if you disagree with that, you obviously havent been watching.

*BOOM!!!!!!!!*

Smith, with 12 years under his belt has 759 catches and over 11,000 yards

Someone like Wes Welker, with just 9 years in has 745 receptions, over 8,500 yards in 3 years less playing time.

It’s probably premature for all of them to be having this speculation

Give Steve Smith a quarterback like Brady and his numbers would be outrageous!! Just Remember he played with Jake “Game Manager” Delhome. Also he doesn’t have the rest of the supporting cast Welker has!! For YEARS and YEARS Panther fans have wanted another receiver to take the double team off Smith!! Oh and don’t forget the wasted season with Jimmy Clausen.

I hope they let him in because based of pure talent and playing making ability, he is a hall of famer.

But there is such a log jam at receiver because the voters keep bypassing some guys such as Cris Carter and Andre Reed.

I love this guy even more!!!

Steve, you are a Hall of Famer!!!

The problem is that the current institution should be known as the “Hall of Why Can’t Cris Carter Get In” because after every Super Bowl weekend voting process the question always asked is “why isn’t Cris Carter in?”

Nobody voting in Canton wants to admit that they use numbers for other players like running backs, tight ends, and quarterbacks, but implicitly do so by blurting it in a conversation in which they just were not thinking. Just go ask those who voted in Ozzie Newsome, Dan Fouts, Dan Marino, Eric Dickerson, Curtis Martin, and Warren Moon. The problem is that they are going to act hypocritical and use the “stat problem excuse” and “this is not fantasy football” scare tactic while letting QB’s get away with it when numbers can justify wide receiver enshrinement with stats like yards and touchdowns. As much as I love Wes Welker, but receptions has now become an overrated stat since the implementation of the 5-yard rule in 2004. You can now get more yardage and touchdowns than ever and respective numbers like 13, 000 and 130 are good minimums for those seeking enshrinement. I see no one questioning Drew Brees and Peyton Manning’s over-inflated stat based candidacies when their positional stats can create the same dilemma.

It unfortunately will stay as the “Hall of Why Can’t Cris Carter Get In” for a while and that is why we need a new Hall of Fame center. One where the voters are explicit and honest enough to say that numbers do matter and define greatness. One where the voters will not be lazy to point out how numbers originated and got as high as they did.

It shall be called “The Modern Pro Football Hall of Fame”. Like Canton, it will be located at the place but it was originated at, the Milford Plaza Hotel in New York City. Inside the hotel will be a museum where the candidates can be enshrined and commemorated with more realistic looking busts. Plus, the Milford Plaza Hotel could use the museum as a way to significantly upgrade the hotel. It is getting 3 out of 5 stars at trip advisor.com and 2.5 stars out of 5 at yelp.com for a reason.

It’s time that the old stuffy people and outdated methodology influenced voters be shown that there is a real process that can be less frequently disputed. Plus, why not have it in a place like NYC where old stuffy and those who can’t think fast don’t belong.

- Titans Fan in Charlotte

Smith, with 12 years under his belt has 759 catches and over 11,000 yards

Someone like Wes Welker, with just 9 years in has 745 receptions, over 8,500 yards in 3 years less playing time.

It’s probably premature for all of them to be having this speculation

We need a Hall of Fame for classic quotes.