Jerry Rice elected to Hall of Fame..

[Upton]

Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice, Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Dick LeBeau, Floyd Little and John Randle were selected Saturday as the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2010.

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/02/06/rice-smith-elected-to-pro-football-hall-of-fame/

As the greatest receiver in NFL history, there was never any doubt.

[Forkboy]

1. He sucked.

:hide:

Actually, I'm surprised they even had to vote. Talk about a gimme.

[Upton]

2. According to the article

the Hall of Fame Selection Committee hardly even discussed Rice and Smith...it was the other five's selections they had to toil some over..

[Forkboy]

3. The discussion went this way.

"So, Jerry Rice is in, right?"

...and the rest agreed. :)

[BulletproofLandshark]

4. The greatest player ever at any position. n/t

[trumad]

7. Oh Horseshit...

Jim Brown, Gayle Sayers, Barry Sanders... There are so many athletes that are right there with him.

[BulletproofLandshark]

8. I'd take Rice over any of those guys.

He's the only NFL player I can think of who is universally accepted as the best ever at his position.

[trumad]

9. You'd take Rice over Jim Brown?

Or Sanders?

Just because he's the best receiver ever doesn't mean he's the best athlete ever... Shit---I'd take Seabisquit over Jerry.

Now with that said--- I love Jerry Rice... He was certainly the best receiver of my generation.

[BulletproofLandshark]

10. In a heartbeat.

Rice was the ultimate playmaker. Being the only man to score 200 TD's speaks for itself. Randy Moss is the only other player on the horizon with a prayer of reaching that mark, and he's still over 50 away.

[Onceuponalife]

5. He was the best I ever saw with his hands and keeping his feet inbounds

when going up for a pass. We won't mention the time he fumbled the ball out of the end zone right before he broke the plane with no one any where near him. No one's perfect.

I just saw something about Rice picking the Saints to win tomorrow. That settles it. A Hall of Famer can't be wrong, right?

[Auggie]

6. Talent aside, he is also a mensch

At least it appears so to this outsider.

Congratulations Jerry. And to all the other inductees as well.

:thumbsup:

[joeybee12]

11. And what, everyone knew this since about the year 2000, right?

Not a surprise, and certainly well, well deserved.