Dunno if I'd put Harrison in the same league as Rice. He's the best playing right now, but no one is Jerry Rice, even when you discount that he played at a high level till he was like 80. Yeah, I know you're getting my goat. But excuses to talk football are fun. Would Irvin had gone to the hall with no rings? I have no clue. I know that Lance Alworth, Charlie Joiner and Paul Warfield all had similar stats to Irvin and went. Andre Reed will go in with no rings, and his stats, while better than Irvin's, aren't phenomenanly better, especially when you consider Reed played six years longer. Pure stat wise Irvin is in the top 10 in nearly every category, and only trails Rice when you get into playoff records. You are correct though we're both overrating and underrating him. As a triplet, he's like a minor deity to me, so my views are always going to be colored. I'm just happy he's in the Hall of Fame.
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Yeah, I know you're getting my goat. But excuses to talk football are fun.
Would Irvin had gone to the hall with no rings? I have no clue. I know that Lance Alworth, Charlie Joiner and Paul Warfield all had similar stats to Irvin and went. Andre Reed will go in with no rings, and his stats, while better than Irvin's, aren't phenomenanly better, especially when you consider Reed played six years longer. Pure stat wise Irvin is in the top 10 in nearly every category, and only trails Rice when you get into playoff records.
You are correct though we're both overrating and underrating him. As a triplet, he's like a minor deity to me, so my views are always going to be colored. I'm just happy he's in the Hall of Fame.