Your chance to have a voice in HOF voting
by Brian Galliford on Nov 6, 2009 12:31 PM EST
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PrintFans of the NFL do not have a vote when it comes to placing players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Thanks to an NFL partnership with Van Heusen and JC Penney, however, NFL fans now have a voice and public acknowledgment in the Hall of Fame voting process. The Van Heusen Fan's Choice vote is the result of that partnership, and gives fans some (unofficial) say in the Hall of Fame voting process.
The Buffalo Bills have been fortunate enough to place key members of the organization into the Hall of Fame in recent years, including Marv Levy, Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Bruce Smith and team owner Ralph Wilson. There are, however, still players deserving of that honor - Andre Reed, Steve Tasker, Darryl Talley, Kent Hull and Cornelius Bennett, as examples - that aren't being hyped up enough. In the Fan's Choice vote, for example, Reed is the highest-voted former Bill, but he's approximately 10,000 votes behind leading vote-getter Jerry Rice. I urge everyone to head on over to the voting page and make that change a little.
Again, even though the fan vote does not officially count towards the actual Hall of Fame voting process, the results of this vote will be announced by NFL Network shortly before the official results are announced early next year. Go vote! And, if you've never seen this video... well, let's just say that I've been looking for an excuse to post it for a couple of weeks now, and this is the perfect spot for it.
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such a good video...
And he deserves it. One hell of a player. Very over-looked when thinking of those teams but was definately a huge key to them winning all those games.
LETS GO BUFF-A-LO!!
I thin Reed and Taser are the only Hall of Famers not in yet. Polian should get in, too. He’s that good.
Talley, Hull, and Bennet belong in the Hall of Great. Love them all, though, and I would never say that to any of their faes. :-)
Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008.
"Matt’s pretty valuable to y’all. Cherish him." - BG
I wish
that there was such a thing as the Hall of Very Very Very Good Players because Talley would be one of the first inductees.
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Man I miss those days...
and the spiderman under shirt.
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haha i know i actually looked online to see if i could find it anywhere… But no luck. :-(
LETS GO BUFF-A-LO!!
I know!
I also have been searching high and low….the Bills should make this and market it
B-B-B-Byrd Byrd Byrd, Byrd is the Wyrd!"
Van Heusing and JC Penney
isn’t it Van Heusen?
I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying
Trent Edwards - Backup QB until furthur notice. Care to prove me wrong Trent?
Yeah. I’ll make the change for the fearless leader.
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"Matt’s pretty valuable to y’all. Cherish him." - BG
by MattRichWarren on Nov 6, 2009 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
Incidentally he got it right on the link. :-)
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"Matt’s pretty valuable to y’all. Cherish him." - BG
by MattRichWarren on Nov 6, 2009 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
LOL Judas Priest. That’s what I get for watching Van Helsing last weekend.
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by Brian Galliford on Nov 6, 2009 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
well I have about 50 of their ties so that’s the only reason I caught it. I laughed when i saw the link was right.
I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying
Trent Edwards - Backup QB until furthur notice. Care to prove me wrong Trent?
by J2 on Nov 6, 2009 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
One More Thing:
After watching that video for a 2nd time, it became more clear to me that Keith Ellison should not be allowed to wear 56 ever again. EVER.
Ballot box stuffing
Didn’t like it in Afghanistan, but I think it’s OK to take a Chicago politics approach to this: vote early and often. Looks like they let you vote once per day. Does this article need 10 recs to stay on page 1 here?
I know he’ll never make it, but is Fred Smerlas still on the HOF ballot? As highly as he’s regarded, he is definitely near the top of my list of the most underappreciated Bills players.
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