Daniel Jones is actually ahead of him at 84.3. 
I agree. He was a clutch kicker, and was particularly good in the playoffs. That said, there are only three pure specialists in the Hall at this point: kickers Jan Stenerud and Morten Andersen, and punter Ray Guy.
Unlike the baseball HOF, the football one has a fairly small number of voters – 49, according to this cite – and AFAIK, they’ve never released the vote totals publicly. However, that same cite says this:
So, Vinatieri was in the final group of 7 who were voted on. (Note that only three of the final 7 – Allen, Allen, and Gates – were voted in; Sharpe’s nomination came from a separate committee which considers players who have been retired for longer.)
I must’ve been thinking about BBHOF voting, when you learn about the voting results. I never paid much attention to voting for Canton.
So for now it’s Jan Stenerud, Morten Andersen, and Ray Guy. Okay. Two other players in Canton who also kicked are George Blanda and Lou Groza. They were also a QB and OT, respectively.
I do think Vinatieri will eventually get in. He was clutch. Remember the tuck rule game? He was clutch there, and in terrible weather.
Means the two brothers (as in Shannon) are in the Hall.
Now, if they just would get around to electing Eli next year…
Tiki Barber could also make it another set of brothers with his bro Ronde-worst retirement timing ever since the Giants won it all the season right after he hung them up at the young age of 31, after a 1662 yard season.
I however found out on Reddit just now they put restrictions and qualifiers on voting, 80% minimum, only 5 votes allowed for the 7 finalists, requiring a near-unanimous consensus.
In other news as I predicted the late money is being moved to the Eagles, line down to -1 KC this morning among several books.
I saw it as, if you go by the stat sheet, Jackson was the clear MVP.
If you went by the guy performing miracles and producing highlights on the field over and over, Allen was the MVP. (That snow game vs the Niners alone was legendary.)
So it could have gone either way. I also thought Burrow deserved a mention too, as his numbers were even better than Jackson’s, but it’s hard to give the MVP to a guy on a team that struggled so much. But Burrow still got recognized with a different award which I thought was fitting.
That’s a product of Burrow constantly playing either from behind, or about to be.
I’m sure; diamonds form under the greatest heat and pressure.
There were a couple of years where Russell Wilson was forced to take the offense on his back and win games, and should have had MVP nods, especially the year that every touchdown the team scored (but one) was from him. But since Seattle overall was struggling those years he was ignored. That’s just how the league is. I’ve heard the MVP described as “the best player on one of the best teams” and that seems to be the case. But some acknowledgement for Burrow’s efforts is a good thing in my mind.
I definitely have no problem with Josh Allen winning this year, in my mind he was the MVP.
It’s hard to argue the clear value proposition of a player playing on a losing team, since the only value that counts is “getting wins”.
MVP has always been a team award, even if it’s just one player.
I find it fascinating that every MVP voter had Josh Allen/Lamar Jackson as either first or second except for Tom Silverstein (who had Allen 3rd behind Lamar and Joe Burrow), and ex-Bear QB Jim Miller, who, for reasons known only to him, voted Lamar 4th behind Allen, Barkley, and Burrow.
Miller is, rightfully so, getting lambasted for his massive outlier vote.
I don’t care about what odds or comments from people about this SB. I’m sticking with my EAGLES, 28-24.
Streaks are broken. Often.
It’ll come down to whether Spagnuolo‘s defense can stop Saquon Barkley and Jalen Hurts or not. To me, that defines the game.
Agree. My wife (who is a Chiefs fan for, uh, celebrity romance reasons) asked for my opinion, and I said the game is about the Chiefs defense versus the Eagles offense. It’s hardly sophisticated analysis (I don’t really follow the NFL closely since moving to Europe) but it seems like the most obvious way for a casual fan like my wife to set expectations.
Well I’m picking the Chiefs for tomorrow. Spags’ defense, plus Mahomes and Reid, it will all be just too much for Philly. The Chiefs will 3-peat.
My prediction: Chiefs 27 - Eagles 23. Which would be great also because that’s a square I have.
You see it here. Chiefs will win by seven.
And there will be some borderline refereeing decision which seems to break the Chiefs’ way, and causes social media and CT-oriented football fans to lose their collective sh*t.
Huh, I just realized that my company did not do a square thing this year. Odd that.
I’m retired now but my company ran a sheet. I started that tradition years ago and I’m glad it’s continuing. I’m on that sheet, plus a couple of others.
This is the only thing I’m 100% sure about the Super Bowl. People will bitch about the officiating.
About 25 hours until kickoff. On 3 of the 4 betting sites where I have accounts, the spread hasn’t moved since the opening line was set.
DraftKings, FanDuel, and BetMGM all still have the Chiefs -1.5.
ESPNBet is now listing the Chiefs -1.
It really doesn’t take much for Eagles fans to lose their collective sh*t.
Something like a defensive holding penalty when the penalized player admitted that he held the other player.