Reed's 2010 Hall of Fame Chances Slim

It boggles my mind that Reed isn’t in the HOF. His numbers don’t lie.

but Im sure thats just Reed being nice…………and lowering down for you.

265 out of 19000. That’s the number of NFL players in the HOF. 1.4% on NFL players are in the Hall.

I’ve never liked the concept of the Hall of Fame in the first place. Anything that subjective that is controlled mostly by the worst people on Earth, the media, holds very little importance to me. Anyone following football in the early 90’s knew Andre Reed was the premier receiver in the AFC and probably was only 2nd to Rice at the time. His stats, as impressive as they are, don’t do his career justice because Buffalo had so many playmakers at the time and the ball had to be spread around.

Is there an all time YAC record?

And Jerry Rice had some pretty good talent around him too, so I don’t want to hear that Reed was a prodi

is bruce smith in the hall?

For what it’s worth, I live in the Lehigh Valley Area of PA, where Reed grew up. His mom is actually a member of the Lehigh Valley Bills Backers. 2 years ago at a Fundraiser, Jim Kelly was the guest speaker, Reed’s whole family was there but he was not.

I saw his mom at a charity event a few months ago and she said I doubt he will get in this year based on who he is up against….but they are always hoping for next year. His family runs a bus trip up to Buffalo once per year, they usually go up when someone gets put on the wall.

Rice – Duh
Smith – double-duh
Coach Don Coryell – This guy IMO was an absolute genius. I loved watching the Chargers back then because the Bills stunk. Remeber the playoff game against the Fish? I was a teenager watching it with a bunch of friends. That game was awesome.
DE Richard Dent – That guy scared me just watching him on TV.
DE/LB Charles Haley – Wish he was a Bill
Shannon Sharpe – Can’t stand him, but that dude was unstoppable. He even produced in Baltimore with a crappy QB.

Andre will get in someday, he was Kelly’s go to guy. Rice and Emmett are sho-ins, Brown was the only threat for the Raiders unless Ricky Dudley counts and Chris Carter definitely has waited long enough. Reed will be inducted in the class of 2011.

What hurts is the way the NFL is played today, it use to be a rarity when a receiver would catch a 100 balls or close to it in a year now it happens every year. Look at Wes Welker the past 3 years he has caught a 112, 111 and 123 (in 14 games), it dilutes what the receivers accomplished during the Reed era and before when catching 70-80 passes was considered an outstanding year. Now it is pitch and catch especially with the rule changes favoring the offense. Reed use to get mugged going over the middle—-now if a defender comes close the flags start flying….

Tasker is the guy that will need help in the future, if there ever is a special team player that deserves the HOF it is him. If Tasker was playing today and was used in the slot like Welker he would catch 150 passes—-but then again I’m prejudice—-haaaa!

Reed was and still is to this day my all time favorite Bill. My biggest argument for him is that unlike Brown and Carter he wasn’t the best player on their offense and he had to share his touches but he was always able to make them count. Add to the fact that Reed revolutionized going over the middle and producing YAC in an era where that was extremely rare. Not to mention that is postsean statistics were at or near the top of the league for over a decade

I agree with Goose in that receivers in today’s NFL have it much easier with bubble screens and little dink and dunk passing plays coming from a variation of the spread offense.and anytime they dont make a catch a penalty is called. A simple example is look at how many guys threw for over 4000 yards this year as opposed to when Reed played.

I also agree that the media shouldnt be voting guys in the HOF. It should be up to the guys who actually played the game IMO. Writers look at two things stats and rings and in today’s league with overblown stats it just makes it that harder to get some of the older guys voted in without them having to wait 15-20 years which IMO is an injustice.

There have been many great teams through the years but opinions exist that say Reed’s numbers are inflated from playing alongside Lofton and Thomas and catching throws from Kelly.

The same argument was made for years against Lynn Swann , yet he made finally it into the Pro-Football HOF in 2001. I have not doubt that Andre will make it in, it just wont be for a while, and thats a real shame.

He has no shot this year with Jerry RIce already a no-brainer lock. Meanwhile Chris Carter is waiting in the wings. Reed might wind up getting pushed down the list as more and more worthy players come along for induction. Reed just happened to wind up being considered at a time when too many other worthy WRs were also on the HOF ballot.

the real news here was that we now know what MRW looks like.

It’s funny that Andre Reed’s Hall of Fame credentials are what they are but everyone’s talking about my picture. LOL