After being eligible for the Hall of Fame the past 25 years and never getting in, Ken Stabler may finally have his best chance to get into the Hall of Fame. The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced that Stabler is one of two senior nominees for the Hall of Fame class of 2016 along with guard Dick Stanfel.
The unfortunate part of all of this is it appears it took Stabler's death for this to happen. He passed away on July 8 of cancer. The overwhelming outpouring of support for Stabler upon his death was a grand reminder of just how important he was the the NFL and how great he truly was as a football player.