Who will be the NFL stars in Pro Football Hall of Fame class in 2025

On By Littum

Who shows up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class in 2025 when it is announced on Thursday?

Who would be on my ballot if I had one?

Let’s start with the second question.

I grew up on the browns in their often glorious 1960s, covered the team on a beat base for 20 plus inglorious years, spent a week on 19 Super Bowls, and partly because working in the city where the Hall of Fame is open doors is Armed with a gazillion conversation with people who know more about football than me.

For those two cents, my opinion is worth, Antonio Gates is a light yes. He was better than Ozzie Newsome, a Browns icon that was a similar style with tight end. In ordinary seasons, Gates caught 116 touchdown passes. Newsome Caught 47. Travis Kelce has 77.

Gort, who forgot the numbers, Gates passed the athletic power-eye test from the time I saw him scare him the tar out of people who tried on rebounds when he bent in Kent State.

I’m a “no” on Eli Manning.

His record of the season was 117-117. His two Super Bowl victories were offset by four other postseasons by one-and-made. Give me Bernie Kosar in her primary over Eli, all day.

The maximum number of the 15 finalists in modern times that can come in is five. My other four?

They would throw me out of the committee, but I vote to end “Gluten of wide receivers.”

Torrry Holt and Steve Smith looked like the Hall of Fame -Wideouts for me, and Reggie Wayne produced as one. I am hesitant on Wayne because Eli’s brother was his quarterback – Chansi Stuckey could have looked like a pro bowler with Peyton.

State wise (Career Guards, Yards per Catch, TDS), they are clone tiles: Smith (14,731, 14.3, 81); Holt (13,382, 14.5, 74); Wayne (14,345, 13.4, 82).

I am tired of looking at their names every election cycle. Triple Congratulations.

It gives way to one more and it is between two pass rushers, Jared Allen and Terrell Suggs.

Allen had 126 sacks in his first 10 seasons with chiefs and Vikings. It’s about where Myles Garrett finds out that his 10-year-old trademark, no matter where he might be. Garrett has 102.5 sacks in his eight years with Browns.

As for SUGGS, it took 17 seasons to get to 139 sacks. Joe Thomas always thought he was a legit. Good enough for me, but Allen gets my last vote.

I don’t know as many actual voters as I used to do; The group will be harder to read.

Prediction of who voters choose for Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 2025 class

If I were to bet on how the body of 49 goes with this year’s choice …

Gates is in. Then one of the recipients, Smith, and one of the Rush guys, is Allen.

Guard Marshal Yanda and Cornerback Eric Allen are my other guesses, for different, boring reasons to group mind-reading.

The finalists not mentioned above, in no special order and without special confidence it is not one or two of them:

Tackle Willie Anderson, Linebacker Luke Kuechly, Guard Jahri Evans, who runs back Fred Taylor, Kicker Adam Vinatieri and Safety Darren Woodon.

Sorry to my son -in -law, who was a classmate of Kuechly at Cincinnati St. Xavier High School. “First voice hall Hall of Famer,” he says, but we all have our opinions and reasons.

Well Steve at [email protected]