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Terrell Davis for Hall of Fame?

Dec 3, 2007 – 11:37 AM
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Michael David Smith

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In this week's Monday Morning Quarterback, Peter King writes that he's having a hard time making up his mind about whether former Broncos running back Terrell Davis is worthy of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

King writes that Davis has favorable rushing numbers to Gale Sayers, who also had a short career but made it to the Hall of Fame, but also notes that Sayers was a great return man and Davis wasn't.

But here's the reason I'd have to vote no on Davis: He consistently got too much credit for the work of the Broncos' great offensive line. Those 1990s Broncos were an offensive force, no doubt. One member of that team, John Elway, is already in the Hall of Fame, and a few others, including Shannon Sharpe and Tom Nalen, have a good chance of getting there some day. Davis, in my view, falls just short of those three in terms of total career productivity, and therefore just short of worthiness for the Hall of Fame.

Note: King also writes, "Bylaws prevent me from disclosing my ballot of the final 15." I find it disappointing that the journalists on the Hall of Fame selection committee would agree to bylaws that prevent them from providing information to their readers.
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