re: If Stafford wins a Super Bowl, is he a Hall of Famer?

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No, you did not. You might have something of a life if you were degreed

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LMAO!

Classic deflection and here comes the juvenile name calling.

I merely pointed that having 4 Superbowl MVP's from the same school was a significant accomplishment and more than any other SEC school (which it is) and you retort with some smartass
troll.

Every other SEC school would be doing the same if their ex players accomplished the same feat.

I'm assuming you're about 15 and have limited information about CFB and the history of the NFL.

Gumdrop????

You can do better Phan

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Calvin won't even finish in the top 30 in receiving yards or TD's

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He had almost 12000 yards in 9 seasons

Him retiring out of nowhere while he was still one of the best in the game like Barry Sanders did doesn't make him less of a player. He was a 1st ballot HOF player, and Stafford may not even get there

Ehhh yeah no those pre-60s guys were in a much smaller NFL so those Pro Bowls and all don’t carry much weight to me.

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Do what?

Barry Sanders would be the only other player in the conversation.

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I'm assuming you're about 15 and have limited information about CFB and the history of the NFL.

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You might want to STFU and read the thread. It's obvious the only history you have is, "Stafford played for the Dawgs...he's the greatest because I have a Herschel jersey."

1.Barry Sanders
2.Megatron
3.Tecmo Bowl Jerry Ball
4.Lomas Brown
5.MAYBE Stafford (I'm sure I'm forgetting some other candidates)

Edit: Already realized I forgot "Night Train". He'd be well ahead of Stafford, of course.

Maybe if he plays long enough to just end in the top 5 of all the passing categories, but I think a guy should be considered the best at his position for at least a couple of seasons and in the top 5 at his position for 4-5 years to really be HOF worthy.

Seems like we went from the Montana, Marino, Elway era directly to the Brady, Manning, Rogers, Brees era with Favre kinda in between.

Stafford could get lost in that shuffle unless he wins multiple Super Bowls and/or the stats can't be ignored.

Usually if a player makes the NFL's All-Decade team, they're a HOF lock.

Past that I'd look at how many times they were named All Pro and, to a lesser extent, how many times they were named to the Pro Bowl. I'm not sure what his numbers are on any of those. Someone mentioned it earlier and there's some validity to it...his passing numbers are big because Detroit was almost always playing from behind.

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No he isn’t

1. Barry Sanders
2. Calvin Johnson
3. Joe Schmidt
4. Bobby Layne
5. Could be Stafford, could also be Alex Karras or Lem Barney

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The best CB in NFL history may have been Dick Night Train Lane. He was voted the 30th best player in NFL history. First team All-Pro seven times. Held the NFL record for INT's in a season for 65 years. He set that record in a TWELVE game season. As a rookie. He has, hands down, the best highlight video of any defensive player in NFL history.



Night Train Lane

1. Dick Lane
2. Barry Sanders
3. Lem Barney
4. Calvin Johnson
5. Bobby Layne

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1. Barry Sanders
2. Calvin Johnson
3. ???

The Lions are a poverty franchise. It's not like Stafford is competing with players from the 49ers or Steelers

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Sure. If your only football knowledge is since the 90s. They have 20+ guys in the HOF. The vast majority having multiple All-Pro and ProBowls. Stafford and his one ProBowl is nice but there are some really good Lions in the history of the franchise.

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And their stats don't come close to Staffords'

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Kurt Warner only played 12 seasons in the NFL, 11 as a starter. He won two MVPs, was all-pro twice, and went to 4 pro bowls. He also won a super bowl and went to another. He has not yet been selected for the HOF.

Phil Simms is pretty comparable, assuming Stafford wins the super bowl. 2x pro bowler, 2x super bowl champion, comparable stats for his era, not in the HOF

Right now, Stafford is in the Matt Ryan and Phillip Rivers group, a lot of volume stats but not much to show for it; however, those two have gone to a lot more pro bowls than Stafford has. Rivers will probably be selected to the HOF eventually, Ryan probably not, if I had to guess

Don’t be so sensitive. It means that if you ask people that aren’t UGA homers, the answer is “No”.

But he can change the narrative over the next couple of years. Hope he does.