NEW ARTICLE: Kraft Needs to Waive 5-Year Rule, Put Edelman In the Hall This Summer

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Kraft Needs to Waive 5-Year Rule, Put Edelman In the Hall This Summer
Steve Balestrieri
While NFL writers are falling all over themselves to rush to proclaim why Julian Edelman isn’t a Hall of Fame WR, which is way too soon for t

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[Bill Lee]

Step back and take a deep breath, then resist the urge to cook up this kind of stuff.

If you waive the rule for a very deserving candidate, then the next guy will be insulted if you don't waive it for him too, regardless of if he deserves it or not.

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

if Kraft followed this suggestion, wouldn't Gronk already be in the Pats HOF? 5 years is the right amount of time....

 

[jah]

I feel the same way about 11 as the rest of you, but we just said goodbye to two even better players without doing this.

 

[Mainefan]

The football Hall of Fame doesn't just measure tangible, on-the-field accomplishments. If it did, it would select members with established metrics. If you achieved them, you're in, if you haven't, you're not. We all know there are plenty of "deserving" players who've achieved every imaginable metric, but still aren't in the HOF. Why? Because the HOF doesn't work by tangible metrics alone. Intangibles play a major role. Accomplished players who weren't popular, who weren't generally admired or who were disliked have a hard time getting in. And this is where the case for Edelman resides: He was an almost universally admired player, by teammates or opponents, and few have been better liked during their careers. He deserves to be in the HOF not just for his on-the-field achievements, which were significant, especially succeeding in a position he didn't play in college, but for who he was as a player, how he was viewed by fans and sports writers, the impact he made on the game and on his team's fortunes. Julian Edelman deserves to be in the HOF because few players, if any, had a bigger heart than he did. And if you look at who's in the HOF, you'll see that metric means a great deal.

 

[everlong]

I don't think you can waive the 5 year rule but if you're going to do it then make the Bucs game Julian Edelman night so you have Brady and Gronk there for it.

 

[Deus Irae]

Kraft Needs to Waive 5-Year Rule, Put Edelman In the Hall This Summer

I know that it's a bit of a slow time, but come on.

 

[Sicilian]

Yeah, this sounds like pure emotion talking and not a lot of practical sense.

 

[oldrover]

Kraft Needs to Waive 5-Year Rule, Put Edelman In the Hall This Summer

"Hey, that's a greaaaaaaaaaat idea... talk to you later..."

 

[captain stone]

Kraft Needs to Put Julius Adams In the Hall This Summer

There, that's better...

 

[Boomer B]

The only player who should get the 5 year rule waived is Brady.

 

[Sicilian]

The only player who should get the 5 year rule waived is Brady.

And even then I would wait at least 1 year, because with his mentality there's no guarantee he doesn't just unretire after a year off and play again. You want these to be celebrations of a complete career, which is why the five year period is there for most HoF's to begin with. It gives you a chance to step back and not react emotionally to the retirement, but also all but guarantees that this IS actually the end.

 

[50-yard-line]

The only player who should get the 5 year rule waived is Brady.

Maybe, had he retired a Patriot.

So put him in! Ticker-tape parade...and then he pulls a Manning and shows up at the SB five years after retirement in a Bucs jersey.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

nothing to add to the above, except what if he pulls a Gronk and unretires to be with TB12?

 

[Boomer B]

Maybe, had he retired a Patriot.

So put him in! Ticker-tape parade...and then he pulls a Manning and shows up at the SB five years after retirement in a Bucs jersey.

I think Brady’s a lot closer to the Krafts then Manning was to Jim Irsay.

Really the main reason I say waive the 5 years for Brady is if he retires from football after the 2022 season, that would mean it’s 2027 before he gets his red jacket. Bob Kraft, who loves Brady and would likely want to see his red jacket ceremony will be about 87 years old by then. He may not have that long. For Brady skip the 5 years and ensure Kraft is there for his induction.

 

[XLIX]

There is one man, and one man only, for whom they should waive the rule.

 

[resdubwhite]

I'll throw my first born in aswell.

 

[resdubwhite]

There is one man, and one man only, for whom they should waive the rule

Jordan Richards?

 

[XLIX]

Jordan Richards?

Mo Lewis

 

[UGAPatsfan]

Brady can wait. Honestly...I won’t even lie. Any celebrations with him and the Pats will ring hollow to me forever. Yeah...I’m salty.