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2025 Hall of Fame Class Revealed: Sharpe, Gates Headline Group
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2/7/2025
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The designations of the 2025 Hall of Fame class in pro football.
00:05
Who will join those busts in Canton, Ohio, our smallest Hall of Fame class
00:11
this year, Joe, in two decades since 2005.
00:16
Here is the list.
00:17
Eric Allen in his 19th year of eligibility.
00:21
Jared Allen, fifth year of eligibility.
00:24
Antonio Gates making it to the Hall of Fame in his second year on the
00:28
ballot, and Sterling Sharp, a senior's candidate, gets into the 2025
00:34
Hall of Fame class as well.
00:36
Of course, many congratulations to each and every one of those individuals.
00:41
Antonio Gates, he comes to mind always when you think of the great
00:45
tight ends in the history of the National Football League, part of
00:49
the revolution, if you will, of the tight end position.
00:52
But Joe, it wasn't so much who made the Hall of Fame class for this
00:56
year in 2025.
00:57
It was a guy who was eligible for the first time.
01:01
That did not, of course, Giants quarterback, Eli Manning, a famous
01:06
name in the sport, maybe one of the most recognizable faces right now
01:10
around the National Football League for what he has done following the
01:14
end of his playing days.
01:16
Eli Manning on the first ballot of his try of getting into Canton, not
01:21
into the Hall of Fame just yet.
01:23
You know, it's so funny, Ben, because we knew this was going to be
01:27
interesting the minute he became eligible, right?
01:30
The argument has been ranging on even for like the last five years of
01:34
his career.
01:35
If you just look at the regular season in his career, he never led
01:41
the NFL in a single regular season quarterback passing category, Ben,
01:48
except for interceptions.
01:49
That's it.
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But when you look at what he did in the postseason, in the playoffs
01:54
and in the in the Super Bowl, it's not even close, Ben.
01:59
So you have to weigh that.
02:00
All right, average during the regular season, but under the biggest
02:05
lights, the biggest games, nobody, and I mean, absolutely, nobody has
02:10
showed up like like he did on two teams, by the way, that had no chance,
02:16
according to everyone, of winning anything, much less beating the one
02:20
and only Tom Brady in the Patriots.
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So I, you know, it's a tough argument, but again, he's going to get in
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the idea that he didn't the first go around.
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Well, if you would have had a couple of better regular seasons, we
02:34
wouldn't be having this conversation.
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