It is onward and upward at Notinhalloffame.com where we have a new add-on to our Football Futures, those who are eligible in 2027.

Those players are:

Alejandro Villanueva:  A two-time Pro Bowler at Left Tackle, Villanueva played most of his career with Pittsburgh.

Alex Mack:  Mack played at Center where he went to seven Pro Bowls, which he had at least one each for all three of the teams he played for (Cleveland, Atlanta & San Francisco). He was also a three-time Second Team All-Pro.

Andrew Whitworth:  Whitworth had one of the better second half careers of any Offensive Lineman, where the Left Tackle went to four Pro Bowls, earned two First Team All-Pros, and in his finale, won the Super Bowl with the Rams and Walter Payton Man of the Year.

Ben Roethlisberger:  “Big Ben” was the consensus Rookie of the Year, and would lead Pittsburgh to two Super Bowl Titles.  A six-time Pro Bowl Selection, Roethlisberger is in the top ten all-time in Pass Completions, Passing Yards and Touchdown Passes.

Brandon Brooks:  Brooks went to three Pro Bowls and the Right Guard won a Super Bowl Ring with the Eagles.

Emmanuel Sanders:  The Wide Receiver had a good career where he went to two Pro Bowls and won a Super Bowl with Denver.

Eric Weddle:  Weddle returns to the futures after a brief, yet fruitful comeback with the Rams, winning the Super Bowl.  The Safety led the NFL in Interceptions in 2011, went to six Pro Bowls and secured two First Team All-Pros.

Joe Haden:  Haden had 29 INTs in a career split between Pittsburgh and Cleveland, where he was a three-time Pro Bowl Selection.

K.J. Wright:  Wright was a Pro Bowl Linebacker in 2016 and would win a Super Bowl Ring with Seattle.

Malcolm Jenkins:  Jenkins was a three-time Pro Bowl Safety who won two Super Bowls, one with New Orleans and one with Philadelphia.

Ryan Fitzpatrick:  The journeyman Quarterback had flashes of brilliance over his career and was 10 Yards shy of 35,000 over his career.

Ryan Kerrigan:  Kerrigan played most of his career with Washington and was a four-time Pro Bowl at Linebacker.

Sam Koch:  Koch played his entire career with the Ravens where the Punter went to the 2015 Pro Bowl, won a Super Bowl, and finished his career seventh in Punting Yards. 

The entire 2027 list can be found here.

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The 2004 NFL Draft yielded Eli Manning and Philip Rivers, but it was Ben Roethlisberger, the third QB taken, who won the Super Bowl first.

A former MAC Player of the Year at Miami of Ohio, Roethlisberger won the starting Quarterback role in the third game of his rookie season.  Roethlisberger went 13-0 that year, won the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year, and took the Steelers to the AFC Conference Final.  The season after, Roethlisberger went further, leading Pittsburgh to their fifth Super Bowl win.

From this point on, Roethlisberger was considered to be one of the better Quarterbacks in football.  “Big Ben” and the Steelers won another Super Bowl (XLIII), and he was chosen for six Pro Bowls, including four consecutive, from 2014 to 2017.  Roethlisberger led the NFL in Passing Yards twice and had six 4,000 Passing Yard seasons. He also has seven 25-TD years.

Roethlisberger retired after the 2021, and at the time of his career-end, he had 64,088 Passing Yards (fifth all-time), 418 Touchdown Passes (eighth all-time) with an Approximate Value of 208 (14^th all-time).  The negative that will dog Roethlisberger is his past sexual assault allegations, which had they happened in the #MeToo era would be discussed far more than it is, but as it stands now, it likely won’t impede him at all.

It is the end of an era in Pittsburgh.

Following the Steelers’ playoff defeat to Kansas City, the time to debate in earnest the Hall of Fame candidacy of Ben Roethlisberger has begun.

The Quarterback has the statistical make-up for a Canton bust, even in this inflated era.  

Roethlisberger is also a two-time leader in Passing Yards, and went to six Pro Bowls.  He leaves with 64,088 Passing Yards (fifth all-time), 418 Touchdown Passes (eighth all-time) with an Approximate Value of 208 (14^th all-time).  The biggest metric that a Quarterback is based on, Super Bowl wins, is also on Roethlisberger’s resume with two.

The negative that will dog Roethlisberger is his past sexual assault allegations, which had they happened in the #MeToo era would be discussed far more than it is.

If we were to enter a guess at this time, Roethlisberger will get in quickly, but the first year might elude him as only five can enter from what will perpetually be a loaded group of Finalists from which to pick, especially if Eli Manning and Philip Rivers are still on the ballot.  If our own data is to be believed (and we would like to think it does), we had Roethlisberger as the #9 most deserving active player going into the 2021 Season, and number three at Quarterback. 

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish the best in the post-playing career of Ben Roethlisberger.

The 2004 NFL Draft yielded Eli Manning and Philip Rivers, but it was Ben Roethlisberger, the third QB taken, who won the Super Bowl first.

We are excited here at Notinhalloffame.com that we are unveiling a new section, which looks at the top active players in the big four of sports and how they are positioned at the start of each seasons in regards to Hall of Fame credentials.

We are beginning with Pro Football, and how perfect is that considering the seasons kicks off this week.  Rather than list everyone directly, we have isolated them based on their position and with the exception of Special Teams, we have created a new stat based on the last five modern players (not senior inductees) of their respective position and how the current player compares with that.

This will be updated annually, so this 100 was finalized this week. We will not be updating again until the end of the season.

The new section begins here

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to thank you all for your continued support and we hope that you enjoy this new section!

This weekend a huge contest will take place in the National Football League as the New Orleans Saints take on the Pittsburgh Steelers.  As is the case with many important matchups in professional football, a lot of jawjacking is taking place prior to by some of the players and one of them is certainly Hall of Fame related as today a reporter described the upcoming matchup between Quarterbacks Drew Brees (New Orleans) and Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh) as a battle between future Hall of Famers.  Saints Defensive End Cameron Jordan apparently disagrees.

“Is that true?” when Jordan questioned the reporter when he said that Roethlisberger would eventually be enshrined in Canton and he said yes, Jordan said the following:

“Really? In this era?  “You’d put him at like a top three in this era?  Top five of this era?  Top five of this era?  You’d put him at top five of this era?  Is that a yes or no?”

The yes answer from the reporter elicited a response from Jordan asking if Roethlisberger was better than Los Angeles Chargers’ Quarterback, Philip Rivers. This was after he named Brees, Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay), Tom Brady (New England) and Peyton Manning ahead of “Big Ben”. As the conversation continued, Jordan mentioned that he would also put Eli Manning over Roethlisberger.

Regardless of what Cameron Jordan thinks, the odds are strong that Ben Roethlisberger, who is a two time Super Bowl Champion will one day be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.