This weekend we honor the efforts of Jerome Bettis, Tim Brown, Charles Haley, Bill Polian, Will Shields, Mick Tingelhoff and former Packers’ revival architect Ron Wolf.
But the most important induction into the NFL Hall of Fame will be Junior Seau.
Everyone knows his story. The spirited linebacker played the game with wreckless abandon. He wasn’t afraid of anything and it seemed was in on just about every tackle.
After playing for 20 years, which is the longest NFL career for a defensive player, Seau shot himself in the chest on May 2, 2012.
Eight months later, he was diagnosed with CTE, which is a degenerative disease found in the brain associated with athletes that have had repetitive brain trauma.