1st Annual Hall of Very Good Induction - which non-HOF players are worth remembering?
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL
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🗓️ 30 June 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
When the subject of potential Pro Football Hall of Famers come up, the response is sometimes "Nope, he belongs in the Hall of Very Good." So what would such a Hall actually look like? Robert Mays and Nate Tice each bring their inaugural inductions into the Hall of Very Good. Which players deserve a spot? Let us know on social media!
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SPOILER LIST REVEAL
HALL OF VERY GOOD Class of 2021
Nate - Kevin Williams DT Vikings
Robert - Charles Tillman S Bears
Nate - Matt Birk C Ravens
Robert - Brian Waters OG Chiefs
Nate - Mike Alstott RB Bucs
Robert - Nick Collins S Packers
Nate - Corey Dillon RB Bengals/Pats
Robert - Tony Romo QB Cowboys
Nate - Patrick Surtain CB Dolphins/Bears
Robert - Lance Briggs LB Bears
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| 0:00.0 | This is the athletic football show. |
| 0:15.5 | Welcome to the athletic football show. |
| 0:18.1 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 0:19.1 | Joining me today. |
| 0:20.1 | It's my good friend Nate Tyson. How you doing, buddy? Doing well right before the fourth. You got any big plans? Are you staying in Chicago or what's going on? I really don't have any huge plans. We got some dinner plans on Friday with friends. And then Saturday we got some plans with friends. Then Sunday, I think I'm getting brunch with my mom and her husband, but nothing crazy. And then I assume I'll be at the grill on Sunday and whoever wants to come over can come over. How about you? Yeah, that's kind of it. Nothing really Friday, Saturday, but then Sunday having the friends over and kind of trying to break in the new place and kind of like, I would see how my hosting abilities are because I've talked up, talked up my hosting abilities for years and years. Oh, once I get a place, yeah, I'm going to be great, you know, whenever I'm the friend at someone else's place. So I got really up my game and see how I do on the fourth. We're both in a similar situation with new houses that we feel compelled to host people at, even though, I don't know. |
| 1:13.2 | I'm like, I'm a little apprehensive about it every single time. |
| 1:10.3 | Because it's not furnished yet. That upsets me. It's like, I wanted to be done before people are over there, but you can't furnish a house all at once. Yeah. And my girlfriend keeps trying to tell me that, and I keep not wanting to listen to. It's like, no, I want to buy everything right now, even though that's completely unrealist. Every time someone comes over, it's a guided tour. |
| 1:12.6 | It's a, it's very much. |
| 1:13.7 | Yeah. So that's kind of What ours is right now? Even getting this office to look presentable, like you only see the top half. |
| 1:27.8 | You don't see the bottom half of this room right now because it's this office to look presentable, like you only see the top |
| 1:44.2 | half. You don't see the bottom half of this room right now because it's, that's what I finished first. |
| 1:48.4 | I wanted to get this done first. So, fourth of July, I think is relevant to the conversation here |
| 1:53.7 | because we are in the dregs of the NFL off season. The NFL is in its very sleepy time. Everyone is |
| 1:59.7 | gone. There's nothing happening. A lot of people |
| 2:01.8 | are on vacation. So I wanted to do something that was completely removed from even the current |
| 2:07.5 | NFL, even though we've been looking back a little bit. I wanted to go way, way back. |
| 2:12.1 | Every single time you make a case for somebody to be in the Hall of Fame or an argument for someone |
| 2:17.2 | to be in the Hall of Fame, there's for someone to be in the Hall of Fame. |
| 2:18.1 | There's someone on the Internet who inevitably says, that guy shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame. |
| 2:22.5 | He belongs in the Hall of Very Good. |
| 2:24.9 | So I thought it would be fun to do the Hall of Very Good, to do a first class for the Hall of Very Good. |
| 2:32.8 | And so we've talked about this a lot over the last week or so. |
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