Former Arizona Cardinals linebacker Karlos Dansby has never been shy about how he feels his NFL career has gone. When he joined an exclusive group of players to reach a rare achievement — 20 career interceptions and 40 career sacks — he called himself legendary.
He is one of only five players in NFL history to do that.
He expects to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and will be a legend in his own right.
“I’ll be the only guy ever to get in the Hall of Fame without a Pro Bowl,” he said in an interview on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. “I’m going to be the only guy because you can’t deny the numbers.”
Dansby has had the goal of being a Hall of Famer since even before he was drafted.
“That’s what I played the game for,” he said. “When I first came in at the combine, Denny Green asked me what I wanted to do with the game. I said I wanted to get a yellow jacket.”
When Green, then the Cardinals’ head coach, asked him if he knew what that would take and if he wanted to win Super Bowls, Dansby was unfazed.
“Well if I’m playing at that level, we’ll win a Super Bowl. I’m not worried about that,” he said. “My whole goal was to be a Hall of Famer.”
It will be tough for him. Without Pro Bowls or All-Pro selections, he was never considered one of the best in the game in any season. Without that, will the voters even consider him to be one of the greatest of all time, even with the numbers that put him with others in the Hall?
He will be eligible for the first time in 2022. We will see what sort of consideration he gets.
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