Cat Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 On 3/27/2018 at 10:34 PM, Bleeds Orange said: Fouts deserves the HOF no more than Anderson. Agreed. I think this probably helped his case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Fouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|schotzee| Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, Cat said: Agreed. I think this probably helped his case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Fouts Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|kennethmw| Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 This is all I have to say about Ken Anderson: 4× Pro Bowl (1975, 1976, 1981, 1982) First-team All-Pro (1981) 2× Second-team All-Pro (1974, 1975) NFL Most Valuable Player (1981) NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1981) NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1981) 4× NFL passer rating leader (1974, 1975, 1981, 1982) 2× NFL passing yards leader (1974, 1975) I truly believe that the only reason he isn't in the Hall is because the Bengals Ownership(both Paul and Mike) have been disliked for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|SF2| Posted March 31, 2018 Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 On 3/29/2018 at 7:13 PM, kennethmw said: This is all I have to say about Ken Anderson: 4× Pro Bowl (1975, 1976, 1981, 1982) First-team All-Pro (1981) 2× Second-team All-Pro (1974, 1975) NFL Most Valuable Player (1981) NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1981) NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1981) 4× NFL passer rating leader (1974, 1975, 1981, 1982) 2× NFL passing yards leader (1974, 1975) I truly believe that the only reason he isn't in the Hall is because the Bengals Ownership(both Paul and Mike) have been disliked for a long time. The Bengals of the Anderson era never had sustained or even short periods of domination. They would make the playoffs then miss for 5 years. Play in Superbowl, lose in wildcard next year then nothing for 5 years. Never had the best team or even close other than maybe 1981. Teams like the Dolphins, Cowboys, Vikings, Raiders and Shitsburgh were in the mix every year. We were never even a short term wonder team like the Warner led Rams or even a one year wonder like the Bears. Anderson isnt in because we were never great or even good long enough despite his Hall of Fame effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeds Orange Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 On 3/30/2018 at 9:18 PM, SF2 said: The Bengals of the Anderson era never had sustained or even short periods of domination. They would make the playoffs then miss for 5 years. Play in Superbowl, lose in wildcard next year then nothing for 5 years. Never had the best team or even close other than maybe 1981. Teams like the Dolphins, Cowboys, Vikings, Raiders and Shitsburgh were in the mix every year. We were never even a short term wonder team like the Warner led Rams or even a one year wonder like the Bears. Anderson isnt in because we were never great or even good long enough despite his Hall of Fame effort. As much as I don't want to hear that, it's hard to disagree. It just stinks to see players with lesser stats get in, just because they played on championship teams. And, there's still the Fouts thing. They put up a lot of points and were consistently good for four or five years, but never really won anything. I have a problem with whole Hall of "Fame" thing, anyway, although I'm not really sure what I'd call it otherwise. If "fame" is the criteria, then Ickey Woods and his shuffle should be in there. He was certainly "famous" at one time, and people still know about that dance 30 years later. Half In the same way, I've never liked the Most "Valuable" Player awards. Call it Player Of The Year. Don't make a player suffer, in this or any other sport, because he wasn't "valuable" enough to single-handedly take a shitty team to a championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 On 3/30/2018 at 9:18 PM, SF2 said: The Bengals of the Anderson era never had sustained or even short periods of domination. They would make the playoffs then miss for 5 years. Play in Superbowl, lose in wildcard next year then nothing for 5 years. Never had the best team or even close other than maybe 1981. Teams like the Dolphins, Cowboys, Vikings, Raiders and Shitsburgh were in the mix every year. We were never even a short term wonder team like the Warner led Rams or even a one year wonder like the Bears. Anderson isnt in because we were never great or even good long enough despite his Hall of Fame effort. That had more to do with the team around him than it did him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|SF2| Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 4 hours ago, Jason said: That had more to do with the team around him than it did him. 100% agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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