Who should be next to enter the Hall of Fame?
Mike Tomlin, Jason Garrett, Devin McCourty and Maria Taylor discuss the players they would enshrine into the Hall of Fame if they had a "Golden Ticket."
Video Transcript
Someone who didn't get in the Hall of Fame this year, Vinatieri's old head coach, Bill Belichick.
He was among five finalists in the seniors', coaches, and contributors group, which is separate from the modern era players category.
But he fell short of the 40 votes that he would've needed.
But remember, Bill Belichick, 333 career wins, including the playoffs, behind only Don Shula.
He won six Super Bowls as a head coach, more than anyone else in history.
And Devin, you played all 13 of your NFL seasons with him.
I know we were all in shock when the announcement came, but also just being here, what does that bring up for you?
We're still in shock, and it's not even a debate.
This guy should be in the Hall of Fame.
We don't even need to take much time.
It- it's crazy, and I think the fact that we even have to talk about this tonight shows how ridiculous it is.
He's gonna be in the Hall of Fame, but he should be a first ballot Hall of Famer, and that's a disappointment.
Le- le- let's just say it again.
Yeah.
Okay?
Six.
Six Super Bowl champions.
He took them to three more.
He won two as a defensive coordinator.
There's The, the record they had for 20 years in New England, it's mind-boggling.
Say no more.
You know?
Yeah.
Say no- Just like that.
Stop at six.
Just say six and stop, and put your hands down, and that's it.
Yeah.
Listen, we're gonna take Bill Belichick out of the mix, but I wanted to give you guys each a golden ticket, and you can just get somebody into the Hall of Fame.
Who would you give a golden ticket to, Coach?
My golden ticket unquestionably goes to Hines Ward.
He's got Hall of Fame numbers.
He's got 1,000 career catches, 12,000 yards, 85 touchdowns, a Super Bowl MVP.
But beyond the statistics, man, it was his style of play.
This guy was predator, not prey.
Ev- every- Every defensive player in the National Football League- feared, feared Hines Ward.
You can see him hunting them down in the video right here.
There you go, Coach.
You like to see that.
I was there.
I remember.
When you played against Hines Ward, you hated him.
Uh-huh.
No res- no DB liked playing against Hines Ward.
He would try to try to take your head off.
But my golden ticket would go to Vince Wilfork.
He's a old school nose tackle.
He came in the game, and back then, teams wanted to establish the run.
You couldn't run where Vince Wilfork was.
And what I loved, I would go in there and talk to Coach Belichick, and he said what he loved the most about Vince was Vince would come in on a Tuesday and say, "Hey, Bill, this guy that plays tackle is their best player.
Line me up over him.
Let me go play defensive end."
Then the next week, "Line me up over here."
He wanted the challenge of playing against the best.
Run into the fight.
He would dominate them, too, Coach.
Yeah.
You know, my assumption is that Witten, Tyron Smith, and Zack Martin are locks.
Okay.
So I'm saving my golden ticket for Darren Woodson, 13 years of safety, three Super Bowl champion, you know, first team all pro, all of that stuff.
But the one that sticks out for me is 1,350 tackles.
Wow.
The number one tackler in the history of the Dallas Cowboys, averaged over 100 tackles a year.
He played deep safety, he played down safety, and he played nickelback.
220 pounds, he ran 43, one of the elite players on those championship teams.
All right, guys.
I got a golden ticket, too.
I wanna give it to our beloved former teammate, Rodney Harrison.
He's been here with us at this Hall of Fame game.
Two-time Super Bowl champ.
He's already enshrined in both of his former teams' Hall of Fames.
Not only that, he's one of two players with at least 30 interceptions, Coach, and 30 sacks.
Imagine Woody and Rodney- Mm-hmm as your safeties.
You'd win a lot of football games.
Him and Ray Lewis, the only people in that club.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
What are we doing?
Yeah.
Where's the guy in the Hall of Fame?
Exactly.
Let's move on.
We're calling for the gold jacket for our guy, Rodney.
We hope you're having a great summer.
