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Former Gator Lomas Brown nominated for Pro Football Hall of Fame

Brown is one of 19 offensive linemen on the list of 122 nominees.

Florida currently only has two players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Jack Youngblood and Emmitt Smith. However, it’s possible that the school could get its third this year.

Offensive tackle Lomas Brown is one of 122 players (and 19 offensive linemen) to be nominated for the 2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame induction class.

Brown played at Florida under coaches Charley Pell and Galen Hall from 1981-84, where he started 34 games at tackle. As a senior in 1984, he was named a consensus All-American while also earning First Team All-SEC honors and winning the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the best blocker in the conference.

The Detroit Lions selected Brown with the sixth pick in the 1985 NFL draft, and he played with the team for 11 seasons before playing stints with the Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

He made it to seven-straight Pro Bowls from 1990-96, and he was a First-Team All-Pro in 1995 (while earning Second-Team honors in 1991 and 1994). He retired from football after winning a Super Bowl with the Bucs in 2002.

Brown certainly faces some stiff competition, including tackle Tony Boselli, who was the Jacksonville Jaguars‘ first pick in franchise history and has been nominated to the preliminary HOF list every year since 2009 and was a finalist in 2021. There are also several first-time eligible offensive linemen in Jake Long and Nick Mangold.

The list of 122 nominees will be trimmed to 25 semifinalists in November and then 15 finalists in January. Voters will meet before the Super Bowl to cast their ballots for the class, and those picked will be enshrined next August.

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Several former Lions are initial nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2022

Lomas Brown and Anquan Boldin are the headliners but Jason Hanson is somehow not on the list

The Pro Football Hall of Fame has released its initial modern-era nominees for the induction class of 2022. Among the initial nominees, several players spent at least part of their careers with the Lions.

Dre Bly (2003-2006)

Anquan Boldin (2016)

Lomas Brown (1985-1995)

Jeff Garcia (2005)

Kevin Glover (1985-1997)

Mel Gray (1989-1994)

Dave Krieg (1994)

Pat Swilling (1993-1994)

Not making the list is longtime kicker Jason Hanson, who retired in 2012. Hanson ranks fourth in NFL history in scoring, sixth in games and first in career extra points made. There are seven specialists nominated but none are Hanson. Also prominent among the snubs is former Lions wideout Herman Moore.

Of the ex-Lions, offensive tackle Lomas Brown and wide receiver Anquan Boldin appear to have the best chances to move forward in the nomination process.

The list of 125 modern-era nominees will be reduced to 25 semifinalists in November and subsequently down to 15 in January.

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Calvin Johnson, Jason Hanson among Lions nominated for Pro Football Hall of Fame

Will Calvin Johnson get in on the first ballot?

Calvin Johnson is the headliner among nine players with Detroit Lions ties who made the initial cut as nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction class of 2021.

Johnson is in his first year of eligibility after retiring following the 2015 season. He spent his entire 9-year career with the Lions, earning three All-Pro nods and making six Pro Bowls. “Megatron” still holds the NFL record for receiving yards in a season with 1,964 in 2012 and his 86.1 receiving yards per game ranks fourth all-time.

Longtime Lions kicker Jason Hanson, who ranks fourth all-time in scoring, joins several players from the 1990s Detroit teams on the nominee list. Left tackle Lomas Brown and guard/center Kevin Glover both made the cut. So did linebacker Chris Spielman and return man extraordinaire Mel Gray.

Three others who played for the Lions but aren’t primarily known for their time in Motown also appear on the list of 130: QB Dave Krieg, OLB Pat Swilling and PK David Akers.

The full list of nominees, which includes first-timers Peyton Manning and Charles Woodson, is available via the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The list of nominees will be reduced to 25 semifinalists in November. The selection committee then whittles down to 15 in January before announcing the class in February.

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Justin Tuck, Tiki Barber among modern-era nominees for Hall of Fame’s class of 2021

Nine former members of the New York Giants are among the modern-era nominees for the Hall of Fame’s class of 2021, including Justin Tuck.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the names of 130 modern-era nominees for the class of 2021 on Wednesday, and nine former members of the New York Giants made the cut.

Among them is defensive end and team captain, Justin Tuck, who is in his first year of eligibility, and running back Tiki Barber.

Tuck was a third-round pick of the Giants in the 2005 NFL Draft out of Notre Dame and went on to win two Super Bowl titles with the team over his nine-year stint in East Rutherford. He spent the final two seasons of his career with the Oakland Raiders before retiring as a member of the Giants (one-day contract).

In 2016, the Giants inducted Tuck into their Ring of Honor.

Barber was a second-round pick of the Giants in the 1997 NFL Draft out of Virginia and earned three Pro Bowl nods and one All-Pro honor during his 10-year stint with the team. Barber retired in 2006 and was indicted into the team’s Ring of Honor in 2010.

Barber remains the Giants’ all-time leading rusher (10,449).

The seven other former Giants who were listed among the 2021 Pro Football Hall of Fame modern-era nominees are running back Herschel Walker, tight end Jeremy Shockey, guard Chris Snee, punters Jeff Feagles and Sean Landeta, kick returner Brian Mitchell and offensive tackle Lomas Brown.

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Observations from Monday’s ‘Detroit Lions Training Camp LIVE’

The Detroit Lions put pads on for the field time in 2020 training camp on Monday and broadcast a portion of practice via the team’s “Training Camp LIVE” show.

On Monday, the Detroit Lions put pads on for the field time in 2020 training camp and broadcast a portion of practice via the team’s “Training Camp LIVE” show.

If you missed the show, here are our observations from the broadcast (or you can skip to the end for the full video).

The Lions set up a makeshift outdoor studio in front of the Lions practice fields and for the first half-hour — while the team went through stretches — the team’s multi-media journalist Tori Petry and senior writer Tim Twentyman previewed what has been happening in camp so far and some of the interesting storylines in this years camp.

There were some behind the scenes clips from the previous week when the team was transitioning between Phase 1 and Phase 2’s non-padded practices. Including having offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell mic’d up during one of the indoor practices.

After the clip, the broadcast swapped out Twentyman for former Lions left tackle Lomas Brown. Fro the next half-hour, Petry and Brown discussed the focus of this week’s episode: quarterbacks and running backs.

Petry and Brown would discuss the two position groups in a similar way they approach their weekly Lions’ podcast, all while moving between clips of the on-field action.

The majority of the time, the camera’s featured tight shots of players, but they did shift out to a wide camera angle when specific position drills picked up. The constant shifting of camera angles made it difficult to compare players in drills but there were some cool looks you don’t get while attending camp during a typical practice.

This was the first of six broadcasts the Lions will put on during this year’s training camp with the next episode coming on Friday when they will shift the focus to the offensive line.

If you want to watch the entire hour-long first episode, click the video below:

The 8 best Lions not in the Hall of Fame

Not all of these 8 belong in Canton but they deserve respect for their great performances in Detroit

Inspired by my recent trip to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, I got to thinking about what Lions players could belong in the hallowed halls. There are currently 21 men who spent at least one season with the Lions enshrined in Canton, including Class of 2020 honoree Alex Karras.

Adding Karras crosses the biggest eligible name off the list. The most obvious Detroit standout that deserves enshrinement isn’t quite eligible yet. He’s the headliner here among the eight best retired Lions players not in the Hall of Fame.

This isn’t an argument for any of these players to get into the Hall of Fame, though a couple of them are certainly deserving. It’s honoring some Lions greats who aren’t in and likely never will get enshrinement in Canton.

Calvin Johnson

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The mega-talented Johnson will be eligible in 2021, and he likely won’t wait too long before he joins Karras and the others in Canton.

Johnson’s list of accomplishments ad wide receiver made him one of the NFL’s biggest stars despite making just two postseason games in his nine years (2007-2015):

  • 3-time first-team All-Pro
  • 6 straight Pro Bowls from 2010-2015
  • NFL record 1,964 receiving yards in 2012
  • NFL record 5,137 receiving yards in a 3-year period (2012-2014)
  • 4th in NFL history in receiving yards per game (86.1)
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame Team of the 2010s 1st-team

Johnson will get in sooner than later.

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Jumbo Elliott, Lomas Brown selected to College Football Hall of Fame

Former New York Giants offensive linemen, Jumbo Elliott and Lomas Brown, have been selected to the College Football Hall of Fame.

John “Jumbo” Elliott, the massive left tackle who played 14 seasons in the NFL — eight seasons for the New York Giants — has been named as manager of the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020 by The National Football Foundation.

The Lake Ronkonkoma native starred at Sachem High School before he was a two time first-team All-American (1985-86) at Michigan. Elliott was selected in the second round (No. 36 overall) by the Giants in the 1988 NFL Draft.

Elliott was a stalwart on the Giants’ 1990 world championship team that shocked the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXV. Jumbo went up against future Pro Football Hall of Famer Bruce Smith in a clash of titans.

Jumbo was named to his only Pro Bowl after the 1993 season but did not participate due to a back injury.

Elliott left the Giants after the 1995 season and moves down the hall to play for the Jets, ending his career in 2002.

Elliott will be joined in the Hall by another former Giants offensive lineman Lomas Brown. Here is the full list of the Class of 2020:

  • Lomas Brown, OT, Florida (1981-84)
  • Keith Byars, RB, Ohio State (1982-85)
  • Eric Crouch, QB, Nebraska (1998-2001)
  • Eric Dickerson, RB, SMU (1979-82)
  • Glenn Dorsey, DT, LSU (2004-07)
  • Jumbo Elliott, OT, Michigan (1984-87)
  • Jason Hanson, K, Washington State (1988-91)
  • E.J. Henderson, LB, Maryland (1999-2002)
  • E.J. Junior, DE, Alabama (1977-80)
  • Steve McNair, QB, Alcorn State (1991-94)
  • Cade McNown, QB, UCLA (1995-98)
  • Leslie O’Neal, DT, Oklahoma State (1982-85)
  • Anthony Poindexter, DB, Virginia (1995-98)
  • David Pollack, DE, Georgia (2001-04)
  • Bob Stein, DE, Minnesota (1966-68)
  • Michael Westbrook, WR, Colorado (1991-94)
  • Elmo Wright, WR, Houston (1968-70)

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