Saturday, January 31, 2009

Bruuuuuuuuce!

The most dominant defensive end of his era was just elected to the hall of fame. Fortunately, most of his career was here in Buffalo where he anchored the defense that carried the Bills to four Super Bowls.  My image of his patented spin move is one of the great memories from that run.

Mr. Wilson was finally elected.  He is 90 now and he too deserves the honor. Everything will stop in Buffalo during the induction ceremony just as it did when Marv, Jim and Thurman went in.

I have three more nominees from that great team.  AndrĂ© Reed did not make it today, but he should and he will.  There are only seven centers from the modern era in the hall; there should be at least one more, Kent Hull from that team.  Hull anchored the line that ran the "K-Gun" no huddle, called the line signals and moved the pile so Thurman could run to the next level.  Kent Hull should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

So should the little guy who never started a football game until very late in his career. Steve Tasker defined the modern special teamer and there will never be anyone like him again.  They put two guys on the gunner and he still would make a crunching tackle almost the instant the returner caught the ball.  He also blocked punts and field goal attempts; driving the All Stars at the 1993 Pro Bowl so crazy he was named MVP.  Steve Tasker should also be in Canton.

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