadpulse said: so much this. Brady is the only guys from the BB era I retire the number for What about Vinatieri? I’d say he deserves it. All his hallmark moments are with us and he’s likely going down as the most prolific kicker of all time. I think only HOF’ers should get the homer Brady (will be a HOF’er) Vinatieri (will join a very elite list of kickers in the HOF) John Hannah (already in and the greatest Patriot pre the Brady era) Mike Haynes (already in, if people can swallow his Raiders stint) Andre Tippet (already in) After that..... The only other guy I’d really consider is Ty Law if he can make the Hall. If he can, he’d be the the most important Patriots on the defensive end of the Super Bowl era. He was on the All Decade Team, 2 All Pro’s, a bunch of Pro Bowls. Spent 10 years here. Also realistically Gronkowski. He’s going down as either the greatest or a top 3 greatest TE of all time and as someone who revolutionized the position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoleINGout Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I don't think they should retire numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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