Merlin Olsen talks about qualifications and voting for the Hall of Fame

Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen talks about the Pro Football Hall of Fame and why it's so hard to get inducted and how the process might be enhanced.

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[mcparla1]

Is their another video where he talks further about playing the Colts in Baltimore ?

[WatchVenusSpa]

@rockethtown Best pass rush ever but the Steel Curtain was arguably the most complete defense ever.

[namtesyalp]

what espn classics of BYU having shoot outs with big schools in the 80s and 90s.thier wrs burning cbs that were drafted #! in the nfl.thier qbs went but not wrs,why?I played college football and saw the racism.we had a guy that would get 6 or 7 tds against first team defense but never in game where we would watch guys drop passes that were suppose to be better than him.coaches tell freshmen white rbs to play lb or put head down amd run forward not try and look to holes,etc.

[namtesyalp]

i was wrong about luke staley,he went in 7th round!who are the other doak winners before and around him and what round did they go?ricky williams(twice),chris perry,cedric benson,reggie bush,ron dayne,larry johnson,ladainian tomlison,eddie george,garrison hearst.darrin mcfadden.all when in first round!luke staley 7th round?gerhard not even being considered for first round?

[namtesyalp]

this stuff starts at college level Blake smolen dispite his breakaway speed and size and greatness at his michigan high school,no division 1 school offered him a scholarship.he now joins brian westbrook,mewelde moore,darrin nelson and lindy Crea(you have not heard of him cause he was ignored by the NFL draft dispite 4.4 speed(westbrook ran 4.57)and of course,he is white) passing the 2000 yard mark.will be drafted?

[namtesyalp]

@USAGiant not today,he would be a blocking back like brian leonard or cut like danny woodhead after runing for 137 yds in final preseason game.will we see toby gerhart get drafted in the first round?like luke staley he won the doak walker award.nfl scouts are saying 3rd round and could play fullback because he is "not the fastest back at 4.5 or the most elusive".same nonsense

[namtesyalp]

luke staley won the doak award and got drafted in the 4th round,got very little chance and was cut after being hurt blocking.racism should be addressed everywhere.are you saying that not one white person can be a nfl cornerback?I also meant that black qbs in the 70s could not beat out there counterparts terry bradshaw,roman gabrial not that they could not perform.today olsen would be called "hardworker,"slow"

[namtesyalp]

@USAGiant NONSENSE,there were black qbs and simply were not skilled enough.art shell should have not been a coach,he stunk.The nfl was always intergrated before othewr sports.there are a 1000 wes welkers.the nfl should reflect the population now,not your future hopes of whites being a minority.BYU in the 80s and 90s had wrs that beat future #! cornerbacks to pieces but hardly ever got drafted.about 4 years ago, a BYU black wr (that held no school records) was drafted.l

[USAGiant]

Plus finally Nametesyalp the NFL realizes that minorities combined ie Black/Hispanic/Asian in next 20 years or so will overtake Whites in US population as well. I not a fan of PC but someone that loves sports i think the golden era of the NFL was the '60/70's with so many great players like Olsen.

That my reply to you Nametesyalp. Your issue with "White" NFL players belongs in another youtube area.

[USAGiant]

(Continue) Also Nametesyalp back in the early days of the NFL you aware Black players were scerwed as well? It was not until the early 1980's that Blacks became accepted as starting QB's. Not to mention the first Afro American Head Coach in Art Shell until 1988.

On Alex Karras imo the only reason he not in the HOF is the gambling charge that he was suspened for in the 1960's. And Ray Guy being a punter is more an issue than his race.

Plus Riggins was i think a 1st ballot HOF pick.