Which Buc Should Be In The Hall?
November 26th, 2008Monday afternoon, SI.com Peter King made an appearance on “Happy Hour with J.P. Peterson,” on WQYK-AM 1010. Though Joe sometimes disagrees with King and what he pulled on the Bucs recently disturbed Joe from an ethical perspective, Joe loves the man. Joe reads King’s Monday Morning Quarterback column weekly and stops what he’s doing whenever King is on TV or radio.
Joe cannot get terrestrial radio at work but surfs sports shows on satellite radio all day long. When Joe was tipped off about King’s appearance, he actually called 1010 and asked to be placed on hold just to listen.
Yeah, Joe needs a life. He admits it.
Anyway, King (naturally) had some interesting things to say. What intrigued Joe was that King said the Bucs have potentially four Hall of Famers playing for them in recent years. The three obvious are Derrick Brooks, John Lynch and Warren Sapp. The fourth would be Ronde Barber.
(King also noted that Kevin Carter is a darkhorse candidate for the Hall of Fame.)
Despite having so many potential Hall of Famers, King doubted all four would get in. First, King said picking one (or more) of the four among the Hall of Fame voters is sort of like “picking your favorite flavor of ice cream.” Each one could potentially cancel each other out.
Second, King said unless the Bucs quickly win another Super Bowl (or more) with Barber and Brooks still on the team, it’s highly unlikely all four would get in. That, King said, is generally reserved for a dynasty team that has won multiple Super Bowls. King cited the Pittsburgh Steelers as an example but one could also offer the San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers as dynasty teams that have multiple players from one side of the ball in the Hall.
Joe got to thinking. King is right. Which of the four do you put in? It is like asking someone what their favorite flavor of ice cream is.
Joe is pretty convinced Brooks is a no-brainer. After that, Joe isn’t sure.
Joe would like JoeBucsFan.com readers to offer their choice(s).
November 26th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Barber is the odd man out. Brooks and Lynch are first ballot guys, if they have a ballot in football. Lynch made Probowls and captained a good defense in Denver on top of everything he did here. Barber is behind him in both areas. Sapp took the double teams on every play and was a beast for a long time.