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Does TIki Barber belong in the HOF?

Started by MightyGiants, May 29, 2023, 09:55:45 AM

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DaveBrown74

Quote from: BluesCruz on May 31, 2023, 07:06:58 AMTiki definitely deserves to be in the HOF

Look at some of the RBs in there.  He is at least comparable if not better than a lot of them.

Can you provide a few examples?

uconnjack8

Tiki largely owes that this is even a conversation in part to TC and his staff.  Coming into 2004 he had fumbled the ball a total of 35 times in the previous 4 seasons (62 games). When TC and company arrived they coached that out of him and he had his 3 best seasons as a pro including his only AP-All Pro selection.  He led the league in yards from scrimmage twice, both with that regime in place. 

I think what hurts his HOF credentials is that his 1st 7 years in the league were good and one or two were very good, but none were great. A bit of that was lack of work load for whatever reason, but he didn't break 250 carries until his 6th year as a pro.  Perhaps that low workload at the beginning of the career helped him produce in those last 3 years. 

For me, his resume' as it stands is not HOF worthy.