4. Receiver Torry Holt
1999-2008 St. Louis Rams, 2009 Jacksonville Jaguars
Holt’s former Rams teammate Isaac Bruce made it in this year, and you have to expect Holt will make it someday. This was his first year as a finalist, and it was Bruce’s fourth. Holt led the NFL in receiving yards in 2000 and 2003, receptions in 2003, and yards per reception in 2000 as a major cog in the “Greatest Show on Turf” offense. All of the other big shots from that offense — Orlando Pace, Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, and Bruce — are in.
A seven-time Pro Bowler and one-time First-Team All-Pro, Holt ranks first in his era in receptions (920) and receiving yards (13,382), sixth in yards per catch among receivers with at least 500 catches (14.55) and sixth in touchdowns (74). Eventually, his numbers will make his argument for him.