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Troy Polamalu Retires (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=291805)

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Originally Posted by TribalElder (Post 11428289)

LJ hairamaulu tackle gif please

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Originally Posted by Numbah One (Post 11428288)

Jealousy.

We haven't had a safety that good since the 80s.

**** Stevie Johnson

As much as I love the Penguins, reverse that for the Steelers.

**** them.

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Originally Posted by Baconeater (Post 11428237)

Good. **** him and his hair and Pittsburgh.

This.

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Originally Posted by Gonzo (Post 11428273)

What's up with the animosity around here? He was a good player and seemed like a decent guy. Maybe a bit overrated later in his career.

KSU preceded to own their ass each time they met.

Ed Reed was better than Polamalu, for sure. The only knock on Reed was that his tackling would be iffy at times, which isn't really a big deal for a ball-hawking FS on a team that has elite tacklers everywhere on the field. Polamalu was an all-around really good SS for a few years, but had no where near the longetivity that Reed had, and was more injury prone than Reed if I recall?

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 11428287)

He was no Larry Johnson.

or your buddy Bob Sanders..

He is no HOF in my book. He was brilliant for part of his career but not most of it.

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Originally Posted by Baconeater (Post 11428237)

Good. **** him and his hair and Pittsburgh.

Ditto. And **** the Steelers!

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Originally Posted by Gonzo (Post 11428273)

What's up with the animosity around here? He was a good player and seemed like a decent guy. Maybe a bit overrated later in his career.

Was he really? His play was mostly hot dogging and leaving his teammates hanging out to dry. For the past 5 years he lost a step and is one of the main reasons the Steetlers struggled on defense.

Serious question - without the hair, would he be considered a certain hall of famer?

He was one of the best safeties in the league for perhaps 5 years. But with the way reporting on the league is done today on entertainment value and players as personalities and things to market, it probably did a lot for his notoriety.

He was certainly not better than Ed Reed. Who's the best safety in the game right now, probably Earl Thomas? He's better than Polamalu was. Other guys like Lawyer Milloy and Rodney Harrison I would take in their prime over Polamalu in his. They don't have the notoriety at this point, but TJ Ward and Eric Berry probably are just as talented. Jarius Byrd is probably someone who has had just as many years in the league as an elite player, on performance not on reputation.

Some players get the benefit in HOF voting of being a media darling based on where they played or being seen as a 'colorful' person. Jerome Bettis is a prime example.

I guess it goes back to "Who should be a hall of famer" and whether or not you feel like they are letting too many people in these days. I don't think guys should get in on the basis of having 5 or so elite seasons. The bar should be higher.

Peter King wrote this about wide receivers, kind of similar:

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Hall of Fame Headache Dept.: Art Monk retired after the 1995 season with 940 catches, most in NFL history. On Sunday, Derrick Mason of Houston became the 11th player in 16 years to pass Monk. Mason had one catch in the 41-7 rout of Tennessee, giving him 941.

Larry Fitzgerald, 27, is 296 catches behind Monk. Andre Johnson, 29, is 242 behind him. We haven’t even begun with the children of the aerial generation, the receivers just starting their careers in a time of unprecedented passing.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The 44 electors for the Pro Football Hall of Fame will have to define what a Hall of Fame receiver is over the next few years, because they’ll be facing an onslaught of receivers way beyond Tim Brown, Cris Carter and Andre Reed. Isaac Bruce (1,024 receptions) or Torry Holt (920)? Or both? Hines Ward (980) or Mason (941)?

And the tight end position could get similarly silly, numbers-wise. Tony Gonzalez has 289 more catches than any tight end in history.

There has to be something to separate these guys, and each voter has to search his/her conscience to judge them on more than numbers. I am one of the voters. It’ll be interesting, and perhaps maddening, to see how it unfolds.

- See more at: http://smartfootball.com/stat-histor....exn3WJPg.dpuf

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Originally Posted by Numbah One (Post 11428288)

Jealousy.

We haven't had a safety that good since the 80s.

Charles Mincy and Mark Collins will kick your ass!