Win, it's easy to get sentimental about players on our teams, but fans, colleagues, and commentators don't vote for the HOF. Frank just doesn't have the numbers or the credits. Just compare him to the Bus, who is 6th in yardage and has a Super Bowl ring and . . . is not in. Roger Craig was the first 1,000-1,000 guy, ahead of his time, and . . . is not in, or even very close. It took Thurman Thomas as number of years to get in. I'm not disparaging Frank, just looking at the realities of the voting. And when you do the math--6 per year, 5 year wait after retirement--and then look at the players who will be coming available year after year, it's a log jam. For instance, 5 years from now Tony Gonzales and Ray Lewis will be eligible, so cross off two slots right there. Brady and Manning will be on the clock soon. There are several holdovers who aren't in yet. Cris Carter and Tim Brown, for instance, who both put up huge numbers. LT and Edge are on the clock now. Tiki Barber. You've got Brees and Kurt Warner. Big Ben and Eli. Marvin Harrison. What do you do with Larry Fitzgerald? And those are just the skills players. On defense you have Ed Reed and Darren Sharper (who is tied with Ronnie for 6th most ints), Charles Woodson, Champ Bailey, Michael Strahan. Lance Briggs, Brian Urlacher. The ballot is already so clogged, and we are in an age of football that is phenomenal. Gore and Adrian Peterson are not that far apart in age, so who knows when they will both retire, but we know people will vote AP over Frank. And on our own team, if I had to rank our Hall-worthy players (right now, not based on potential, like with Aldon, who certainly has it), I would put Frank behind PW (who I think will get in) and probably Justin Smith (who I think probably won't--cf. BY). It's the reason Roger isn't in. There's a guy who is universally respected and liked, who played on championship teams as a main cog in those machines, and who has good numbers, and yet he has trouble making the finalist list. (I think eventually Roger will get in on the veterans ballot, like Floyd Little did.)