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I've opined that here at least a couple times about Anderson being a 'gatekeeper' (used that very term). But considering just how 'big' the Hall now is, it looks like both will get in after all.pgconboy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 20, 2025 10:20 pm I am always annoyed by folks that can't answer a simple question posed in a thread. So I'll be annoyed at my own existence for a bit.
I would pick neither. I think together they make excellent gatekeepers for setting the HOF bar. Sort of like the clubs on the old wack-a-mole arcade game.
Anderson also won MVP and OPOY awards. Rivers did not.74_75_78_79_ wrote: ↑Tue Dec 23, 2025 12:19 pmI've opined that here at least a couple times about Anderson being a 'gatekeeper' (used that very term). But considering just how 'big' the Hall now is, it looks like both will get in after all.pgconboy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 20, 2025 10:20 pm I am always annoyed by folks that can't answer a simple question posed in a thread. So I'll be annoyed at my own existence for a bit.
I would pick neither. I think together they make excellent gatekeepers for setting the HOF bar. Sort of like the clubs on the old wack-a-mole arcade game.
Fair or not, I give Ken the nod because of he at least leading his team to a Super Bowl. Super-tough competition in the '70s with Mia/Oak/Pit in their conference as well as WHO Cincy, indeed, played in SBXVI is a nice additive to his case as well. Fair or not, had Ken won it in Pontiac, he's in Canton by now (kind-of like Namath being in because he won SBIII).