Zach Thomas has the credentials to be in the Hall of Fame. He is hotly debated among the football analysts because he was not a first ballot inductee like Brian Urlacher who has almost identical statistics from top to bottom.
According to the HOF’s CEO a David Baker said on SiriusXM NFL Radio earlier this week that the HOF board has approved a 20 man induction for next year but that it will need to be approved by the full board of the HOF.
Baker cites the fact that there is a backlog of worthy entrants to the Hall of Fame and while that is true, the NFL also spends way too much time giving some who are not first ballot worthy, the opportunity to be first time honorees because of their work in the media.