The 2009 NFL Hall Of Fame Class Is Short One Person

I dont fucking get it. Jerry Rice? In. Charley Taylor? In. Art Monk? In. Lynn Swann? In. Michael Irvin, despite cocaine and rape charges? In. Cris Carter, the second best receiver of all time? Denied for the third straight year.

Just to hammer this home, lets run down some stats.

Cris Carter: 1,101 Receptions, 13,899 yards, 130 TDs.

Jerry Rice (Class of 2009): 1549 Receptions, 22895 yards, 197 TDs

Art Monk (Class of 2008: 940 receptions, 12,721 yards, 68 TDs
Michael Irvin (Class of 2007): 750 receptions, 11904 yards, 65 TDs

James Lofton (Class of 2003): 764 receptions, 14,004 yards, 75 TDs

Lynn Swann (Class of 2001): 336 receptions, 5462 yards, 51 TDs
Steve Largent (Class of 1995): 819 receptions, 13,089 yards, 100 TDs

Charley Taylor (Class of 1984): 649 receptions, 9110 yards, 79 TDs

Please fucking tell me how you let Michael "Ill do a line off my HOF bust" Irvin in, but you deny someone like Cris Carter who was one of the most feared and dominant receivers for over 14 years?!? I just dont fucking get it.

I guess if you play in Minnesota with shitty ass QBs you dont matter, but when you play in big D and you act like an asshole for 10 years and get lucky with Troy Aikman tossing you some easy ones, its all gravy.

Honestly, this is a crime.

People Who Vote On Football HOFers Are Just As Stupid As Their Baseball Counterparts

The 2009 Hall Of Fame Football Class has been announced, and for the second straight time, they forgot one person who should be in there, without even a thought. Cris Carter has over 1100 career receptions, 130 career TDs, and over 12,000 yards in his long career with Philly and of course, Minnesota.

Im not saying that the others werent worthy, but I cant understand why it takes WRs so fucking long to get in. Carter deserves to be there, no doubt about it, and I hope he doesnt turn into a Bert Blyleven situation.

White Out the Wide Out

When you look at the position players on the offensive side of the ball, there are three players that will ultimately have all the glory for the team. First is the QB, as he is the leader and captain of the offense, understandably the most valuable card wise as well. Each year, with few exceptions, the QBs lead the value of most of the cards that come onto the market. The hobby's A-list has more QBs than any other position. RB's are also up there in terms of value, I would expect because they play a tough position with a lot of visibility, and their cards usually reflect that for value. Yet, when you come to the wide receiver, there are very few guys that carry value, despite being some of the most vocal and most talented players on the field.

Aside from Jerry Rice, there are not many WRs that you could name when going through the top autos to get in a box. People like Terrell Owens, Marvin Harrison, and Randy Moss will probably end up in the HOF when all is said and done, but they are never the focus of any set, their cards are relatively cheap, and yet they are some of the best ever at their respective position. To tell you the truth, I am quite baffled as to why this is. You could say that people like TO are pretty scarce in value because of the public image he carries, and for the most part I would agree. Football is a sport run by and played by primadonnas, and TO is the biggest offender of the bunch. He is also a stupid crybaby asshole to boot, which probably doesn’t help things.

This doesn’t go for people like Harrison and Cris Carter, who are both guys that are suprisingly humble and quiet. You never hear from them about how bad the team is doing or how great they will play in the next game, but you also never hear about their cards going for big money either. Carter had over 1000 receptions and 100 TDs, but his autos usually don’t break 20 bucks. That is crazy considering what the prices are for people like Eric Dickerson and Earl Campbell.

Something else I find funny is that good RBs come a dime a dozen, yet good WRs come once in a great while. It seems that for a good RB, keeping healthy is a greater accomplishment than putting up good numbers, where as WRs must fend off injuries as well as put up legendary numbers to maintain a hobby importance. This double standard is kind of disheartening, especially when you see the price for someone like Ryan Grant, Selvin Young or Ahmad Bradshaw, especially considering that they will more likely go nowhere than into mediocrity even.

Im not saying that it’s a hobby consipiracy to keep the WR down, but I think its kind of interesting to look at the value of someone like Fred Bilitnikoff and Paul Hornung vs guys like Gale Sayers, Bo Jackson and Marcus Allen.