Jamalisms Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 There's a lot here, comparing him to RBs who made the HOF but here's a good summation of the argument: - Gore didn’t win Offensive Rookie of the Year. - Gore was never a first-team All-Pro. - Gore never won an MVP (never received a vote) -Gore didn’t win a Super Bowl/MVP (played fine in one, but no game-winning touchdown). - Gore never won a rushing title. - Gore never led the league in any stat. - Gore had one season with double-digit rush/receiving touchdowns. - Gore rushed for more than 1,214 yards once in his career (26 backs since 2005 have done it at least twice). - Gore’s most memorable play is…help me out here. So when exactly did Gore become a HOFer? For some people it seems to be on Sunday when he passed Barry Sanders, who infamously retired after just 10 seasons. Sanders’ numbers would have been beyond reproach had he continued on while Gore’s numbers are only in the conversation because he refuses to stop playing. Was Gore a HOFer after his 10 years in San Francisco (2005-2014) ended? He hasn’t made a Pro Bowl or played in a playoff game since. During those 10 years, he played in 148 games and had nice numbers: 11,073 rushing yards, 64 TD, 4.5 YPC, 13,956 yards from scrimmage, 75 touchdowns. Nice, but had he stopped he would never get serious HOF consideration ... That’s really my sticking point with Gore. He didn’t lock up a HOF spot in San Francisco, so what is it about the last five years that changed that status? Since 2015, Gore’s teams have gone 35-38 (.479) with him and only Buffalo this year may make the playoffs. He’s rushed for 4,216 yards and 15 touchdowns at 3.91 YPC in that time. He’s had six 100-yard rushing games, which ties him for 24th since 2015, and his teams were just 3-3 in those games (those are usually wins in the NFL). Is it okay to accept someone compiling numbers as the final stamp of approval on a HOF case? That generally feels wrong to me, but it seems to be what’s accepted in the case of Gore, because I sure don’t think he distances himself from his worthy peers on value or really fits in with the standards set by the Gold Jacket members he’ll likely join one day." tgo, pat, and thor 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 Not a Hall of Famer to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
titaninpgh Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 go back to twitter OILERMAN, and Somedude 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 Keep posting more Jamal. CreepingDeath, and pat 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamlngEnvy Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 No mandagoreian puns Booooo CreepingDeath 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBukafax Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 Hell fucking no. It should be based on skill not longevity padded numbers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepingTitan Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 Perennial Starter Award 8 years in a row. Available to Play and Do Goaline Work if You Ain't Gotta RB 7 years in a row.... He eclipsed Barry Sanders with 75 more games. 5 additional seasons. Had Sanders continued and averaged even half his normal yardage...or to get even more conservative 750 yds per year, he would be the all time rusher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernope Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 reminds me of Curtis Martin without the big markets and I would expect him to end up in HOF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidus Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 Idk how any1 could think he isnt a hof rb ChemEngr79 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 Frank Gore was never famous. It's the Hall of FAME, not the Hall of Better Than Average For A Long Time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenjami Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 I have always been a huge Gore fan but sorry he is not worthy of the HOF. At no point during his very long career was he ever considered one of the very best at his position. pat 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenjami Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 1 hour ago, JakePA_Titan said: Frank Gore is as much if not more of a HOFer than TD. Anyone who says otherwise is full of shit. I don't think TD should have gotten into the HOF but this is ignorant. TD was unquestionably one of the great players of his era. The only knock on TD is he didn't do it long enough and that's a legitimate gripe and why I don't think he was worthy. rns90 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsntLifeFunny Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 I would be okay if he made it 25-30 years from now when everyone can look back and think about a true hard knock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharrdWood Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 No way Gore is a HoFer. Then again, there are plenty of other RBs that shouldn't be either. It should be based on impact on the game, not durability and/or longevity. It seriously blew my mind when it was announced that he was soon to (and would) pass Barry. How?! Frank Gore? Frank friggin' Gore?! What the hell did he ever do?! Tell me you tuned in to watch Frank Gore play or Frank Gore highlights and I'll tell you that you should have had better things to do. Give him a lifetime achievement award but, for the love of god, the arguments against him have been perfectly laid out. Which Jamal copied-and-pasted from somewhere. Putting Gore in the HoF would be reducing the accolade to a participant trophy. WG53 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 I think Eli Manning has a better case for HOF than Frank Gore and it's not even close. At least Eli has two super bowl wins and MVP's which unfortunately will probably get him in eventually pat 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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