Enough is enough. It’s time for the Pro Football Hall of Fame to make things right and induct one of the NFL’s all-time best defensive tackles: the late, great Alex Karras, who played for the Detroit Lions from 1958-70.

As I watched last week’s induction ceremony, one nagging question kept running through my mind: How can Ray Lewis and Randy Moss, who both have seriously checkered pasts, be in the Hall of Fame and Karras likely isn’t because of a gambling incident that happened more than a half-century ago?

Unfortunately, few individual defensive statistics were kept during Karras’ era. He has almost no measurable evidence of his greatness.

But he was a key piece, if not the cornerstone, of some great Lions defenses that included Hall of Famers like Joe Schmidt, Night Train Lane, Lem Barney, Yale Lary and Dick LeBeau. Karras was a huge part of these teams. In 12 of his 13 seasons as a player, he missed only one game.

For crying out loud, Karras was named to the Hall of Fame’s All-Decade Team of the 1960s — by the entire Hall of Fame Selection Committee. Seriously. This charade has gone on long enough.

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I’ve spoken with a lot of contemporaries of Karras’ over the years. Whenever his name comes up, they all agree there’s no question he was one of the most dominant players of his time who absolutely deserves to be enshrined.

Karras suffered from dementia and kidney failure and died at age 77 in 2012. I wrote his obituary for the Free Press and I spoke with Mike Ditka, who knew Karras all too well after having to line up against him as a Chicago Bears tight end.

“He was thought of, at the time, as the best defensive lineman in football,” Ditka told me. “I know there was (Gene) Big Daddy Lipscomb. There were a lot of guys. But he was the best.”

It’s unclear exactly what has kept Karras out of the Hall of Fame. The selection committee is only supposed to judge players by what they do on the field, and nothing more.

But questions still hang in the air about how widespread Karras’ gambling might have been. For a time, he was part owner of Detroit’s iconic Lindell AC bar, until NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle ordered him to sell his share.

The NFL suspended Karras and Paul Hornung for the 1963 season for gambling. Some think the only reason Hornung is in the Hall and Karras isn’t is because Hornung apologized to Rozelle. But the fact the gambling happened away from the field, that Karras was never proved to have bet on Lions games, and that he was reinstated should make him eligible for the Hall of Fame.

The only way for Karras to be elected to the Hall of Fame is through a complicated process that involves the Hall’s Seniors Committee. That’s a group of nine veteran members who are also part of the 48 journalists on the regular Selection Committee.

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The fact is Karras needs a champion to help him take his rightful place in Canton. I don’t know who that might be, but I’ll never forget the message Ditka had me to pass along to the Hall of Fame’s selectors in 2012.

“I think they ought to get over that," Ditka said of Karras' gambling. "That was a long time ago, and it had no reflection on how he played the game. He's a Hall of Fame football player, believe me."

Thanks, T.O.

Apparently, some Hall of Famers weren’t happy inductee Terrell Owens snubbed the ceremony, and especially the exclusive annual Ray Nitschke luncheon. So the Hall is reportedly considering a so-called “T.O. rule” that would require induction candidates to commit to attending the ceremony before they’re even elected.

I don’t know about those Hall of Famers, but I definitely could have done without Ray Lewis’ 33-minute speech that felt like a kickoff event for the Ray Lewis Ministries. Lewis went down an odd rabbit hole that involved him explaining the numbers in his birthday: 5-15-75. Takeaway: There are a lot of fives in things, people. Like, a lot!

Could you imagine if T.O. had showed up? That thing still wouldn’t be over. Thanks for sparring us, T.O.

Lewis’ speech rating: -5/10. Lewis’ spirit animal: A squirrel dancing in a white suit.

Hit and run

I was sorry to hear a man fled after he used a sledgehammer to smash glass doors and windows Monday at Comerica Park. Because the man caused so much damage with his swings, police have eliminated all Tigers players as possible suspects.

Suspect’s rating: .346/.410/.547/10. Suspect’s spirit animal: Rally Goose on life support.

‘Madden’ madness

Some people watch cat videos. Some are glued to baby videos. I can’t get enough of clips of video-game glitches, and this year’s “Madden 19” by EA Sports brings us one of the all-time best.

It’s a 2-minute clip posted on Twitter by @MrGoldenSports of the San Francisco 49ers punting to the New England Patriots. The long snapper snaps the ball to himself and holds it Statue-of-Liberty style. The game then turns into a “Matrix” movie as the Patriots futilely try to gang tackle him like they’re Agent Smith and he’s Neo.

The best part is the full-throated screaming commentary by the gamer playing the 49ers, who goes by the screen name FTO Tactician: “They’re dragging him back for another safety! It happens every time yo! It happens every time! It’s a glitch yo!”

The funniest segment comes at the 1:50 mark, when the punter is finally tackled — but sits suspended in midair as his right leg rotates 360 degrees.

“His leg is rotisserie yo!” FTO Tactician screams. “His leg is turning around like it’s a rotisserie!”

Bonus points to @MrGoldenSports for tagging @LAPD and @God in the post.

“Madden 19” rating: 19/10. Madden’s spirit animal is: A cow stuffed with cash.

Contact Carlos Monarrez at cmonarrez@freepress.com or follow him on Twitter @cmonarrez.