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Is Travis Kelce a first ballot hall of famer?

Posted on 8/9/22 at 8:06 pm
Posted by CBandits82
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 8:06 pm
Has to be right?

Dude has been unreal and basically took the mantle from Gronk once he slowed down.

Gronk will go down as one of the best ever but Kelce has to be right there when it’s all said and done.
Posted by TrussvilleTide
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 8:07 pm to
I would vote for him first ballot, but who knows what the voters will do. They are going to put someone super mediocre like Eli in, possibly first ballot, so does it really matter?
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 8:09 pm to
Is Jimmy Graham a hall of famer is the better question.
Posted by dukke v
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 8:16 pm to
Kellen Winslow says howdy.
Posted by Mstate
Birmingham
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 8:17 pm to
quote:

Gronk will go down as one of the best ever but Kelce has to be right there when it’s all said and done.


Gonzalez/Gronk are 1a, 1b. Kelce is not all that close to either imo
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 8:18 pm to
Not yet. Doesn’t Jason Witten have better career numbers at this point? Is he a first ballot?
Posted by McCaigBro69
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 8:19 pm to
Yes.
Posted by TomBuchanan
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Member since Jul 2019
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 8:23 pm to
quote:

They are going to put someone super mediocre like Eli in, possibly first ballot, so does it really matter?


it is crazy that Eli's regular season record is 117-117 but 366 TDs + the two years he won Super Bowls he went 8-0 in the playoffs with 15 TDs and 2 Int. That isn't mediocre
Posted by Tiger in NY
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Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 8:24 pm to
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super mediocre like Eli


Eli is a goober for sure and not a top 10 alltime QB or anything, but he is Top 10 all time in pass attempts, passes completed, passing yards, passing TDs, and has 2 Super Bowl rings as a starting QB. Also has the most consecutive games played by a QB.

Pretty much impossible not to put him in the HOF first ballot despite the eye test.
Posted by Paul Allen
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 8:52 pm to
Yes, no doubt. I can’t think of another TE the last 15-20 years with better stats than him.
Posted by Hamma1122
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 8:58 pm to
Written and Kelce both first ballot
Posted by TrussvilleTide
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 9:06 pm to
Mediocre QBs have won super bowls and done well in the playoffs
Posted by TrussvilleTide
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 9:09 pm to
quote:

top 10 all time in pass attempts, passes completed, passing yards, passing TDs


He’s not a total scrub or anything, but a lot of his records are a product of compilation and not necessarily being a stud. Also he played in the era when they started passing way more.
Posted by philly444
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 9:32 pm to
Hall of very good
Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 9:36 pm to
quote:

Gonzalez/Gronk are 1a, 1b. Kelce is not all that close to eithe


Kelce will pass Gronk in reYds by week 3 this year lol
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
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Posted on 8/9/22 at 9:42 pm to
quote:

Pretty much impossible not to put him in the HOF first ballot despite the eye test.


Wut lol
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
19521 posts
Posted on 8/9/22 at 9:49 pm to
And poor Jimmy graham. If he stuck with drew he would be in the conversation. But dude was a bitch.
Posted by Zoso
Bay Saint Louis
Member since Nov 2021
557 posts
Posted on 8/9/22 at 9:57 pm to
Will never be the blocker Gronk is, and Gronk has a much prettier woman
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
42703 posts
Posted on 8/9/22 at 10:04 pm to
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Also has the most consecutive games played by a QB.



Not only doesn't he hold that record (Favre), he doesn't even hold the record for quarterbacks named Manning.
Posted by David Ricky
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Member since Sep 2015
25507 posts
Posted on 8/9/22 at 10:20 pm to
Was Eli ever a top 5 QB in the league at any point in his career?

Very, very good QB and the 2 Super Bowls over New England carries a ton of weight as it should, but compilation numbers, especially at quarterback, and the way the game has changed, has really skewed the way careers compare over eras.

I feel like football, more than any team sport, should be judged with how players of a certain era compare to their peers imo
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