For the second consecutive year, Kevin Mawae is staring at the finish line. A Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist, Mawae will learn his fate Saturday when the 2018 Hall of Fame Class is introduced for the first time.
“If I don’t make it, I’ll still be happy I’m one of the 15,” Mawae said Wednesday. “If you’re one of the 15 — like I am now — you are one of the best 400 guys who ever put on an NFL football helmet. Ever — since the beginning of the NFL.” We can eliminate that.
The 15 modern-era finalists include cornerback Ty Law, who was a Jet in 2005 and ’08, and Alan Faneca, the longtime Steelers guard, who worked in the trenches for the Green & White in 2008-09.