Looking at his body of work, there’s no denying that Willie Roaf is one of the single greatest offensive tackles to ever play the game of professional football. The former New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs veteran started 189 career games over the course of 13 seasons and made 11 Pro Bowls in the process. However, to hear Roaf recount his own story, he believes he needed those final few years in Kansas City to put him over the top of other great tackles who might not ever find themselves enshrined.
“I don’t know if I would be in the Hall of Fame today if I didn’t go to Kansas City and finish off my career there,” he said in a recent interview on the Talk of Fame Network.