I suppose the Pro Football Hall of Fame Senior committee can’t step in and save the day for a long snubbed Raiders player every year. They did so with regard to Ray Guy in 2014 and then Ken Stabler in 2016. But not so for the 2019 class. Their lone nominee — who almost always gets in — is Chiefs safety Johnny Robinson.
The rule is a player must have been retired for at least 25 years. Knowing the senior committee is the only chance for some long egregious Raiders Hall of Fame omissions, there was some hope they would once again save the day, but it was not to be.