2026 52 Modern-era candidiates

[rewing84]

Here's the comparison between last year and this year.

Inducted (3): Antonio Gates, Eric Allen, Jared Allen

Fell Off (3): Ricky Watters, Anquan Boldin, James Harrison

New (7): Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, Frank Gore, Larry Fitzgerald, Jason Witten, Lomas Brown, Kevin Williams

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Appreciate the breakdown very informative as always

[sluggermatt15]

Hard to say if he intentionally missed blocks, but you watch film of him (and I know that you probably have), you can see him essentially get eaten alive at times. O-linemen make mistakes, but there are times when he looks waaaaay overmatched and gets beaten very quickly.

I watched him a lot and never saw a Hall of Famer, I'm not in the Willie Anderson camp but he was in easily a tier higher than Lomas to my mind. His AP1 in 1995 was undeserved, he was probably the 5-7 best OT that year in my mind.

Could Lomas Brown be Hall of Very Good?

Sure, but he is not eligible for the HoVG for a few more years..