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  • For a brief moment in 2010, the vikings had Favre, Moss and AP. Does that count?

  • On recent defenses, I thought about the one that would challenge those 1985 Bears: the 2000 Ravens.

    But they only had Ray Lewis and Rod Woodson on that defense. Ed Reed had not been drafted yet...and others on there : Boulware, Siragusa, Burnett etc......good players but not HOF caliber.

    I thought about the 2002 Bucs: Warren Sapp and Derrick Brooks already in. John Lynch likely to get in some day. What about a 4th: Simeon Rice and Ronde Barber.....borderline HOF? Maybe

    2005 Steelers. Another great defense....but only likely HOF is Polamalu.

  • Also in terms of the Patriots, don't forget Gronk. Welker probably doesn't make that cut though.

    On the D side, you could be looking at the Seahawks now, with their DBs, plus potentially a couple of guys up front maybe.

  • For a brief moment in 2010, the vikings had Favre, Moss and AP. Does that count?

    @gftchris said:

    For a brief moment in 2010, the vikings had Favre, Moss and AP. Does that count?

    It would....but that is only 3. Who else was on that offense? Let me check.......after checking....it could happen. Steve Hutchinson was on that OL....and he could be HOF candidate.

    You can find a number of teams with 3 HOF on either offense or defense....4 is more rare.

    Example: Neither the Fearsome Foursome nor the Purple People Eaters had 4.

    The Rams had only Jones and Olsen....and the Vikings had Eller, Page, and Krause, but not a 4th.

  • Also in terms of the Patriots, don't forget Gronk. Welker probably doesn't make that cut though.

    On the D side, you could be looking at the Seahawks now, with their DBs, plus potentially a couple of guys up front maybe.

    @gftchris said:

    Also in terms of the Patriots, don't forget Gronk. Welker probably doesn't make that cut though.

    On the D side, you could be looking at the Seahawks now, with their DBs, plus potentially a couple of guys up front maybe.

    I do not believe Gronkowski and Moss played on the Pats at the same time.....no, they didn't. Moss last played for NE in 2009. Gronk drafted in 2010.

    And yes, perhaps the Legion of Boom could some day get to that point. I thought about that. But they are still a long way off.

  • Yeah, they need the longevity to get there, but you can't question that Sherman is at the top of the game today in terms of corners, and the safeties are both elite. You've also got the likes of Avril and Bennett that are elite. A long way to go though, for sure.

  • Yeah, they need the longevity to get there, but you can't question that Sherman is at the top of the game today in terms of corners, and the safeties are both elite. You've also got the likes of Avril and Bennett that are elite. A long way to go though, for sure.

    @gftchris said:

    Yeah, they need the longevity to get there, but you can't question that Sherman is at the top of the game today in terms of corners, and the safeties are both elite. You've also got the likes of Avril and Bennett that are elite. A long way to go though, for sure.

    @gftchris said:

    Yea, don't count no chickens yet. As noted, some really great defenses don't have 4 HOF. The Bears, those Ravens...even recent dynasties like 49ers and Pats don't look to have 4 in on either side of the ball.

    The fucked up thing is that the team most likely to get 4 in on either side of the ball are those Steelers with BR/Bettis/Faneca/Ward. Ward borderline, but still a good bet.

  • For a long time, the ravens had lewis, reed and suggs, all of which have the credentials to get in. Any others from the 2012-ish era?

  • For a long time, the ravens had lewis, reed and suggs, all of which have the credentials to get in. Any others from the 2012-ish era?

    @gftchris said:

    For a long time, the ravens had lewis, reed and suggs, all of which have the credentials to get in. Any others from the 2012-ish era?

    Suggs, I think is borderline....but can be considered. The other best defender on that team is probably Haloti Ngata.

    If those two made it, it would be a longshot.....but it is still a shot.

  • @richiswhere said:

    Come on man you left out the most famous backfield of all time 😵

    I don't know if we are thinking along the same lines....but yes, I did miss one: The Million Dollar Backfield of the San Francisco 49ers back in the 50s:

    Line-up[edit]

    All Hall of Famers.

    @the-gipper said:

    I don't know if we are thinking along the same lines....but yes, I did miss one: The Million Dollar Backfield of the San Francisco 49ers back in the 50s:

    Line-up[edit]

    All Hall of Famers.

    That's the one