# What current NFL players are destined for the Hall of Fame? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 11, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-nfl-players-are-destined-for-the-hall-of-fame/796076 "2017-09-11T19:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-nfl-players-are-destined-for-the-hall-of-fame/796076/41 "2017-09-16T00:34:00Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Eli is going to end his career probably 6th on the all time touchdown pass leader list and probably 6th in all time passing yardage. Along with 2 Super Bowl MVPs. I hate to break it to you, he’s going to be in the Hall of Fame. I dunno, based on the season so far I think there’s a good chance Rivers passes him up in TDs and he never reaches #6. He probably will in yards though before Ben or someone else passes him up in that category, though five years from now I doubt Eli is still #6. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-nfl-players-are-destined-for-the-hall-of-fame/796076/42 "2017-09-16T15:09:27Z")
> [@UCBearcats](#): > > Geno Atkins is a 5x pro bowler, 3x 1st team all pro and 1x 2nd teamer. He’ll eventually get in, and I’d like Andrew Whitworth to get in too. Also, AJ Green will likely make it. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-nfl-players-are-destined-for-the-hall-of-fame/796076/43 "2017-09-20T13:40:18Z")
At the risk of being a broken record, a new, relevant article: [Eli Manning Is Profoundly Mediocre | FiveThirtyEight](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/eli-manning-is-profoundly-mediocre/) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-nfl-players-are-destined-for-the-hall-of-fame/796076/44 "2017-09-20T14:43:31Z")
Ya know, at some point they’re going to have to change the HOF to “Golden era HOFers” and “Modern era HOFs” because there are people who will go to the HOF that don’t really deserve it (Eli), but their numbers are all top 10s simply because of when they played. Hell, we’re already seeing fringe guys (Terrell Davis) make it in because of the eras and systems in which they played. Not everyone can be a hall of famer! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-nfl-players-are-destined-for-the-hall-of-fame/796076/45 "2017-09-20T15:50:25Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Ya know, at some point they’re going to have to change the HOF to “Golden era HOFers” and “Modern era HOFs” because there are people who will go to the HOF that don’t really deserve it (Eli), but their numbers are all top 10s simply because of when they played. Hell, we’re already seeing fringe guys (Terrell Davis) make it in because of the eras and systems in which they played. It’s why “counting numbers” (like passing yards and receptions), by themselves, are a deceptive metric for determining whether a player is Hall-worthy. I read Peter King’s work on [SI.com](http://SI.com) regularly (and, Paul Zimmerman, before his strokes); both of them are / were Hall voters, and both have acknowledged the difficulty in determining how to measure the value / performance of a receiver or QB now, because the numbers feel so inflated. Fortunately, I think that most of the voters are wise enough to to look beyond the pure numbers. If Eli makes it in, it’ll be those two Super Bowl rings (regardless of the relative role he played in the Giants winning those championships), and playing in the biggest media market, that fuel it. It’s true that Davis played in a system in which the Broncos were able to get very good production out of a number of running backs. He had three extraordinary seasons before his injury, which were, IMO, the alchemy of his own talent along with that system. I don’t think he made it in because of the effectiveness of the Broncos run game; I think he made it in because of those few transcendent seasons. And, it’s worth noting that he’d been eligible for the Hall for a decade before he made it in; clearly, the voters struggled with whether or not that peak was high enough to counter his short career. (Personally, I don’t think that it was, but I also suspect that they may have looked at Gale Sayers’ induction as a precedent.) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-nfl-players-are-destined-for-the-hall-of-fame/796076/46 "2017-09-21T00:42:16Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Big Ben is a HOF lock. He sure is, for the “Rapist Hall Of Fame”. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-nfl-players-are-destined-for-the-hall-of-fame/796076/47 "2017-09-21T03:49:17Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > He sure is, for the “Rapist Hall Of Fame”. Not a chance. He got what, 2 rapes? 3? Bill Cosby has 20 times that number. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-nfl-players-are-destined-for-the-hall-of-fame/796076/48 "2017-09-21T06:34:00Z")
Hey, we need to [consider Darren Sharper](http://deadspin.com/peter-king-defends-hall-of-fame-s-right-to-honor-allege-1683701729) first! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-current-nfl-players-are-destined-for-the-hall-of-fame/796076.md?page=2)