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  • January 8, 2015 at 9:46 pm #15906
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    Jim Thomas ‏@jthom1 1m1 minute ago

    LT Orlando Pace and Kurt Warner named Hall of Fame finalists. WR Isaac Bruce and WR Torry Holt miss the cut.

    Kyle Eversgerd ‏@SGERD5 1m1 minute ago

    FOUR former @STLouisRams on the #PFHOF15 Finalist list. Great group of guys @JeromeBettis36 @kurt13warner @OrlandoPace76 & Kevin Greene

    January 8, 2015 at 11:58 pm #15912
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    Warner, Pace named finalists for Pro Football Hall of Fame

    By Jim Thomas

    http://www.stltoday.com/sports/football/professional/warner-pace-named-finalists-for-pro-football-hall-of-fame/article_f8eab4f4-af4e-5e06-8cb9-871e1a967df7.html

    The Rams went two for four Thursday night as the Pro Football Hall of Fame trimmed its list of candidates from 26 semifinalists to 15 finalists.

    Quarterback Kurt Warner and left tackle Orlando Pace were among the 15 finalists. But wide receivers Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt were not.

    Warner, Pace, and late San Diego linebacker Junior Seau were the only first-year eligible players to reach the finals.

    The list of finalists includes: coach Don Coryell, who coached the St. Louis Cardinals from 1973-77; running back Jerome Bettis, who played on the inaugural St. Louis Rams squad in 1995; and linebacker/defensive end Kevin Greene, who played his high school ball in Granite and played for the Los Angeles Rams.

    The rest of the field of 15: place-kicker Morten Andersen, wide receiver/kick returner Tim Brown, running back Terrell Davis, coach Tony Dungy, defensive end-linebacker Charles Haley, wide receiver Marvin Harrison, coach Jimmy Johnson, free safety John Lynch, and offensive guard Will Shields.

    A maximum of five of the 15 modern-day finalists will be elected by the 46-member selection committee Jan. 31, the day before Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz.

    In addition, a senior finalist (center Mick Tingelhoff) and two contributor finalists (team executives Bill Polian and Ron Wolf) are up for election. The senior finalist was announced in August and the contributor finalists were announced in October.

    So a maximum of eight inductees can be voted in on Jan. 31st: five modern-day players, one senior player, and the two contributors.

    January 9, 2015 at 2:25 am #15916
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    My list:

    Don Coryell
    Kurt Warner
    Orlando Pace
    Tim Brown
    Junior Seau

    I dunno about the senior or contributors. Bill Polian and Ron Wolf are known, but I don’t know enough to make a judgment about if their accomplishments are HoF worthy.

    I like Greene and Haley, but Tim Brown has waited long enough and it’s beyond time. He needs to be in and unless the voters want to join the Baseball Writers, Tim Brown will be in.

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    January 9, 2015 at 9:38 am #15926
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    Tony Dungy?
    I would not have thought he was HOF
    material.

    I hope Coryell gets in. Nobody added more
    excitement to the modern NFL than Coryell.

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